electron-settings: Cannot read property 'app' of undefined

Electron version: 10.0.0 Electron-settings version: 4.0.2 Platform: Windows 10

This function of the source depends on the “remote” module which is deprecated. In the new versions of the Electron it will be removed afaik.

 * Returns the Electron app. The app may need be accessed
 * via `Remote` depending on whether this code is running
 * in the main or renderer process.
 *
 * @returns The Electron app.
 * @internal
 */
function getElectronApp() {
    var _a;
    var e = getElectron();
    var app = (_a = e.app) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : e.remote.app;
    return app;
}

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Created 4 years ago
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Comments: 15 (5 by maintainers)

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I tested it in the past and it did not work back then. Got to try it again since you asked and I spotted an error on my end.

The enableRemoteModule: true needs to be in webPreferences: {}

Was: new BrowserWindow({ enableRemoteModule: true });

Needed to be: new BrowserWindow({ webPreferences: { enableRemoteModule: true }});

Now it works perfectly. So unless it’s the same for you, it seems to be working with the flag properly set.

mathieupothier on Sep 16, 2020

@ThibaultJousse thanks for bumping this. It’s always been in the back of my mind, just haven’t gotten around to it, for really no good reason 😃 I’ll take care of this right now

nathanbuchar on Nov 16, 2020

@nathanbuchar, no no no no, this is not a solution, this is a crutch. well, i made a fork to avoid using the ‘remote’ module. it’s kinda raw, but i still could make a pull request, would you like me to ?

theArina on Oct 2, 2020