Electron-builder: Can I control the localization files

Created on 27 Aug 2016 · 14Comments · Source: electron-userland/electron-builder

Version: 5.35

Target: MAS

The electron zip file contains 100s of language.lproj folders, and this causes the mac app store to list the app as being available in all of these languages.

Would electron build be interested in adding code to allow me to choose which of these folders to leave and which to remove?
Or is these a hook that I can run some code between the files being prepared and before they are packaged and code signed? That way I could write project specific code to clean up these folders, and potentially make other changes, this could be a more generic solution

feature mac

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mcfedr

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Implemented. mac.electronLanguages Set to array of lang codes. e.g. ["en", "bn"]

develar on 31 Jan 2018

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You can use afterPack, but if you can write code, it is better to prepare PR instead of hack on your side.

Would electron build be interested in adding code to allow me to choose which of these folders to leave and which to remove?

Yes, files currently affects only app code, not electron distribution. Maybe electronFiles?

develar on 27 Aug 2016

Do you know, for what so many empty language.lproj directories? Maybe we can just leave en.lproj and electronFiles will allow to add another if need?

develar on 27 Aug 2016

https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/2484

develar on 27 Aug 2016

For the moment I am adding quick fix to my gulp task. I'm going to put it here for reference. If I find some time ill try and make a pull request.

let languages = ['en'];
electronBuilder.build({
    platform: getElectronPlatforms(),
    devMetadata: {
        build: {
            afterPack: ({appOutDir, options}) => {
                return new Promise((res, rej) => {
                    console.log('afterPack', appOutDir, options.platformPackager.platform);
                    if (options.platformPackager.platform.name === 'mac') {
                        let glob = require('glob'),
                            del = require('del');
                        glob(`${appOutDir}/${options.appInfo.name}.app/Contents/Resources/!(${languages.join('|')}).lproj`, (err, files) => {
                            if (err) return rej(err);
                            del(files).then(res, rej);
                        });
                    } else {
                        res();
                    }
                });
            }
        }
    }
})

mcfedr on 1 Sep 2016

Do you like electronFiles solution?

develar on 1 Sep 2016

I'd probably be more inclined to add a list of languages as a setting, that's why I put languages as a variable in that code.

I think it might be hard to get electron to remove the default ones.

mcfedr on 1 Sep 2016

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Is there a way of doing this without afterpack? I'm not using the programmatic api, and I don't want to start using it because of that (I run my build using gradle/kotlin, so no easy javascript support there).