Electron-builder: Is it possible to change the name of an existing app?

[guanxun14]

Hey @develar, thanks for your work on this repo! Couldn't find any existing issues about this, sorry to bother you with these questions.

I want to change the name of my app (as it appears to users); will changing productName in package.json be sufficient to change this?

Additionally, might I face any issues with Auto Update for existing users of my app (on Windows and macOS) if I do so?

[develar]

Yes, you can change productName and it will not affect auto-update. I am not sure 100% if you use Squirrel.Windows instead of NSIS, but should be ok.

[develar]

Please note — recommended to set productName in electron-builder config, and not in root of package.json because otherwise Electron will use product name as path to app data.

[develar]

https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/api/app.md#appgetname

https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/api/app.md#appgetpathname

[guanxun14]

Thank you for the quick info! Yes I'm on NSIS for Windows (should have thought to include that info in the original message).

To be sure I'm understanding you right: I should just add "productName": "NewAppName", to the build section (alongside appId) in my package.json — would that be correct?

[develar]

@guanxun14 Yes. But please note that it is opensource project and I cannot guarantee that everything will work as expected. Just try.

[guanxun14]

Will do! Trying to make future plans for my app, so I thought to ask this in advance.

Thank you again for your time, I really appreciate it! :)