Nativefier: Unable to load the Preload.js script.

[altechzilla]

Bug description
The bundled app cannot load preload.js.

Steps to reproduce
Give your full nativefier command, with the --verbose flag, on a public site:

1. Run nativefier, even with minimal config (such as only name and URL).
2. Open DevTools and check out the console.

Expected behavior
No errors

Actual behavior

init.ts:206 Unable to load preload script: /Users/.../Repositories/AppBundler/Facebook-darwin-x64/Facebook.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js
(anonymous) @ init.ts:206
init.ts:207 Error: Cannot find module 'loglevel'
Require stack:
- /Users/.../Repositories/AppBundler/Facebook-darwin-x64/Facebook.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:798)
    at Function../lib/common/reset-search-paths.ts.Module._resolveFilename (reset-search-paths.ts:40)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:691)
    at Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717)
    at Function.Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:853)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/.../Repositories/AppBundler/Facebook-darwin-x64/Facebook.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:21)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/.../Repositories/AppBundler/Facebook-darwin-x64/Facebook.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:68)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:968)
(anonymous) @ init.ts:207
MwLb-ei-a-s.js?_nc_x=Ij3Wp8lg5Kz:47 ErrorUtils caught an error:

Cannot access 'INJECT_JS_PATH' before initialization

Subsequent errors won't be logged; see https://fburl.com/debugjs.
b @ MwLb-ei-a-s.js?_nc_x=Ij3Wp8lg5Kz:47
/Users/.../Repositories/AppBundler/Facebook-darwin-x64/Facebook.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:46 Uncaught ReferenceError: Cannot access 'INJECT_JS_PATH' before initialization
    at injectScripts (/Users/.../Repositories/AppBundler/Facebook-darwin-x64/Facebook.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:46)
    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/Users/.../Repositories/AppBundler/Facebook-darwin-x64/Facebook.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:16)

Context

• Nativefier: Latest (for example: 8.0.4)
• Node.js: Latest (for example: 13.11.0)
• Npm: Latest (for example: 6.14.7)
• OS: macOS Latest

[ronjouch]

Please provide the information requested by https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

[ikiK-CRO]

I'm having same issue.

Nativefier: 8.0.6
Node.js: v13.12.0 (tried with LTS also)
Npm: 6.14.4
OS: OSX 10.11.6 (15G22010)
Installed everything today, made around 12 different builds error is always happening.
Error when looking at the finished build with dev tools.
Always the same:

Unable to load preload script: /Users/kiki/APP-darwin-x64/APP.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js init.ts:206 

init.ts:207 Error: Cannot find module 'loglevel'
Require stack:
- /Users/kiki/APP-darwin-x64/APP.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:798)
    at Function../lib/common/reset-search-paths.ts.Module._resolveFilename (reset-search-paths.ts:40)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:691)
    at Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717)
    at Function.Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:717)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:853)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/kiki/APP-darwin-x64/APP.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:21)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/kiki/APP-darwin-x64/APP.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:68)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:968)
(anonymous) @ init.ts:207
/Users/kiki/APP-darwin-x64/APP.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:46 Uncaught ReferenceError: Cannot access 'INJECT_JS_PATH' before initialization
    at injectScripts (/Users/kiki/APP-darwin-x64/APP.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:46)
    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/Users/kiki/APP-darwin-x64/APP.app/Contents/Resources/app/lib/preload.js:16)

Verbs log without errors:
log.txt

Test site is in the log.

Also found this: LINK . But I don't know what that means.

[altechzilla]

[ehausen]

Same issue here when trying to inject JS

[simoniz0r]

Same issue here when trying to inject JS

I believe I am also having the same issue with nativefier version 8.0.4 on Linux when trying to inject javascript. A very similar error appears in console, and javascript that worked fine in older versions of nativefier no longer does anything.

[garymoon]

This is also affecting me on Linux with 8.0.6. 8.0.5 also suffers from it, though 8.0.0 does not. I'm short on time atm, but I took a quick pass at a diff and no cause jumped out at me, so I've downgraded for now: npm install -g [email protected]. Happy to test a fix if one comes along.

Thanks contributors for this indispensable tool! :blue_heart:

[simoniz0r]

This is also affecting me on Linux with 8.0.6. 8.0.5 also suffers from it, though 8.0.0 does not. I'm short on time atm, but I took a quick pass at a diff and no cause jumped out at me, so I've downgraded for now: npm install -g [email protected]. Happy to test a fix if one comes along.

Thanks contributors for this indispensable tool!

Can confirm that 8.0.0 allows javascript to be injected without issue.

[ikiK-CRO]

For those who are new to the nativefier like me, there is an issue with installation of 8.0.0-3. More info on how to fix it here: https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier/releases .
Also confirming 8.0.0 throws no error.

[ikiK-CRO]

I went back and forward on this in versions now to test few things.
Its funny what I found out. On 8.0.0 preload is included as well as desired js.

But, I'm new to this and first thing I used is latest 8.0.6 and I had OSX notifications called from webpage threw app, as well as cookies setup (they worked only until app is quieted) . But none of those works on 8.0.0 where preload works and injection...

And it would be really nice to have both :)

[dndrsn]

It looks like the issue was introduced in 8.0.4. 8.0.3 works for me. 8.0.4 does not.

[dndrsn]

Created PR which should resolve the issue: https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier/pull/950

[ronjouch]

👋 everybody. This is fixed and released in 8.0.7 . Thanks for the chat and ideas!