Merge pull request #478 from dlitty/master

Added support for launching the application with a file on MacOS

Author: GregorBiswanger

ElectronNET.API/App.cs

@@ -398,6 +398,70 @@ internal set
         }
         private bool _isReady = false;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Emitted when a MacOS user wants to open a file with the application. The open-file event is usually emitted
+        /// when the application is already open and the OS wants to reuse the application to open the file.
+        /// open-file is also emitted when a file is dropped onto the dock and the application is not yet running.
+        /// <para/>
+        /// On Windows, you have to parse the arguments using App.CommandLine to get the filepath.
+        /// </summary>
+        public event Action<string> OpenFile
+        {
+            add
+            {
+                if (_openFile == null)
+                {
+                    BridgeConnector.Socket.On("app-open-file" + GetHashCode(), (file) =>
+                    {
+                        _openFile(file.ToString());
+                    });
+
+                    BridgeConnector.Socket.Emit("register-app-open-file-event", GetHashCode());
+                }
+                _openFile += value;
+            }
+            remove
+            {
+                _openFile -= value;
+
+                if (_openFile == null)
+                    BridgeConnector.Socket.Off("app-open-file" + GetHashCode());
+            }
+        }
+
+        private event Action<string> _openFile;
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Emitted when a MacOS user wants to open a URL with the application. Your application's Info.plist file must
+        /// define the URL scheme within the CFBundleURLTypes key, and set NSPrincipalClass to AtomApplication.
+        /// </summary>
+        public event Action<string> OpenUrl
+        {
+            add
+            {
+                if (_openUrl == null)
+                {
+                    BridgeConnector.Socket.On("app-open-url" + GetHashCode(), (url) =>
+                    {
+                        _openUrl(url.ToString());
+                    });
+
+                    BridgeConnector.Socket.Emit("register-app-open-url-event", GetHashCode());
+                }
+                _openUrl += value;
+            }
+            remove
+            {
+                _openUrl -= value;
+
+                if (_openUrl == null)
+                    BridgeConnector.Socket.Off("app-open-url" + GetHashCode());
+            }
+        }
+
+        private event Action<string> _openUrl;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// A <see cref="string"/> property that indicates the current application's name, which is the name in the
         /// application's package.json file.

ElectronNET.Host/main.js

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ let powerMonitor;
 let splashScreen, hostHook;
 let mainWindowId, nativeTheme;
 let dock;
+let launchFile;
+let launchUrl;
 
 let manifestJsonFileName = 'electron.manifest.json';
 let watchable = false;
@@ -33,6 +35,18 @@ if (watchable) {
     manifestJsonFilePath = path.join(currentBinPath, manifestJsonFileName);
 }
 
+//  handle macOS events for opening the app with a file, etc
+app.on('will-finish-launching', () => {
+	app.on('open-file', (evt, file) => {
+		evt.preventDefault();
+		launchFile = file;
+	})
+	app.on('open-url', (evt, url) => {
+		evt.preventDefault();
+		launchUrl = url;
+	})
+});
+
 const manifestJsonFile = require(manifestJsonFilePath);
 if (manifestJsonFile.singleInstance || manifestJsonFile.aspCoreBackendPort) {
     const mainInstance = app.requestSingleInstanceLock();
@@ -177,7 +191,7 @@ function startSocketApiBridge(port) {
         global['electronsocket'].setMaxListeners(0);
         console.log('ASP.NET Core Application connected...', 'global.electronsocket', global['electronsocket'].id, new Date());
 
-        appApi = require('./api/app')(socket, app);
+		appApi = require('./api/app')(socket, app);
         browserWindows = require('./api/browserWindows')(socket, app);
         commandLine = require('./api/commandLine')(socket, app);
         autoUpdater = require('./api/autoUpdater')(socket);
@@ -194,7 +208,35 @@ function startSocketApiBridge(port) {
         browserView = require('./api/browserView')(socket);
         powerMonitor = require('./api/powerMonitor')(socket);
         nativeTheme = require('./api/nativeTheme')(socket);
-        dock = require('./api/dock')(socket);
+		dock = require('./api/dock')(socket);
+		
+		socket.on('register-app-open-file-event', (id) => {
+			electronSocket = socket;
+
+			app.on('open-file', (event, file) => {
+				event.preventDefault();
+	
+				electronSocket.emit('app-open-file' + id, file);
+			});
+			
+			if (launchFile) {
+				electronSocket.emit('app-open-file' + id, launchFile);
+			}
+		});
+		
+		socket.on('register-app-open-url-event', (id) => {
+			electronSocket = socket;
+
+			app.on('open-url', (event, url) => {
+				event.preventDefault();
+	
+				electronSocket.emit('app-open-url' + id, url);
+			});
+			
+			if (launchUrl) {
+				electronSocket.emit('app-open-url' + id, launchUrl);
+			}
+		});
 
         try {
             const hostHookScriptFilePath = path.join(__dirname, 'ElectronHostHook', 'index.js');

buildAll.sh

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ echo "Restore & Build CLI"
 pushd $dir/ElectronNET.CLI
     dotnet restore
     dotnet build
-podp
+popd
 
 echo "Restore & Build WebApp Demo"
 pushd $dir/ElectronNET.WebApp