ffi-napi: An object was expected

Prerequisites

• Using yarn
• Using an up-to-date master branch
• Using latest version of devtools. Check the docs for how to update
• Tried solutions mentioned in #400
• For issue in production release, add devtools output of DEBUG_PROD=true yarn build && yarn start

Expected Behavior

ffi-napi should work fine within packaged app

Current Behavior

I added ref-napi (https://github.com/node-ffi-napi/ref-napi) (v. 2.1.2) as a native dependency. It works ok when running the app locally (even prod build), but as soon as I try to run a packaged and installed version of the app (both Windows and MacOS), the error from screenshot get raised

Actually this line fails

Invocation of the require('node-gyp-build')(path.join(__dirname, '..')) gives me the error listed above.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install ref-napi as a native dependency in the app directory

2. Import and use ref-napi somewhere in renderer, e.g., any React component

3. Run yarn cross-env DEBUG_PROD=true yarn package

4. Install app

5. Once the app launched, you can observe error in dev console

Context

Why: I’m using this package in conjunction with ffi-napi (https://github.com/node-ffi-napi/node-ffi-napi) to get access to the system’s libraries via FFI approach (C language) The main change: only added dotenv and utilized it in webpack configs

Your Environment

• Node version : v12.18.2
• electron-react-boilerplate version or branch : master
• Operating System and version : MacOS Catalina 10.15.4

[cohenshay]

changing the electron-rebuild script to work with --sequential instead of --parallel, solved the issue for me

[MD-AZMAL]

@MD-AZMAL try using these versions:

“ffi-napi”: “^2.0.3”, “ref-napi”: “^1.5.2”

tried this faced the same issue