ElectronAppAdapter Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getVersion' of undefined

• Version: 4.3.1

• Electron Version: v8.2.4

• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

Hey, I’m using this package with my angular electron application example repo.

I have written this angular service:

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater';


@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
export class AppUpdateService {
    constructor() { }

    checkForUpdates() {
        const res = autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
        console.log(res);
    }
}

But when I try this function it throws an exception:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getVersion' of undefined
    at ElectronAppAdapter.get version [as version] (ElectronAppAdapter.js:34)
    at new AppUpdater (AppUpdater.js:232)
    at new BaseUpdater (BaseUpdater.js:20)
    at new NsisUpdater (NsisUpdater.js:126)
    at doLoadAutoUpdater (main.js:129)
    at Object.get [as autoUpdater] (main.js:142)
    at Module../src/app/services/app-update.service.ts (app-update.service.ts:4)
    at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap:79)

Proposal for a fix: More thing, I have tried to fix this problem myself, and I found if you change ElectronAppAdapter constructor from: constructor(app = require("electron").app), to this: constructor(app = require("electron").remote.app). everything fixes.

Any other ideas ?

[stoefln]

Same here!

[danielehrhardt]

Did you ever solved this Issue? I have the same Problem. If i use checkForUpdates in Angular i am getting this error. If i use it in the Main.ts File everything works fine.