Application entry file "electron/bundled/background.js" in the "....app.asar" does not exist

Describe the bug Looks like there is some misconfiguration happening with electron-builder

To Reproduce Run the following:

git clone git://github.com/osapps/dotsync
cd dotsync
yarn
cd packages/app
npm run electron:build

Expected behavior Building should work

Screenshots

 INFO  Building app with electron-builder:
  • electron-builder version=20.38.5
  • writing effective config file=electron/builder-effective-config.yaml
  • no native production dependencies
  • packaging       platform=darwin arch=x64 electron=3.1.3 appOutDir=electron/mac
  • default Electron icon is used reason=application icon is not set
 ERROR  Error: Application entry file "electron/bundled/background.js" in the "/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/packages/app/electron/mac/Dotsync.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar" does not exist. Seems like a wrong configuration.
Error: Application entry file "electron/bundled/background.js" in the "/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/packages/app/electron/mac/Dotsync.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar" does not exist. Seems like a wrong configuration.
    at error (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/out/asar/asarFileChecker.js:44:14)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/asar/asarFileChecker.ts:30:4
From previous event:
    at _checkFileInArchive (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/asar/asarFileChecker.ts:36:17)
    at checkFileInArchive (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/out/asar/asarFileChecker.js:40:30)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:409:13
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at MacPackager.checkFileInPackage (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:406:110)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:460:16
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:285:20
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:159:5)
From previous event:
    at MacPackager.sanityCheckPackage (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:446:92)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:249:16
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at runCallback (timers.js:696:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:667:5)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:649:5)
    at process.topLevelDomainCallback (domain.js:121:23)
From previous event:
    at MacPackager.doPack (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:167:165)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/macPackager.ts:88:63
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at MacPackager.pack (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/macPackager.ts:80:95)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:430:24
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at xfs.stat (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs.js:56:16)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:285:20
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:159:5)
From previous event:
    at Packager.doBuild (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:396:24)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:366:57
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:111:16
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:45:10
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:145:20)
From previous event:
    at Packager._build (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:335:133)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:331:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at runCallback (timers.js:696:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:667:5)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:649:5)
    at process.topLevelDomainCallback (domain.js:121:23)
From previous event:
    at Packager.build (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:288:14)
    at build (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/index.ts:59:28)
    at Object.build (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:227:10)
    at buildApp (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/index.js:176:14)
    at bundle.run (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/index.js:158:15)
    at finalCallback (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:220:39)
    at hooks.done.callAsync.err (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:269:14)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:15:1)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:154:20)
    at emitRecords.err (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:267:22)
    at Compiler.emitRecords (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:449:39)
    at emitAssets.err (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:261:10)
    at hooks.afterEmit.callAsync.err (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:435:14)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:154:20)
    at asyncLib.forEachLimit.err (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:432:27)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/neo-async/async.js:2813:7
    at done (/Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/neo-async/async.js:3521:9)
    at /Users/pksunkara/Coding/osapps/dotsync/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:45:10
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:145:20)

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS and version: MacOS 10.13.1
• node version: 10.6.0
• npm version: 6.7.0
• yarn version (if used): 1.12.3
• vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder version : 1.0.0-rc.11
• electron version: 3.1.3
• other vue plugins used:
• custom config for vcp-electron-builder:
• (if possible) link to your repo: https://github.com/osapps/dotsync

Additional context Add any other context about the problem here.

[mankey-ru]

Actually valid value for that field is “./src/background.js”, thats why for example “electron .” command doesnt work (“Unable to find Electron app”)

The other part of the problem is that LTS version of Node doesnt work with ES6 without transpiling, but I beleive it will in couple of months, after that we will be able to quickly run app (~1s instead of ~20s with electron:serve), but the command will be long and a bit ugly “electron src/backgound.js” because of incorrect main in package.js

BTW, the names of main files are confusing because most Electron examples using main.js (its background.js here) and renderer.js (its main.js here)

[fairking]

Error fixed after changing the package.json: from

"main": "background.js"

to

"main": "dist_electron\bundled\background.js"