Electron and sandboxing on macOS

Bindings should handle if it’s build for using in Electron app and use the system API to get writable directories for any internal data in sandbox.

Right now realm-object-server is created in the working directory that crashes the app.

[adeperio]

+1 for this feature! We are releasing an offline first desktop app in April so hanging out for this!

[TedMeftah]

Just wanted to mention that changing the working directory before requiring realm the app will work.

process.chdir('/directory/outside/app/folder')
const realm = require('realm')

Edit:

My point is as a workaround, you can change the cwd before require('realm') that will create realm-object-server in the new cwd and avoid the sandboxing issue.

The new cwd should be outside the .app directory, for example in main file:

import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron'
process.chdir(app.getPath('userData'))