cordova run electron --nobuild does nothing on cordova-electron@2.0.0

[dlzr]

Issue Type

• Bug Report
• Feature Request
• Support Question

Description

Trying to run the helloworld cordova app in cordova-electron 2.0.0 with the --nobuild flag results in nothing happening.

Command or Code

~/tmp $ cordova create helloworld
Creating a new cordova project.

~/tmp $ cd helloworld/

~/tmp/helloworld $ cordova platform add electron@2.0.0
Using cordova-fetch for cordova-electron@2.0.0
Adding electron project...
Creating Cordova project for cordova-electron:
	Path: /home/user/tmp/helloworld/platforms/electron
	Name: HelloCordova
Discovered plugin "cordova-plugin-whitelist". Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-whitelist" for electron
Adding cordova-plugin-whitelist to package.json

~/tmp/helloworld $ cordova run electron --nobuild

This last command returns immediately with no app window opening. Adding --verbose shows this:

~/tmp/helloworld $ cordova run electron --nobuild --verbose
No scripts found for hook "before_run".
No scripts found for hook "before_prepare".
Checking for saved platforms that haven't been added to the project
Platform API successfully found in: /home/user/tmp/helloworld/platforms/electron/cordova/Api.js
Checking for saved plugins that haven't been added to the project
Generating config.xml from defaults for platform "electron"
Merging and updating files from [www, platforms/electron/platform_www] to platforms/electron/www
  copy  platforms/electron/platform_www/cdv-electron-settings.json platforms/electron/www/cdv-electron-settings.json (updated file)
  copy  platforms/electron/platform_www/config.xml platforms/electron/www/config.xml (updated file)
  delete platforms/electron/www/manifest.json (no source)
  delete platforms/electron/www/package.json (no source)
This app does not have icons defined
This app does not have splash screens defined.
Creating new manifest file in => undefined
No scripts found for hook "after_prepare".
No scripts found for hook "before_deploy".
No scripts found for hook "after_run".

Still, the app isn't started.

For the record, the same steps work as expected with cordova-electron@1.1.1.

Environment, Platform, Device

Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) amd64

Version information

cordova-electron@2.0.0
cordova@10.0.0
nodejs@12.19.0

Checklist

• I searched for already existing GitHub issues about this
• I updated all Cordova tooling to their most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[moyancn]

windows ,the same error ,why?

[moyancn]

I have fix it in my project

file: lib/build/run.js
solution:
32 const child = execa(electron, electonArgs);
to
32 const child = execa(electron, electonArgs, { stdout: 'inherit', windowsHide: false });

[erisu]

Closing out this issue as it should be resolved now in the main branch. Fix was commited from PR #180