[electron] iohook.node file not created for electron

[zxiang77]

I added cmake-js to the package as instructed in the example but still cannot create the iohook.node file for electron. I feel current example for electron is not very clear. Could you give more explicit descriptions? Thanks!

Your Environment

my package.json

  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "^1.8.4",
    "electron-rebuild": "^1.4.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "iohook": "^0.1.15",
    "jQuery": "^1.7.4",
    "materialize-css": "^1.0.0-beta"
  },
  "cmake-js": {
    "runtime": "electron",
    "runtimeVersion": "1.4.7"
  }

and I tried both mac and windows. It seems electron-rebuild is using node-gyp but you are using cmake-js. Idk that could be the problem.

[Djiit]

Hi there !

You have to set the runtimeVerison in cmake-js accordingly.

Here you have electron 1.8.4 and a declared runtime version of 1.4.7

Try this :

  "cmake-js": {
    "runtime": "electron",
    "runtimeVersion": "1.8.4"
  }

Have a nice day

[zxiang77]

Still not able to rebuild this package. The package seems not be updated after the rebuild at all. I worked around by manually run the install.js and changed runtime to 'electron', but it is crashing when loaded. Might load a wrong version of binary file. I'll investigate further. If I make it work I'll let you know !

[Djiit]

Hi there, do you have a correct "io-hook" dict in your package.json ? as in :

"iohook": {
  "targets": [
    "node-59",
    "electron-57"
  ],
  "platforms": [
    "win32",
    "darwin",
    "linux"
  ],
  "arches": [
    "x64",
    "ia32"
  ]
}

[zxiang77]

Yeah. Adding iohook dict in package.json solved my problem. Note: You have to add the field before npm install iohook because the installation process depends on that field. You can close this issue now. Thanks!

[Mat-thieu]

Thanks @zxiang77 the docs aren't clear enough on this (although it does make sense thinking about it).