Electron打包和部署

用Electron开发完桌面应用后，接着需要把代码打包在一起发布出来，叫做：打包或部署或发布

常见打包packaging工具

目前主要有3种可以用来打包Electron应用的工具：

electron-forge
- https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge
electron-builder
- 官网
  - electron-builder
- GitHub
  - electron-userland/electron-builder: A complete solution to package and build a ready for distribution Electron app with 'auto update' support out of the box
- 文档
  - 不同部分，分页显示的
    - 比如：
      - PlatformSpecificBuildOptions - electron-builder
  - 全部文档在一起的，单页显示的
    - Common Configuration - electron-builder
electron-packager
- electron/electron-packager: Customize and package your Electron app with OS-specific bundles (.app, .exe, etc.) via JS or CLI

更多内容详见官网：

用electron-builder打包

下面举例用electron-builder去打包Electron的应用。

Mac中用electron-builder打包

此处介绍如何在Mac中用electron-builder去打包Electron的应用，生成Mac中的app和pkg文件。

安装electron-builder

npm install -D electron-builder@21.2.0

添加build配置

以及给package.json加上必要的build的配置，主要增加的部分是：

{
  "scripts": {
    "pack": "electron-builder --dir",
    "dist": "electron-builder",
    "dist_all": "electron-builder -mw"
  },

  "build": {
    "productName": "ElectronDemo",
    "appId": "com.crifan.electronDemo",
    "copyright": "Copyright © 2020 ${author} String",
    "directories": {
      "output": "release"
    },
    "mac": {
      "category": "public.app-category.developer-tools",
      "type": "distribution",
      "target": [
        "pkg",
        "zip"
      ]
    }
  },

}

更新后package.json完整配置如下：

{
  "name": "electron-quick-start",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "A minimal Electron application",
  "main": "main.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "electron .",
    "pack": "electron-builder --dir",
    "dist": "electron-builder",
    "dist_all": "electron-builder -mw"
  },
  "repository": "https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start",
  "keywords": [
    "Electron",
    "quick",
    "start",
    "tutorial",
    "demo"
  ],
  "author": "Crifan Li",
  "license": "CC0-1.0",
  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "^9.0.0",
    "electron-builder": "^21.2.0"
  },
  "build": {
    "productName": "ElectronDemo",
    "appId": "com.crifan.electronDemo",
    "copyright": "Copyright © 2020 ${author} String",
    "directories": {
      "output": "release"
    },
    "mac": {
      "category": "public.app-category.developer-tools",
      "type": "distribution",
      "target": [
        "pkg",
        "zip"
      ]
    }
  },
  "dependencies": {}
}

打包

然后去打包

npm run dist

打包后输出文件：

 ~/dev/src/electron/electron-quick-start/release   master ●  tree -L 2 .
.
├── ElectronDemo-1.0.0-mac.zip
├── ElectronDemo-1.0.0.pkg
├── builder-effective-config.yaml
├── com.crifan.electronDemo.plist
├── latest-mac.yml
└── mac
    └── ElectronDemo.app

2 directories, 5 files

其中：

ElectronDemo-1.0.0-mac.zip
- 解压得到ElectronDemo.app
  - 双击即可运行
    - 效果截图
ElectronDemo-1.0.0.pkg
- 双击即可安装

打包和部署