Electron Main Process logging.

[dmitryr117]

It seems that console.log('Test main process'); inside main process located in: xplat-project/apps/electron-app/src/index.ts is not outputting anything to terminal.

[NathanWalker]

@dmitryr117 if you open the electron dev tools do you see it in the console?

[dmitryr117]

@NathanWalker logging in dev tools works ok for the front end code. However when I create a main process hook inside project/apps/electron-project/src/index.ts and say add a hook like this:

function initMainListener() {
  ipcMain.on('ELECTRON_BRIDGE_HOST', (event, msg) => {
    console.log('msg received', msg);
    if (msg === 'ping') {
      dialog.showErrorBox('error', `content`);
      event.sender.send('ELECTRON_BRIDGE_CLIENT', 'pong');
    }
  });
  ipcMain.on('OPEN_DIALOG', (event, msg) => {
    console.log('msg received');
    //dialog.showErrorBox('error', `content ${msg}`);
    event.sender.send('ELECTRON_BRIDGE_CLIENT', 'pong');
  });
}

The console.log does not output anything in the main terminal. Main terminal just shows the Angular compilation data. I am not sure what to do to have that node terminal although I suspect that in this case 2 terminals will need to be opened. One to watch for project compilation and another to serve Electron. Or another option that I am using for now is I send some data to the front end with event.sender.send() method. Then I can console.log() it there and at that point I can see it with dev tools.

Now for anyone reading this thread and having interest in electron ipcMain hooks: Important. When editing code in project/apps/electron-project/src/index.ts always Ctrl-C your terminal and rebuild project using npm run start.electron.appname otherwise your new ipcMain hooks will not work.