main.js

const app = require('app');  // Module to control application life.
const BrowserWindow = require('browser-window');  // Module to create native browser window.
const ipc = require('ipc');

// const Menu = require('menu');
// const Tray = require('tray');
const menuItems = require('./menuItems');
var appIcon = null;

// const processRef = global.process;
// process.nextTick(function() { global.process = processRef; });

// Report crashes to our server.
require('crash-reporter').start();

// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
// be closed automatically when the javascript object is GCed.
var mainWindow = null;

// Quit when all windows are closed.
app.on('window-all-closed', function() {
    if (process.platform != 'darwin')
        app.quit();
});

// Emitted when the application is activated while there is no opened windows.
// It usually happens when a user has closed all of application's windows and then
// click on the application's dock icon.
app.on('activate-with-no-open-windows', function () {
    if (mainWindow) {
        mainWindow.show();
    }
    return false;
});

// SETUP custom protocols
// app.commandLine.appendSwitch('register-standard-schemes', 'library,test,atom');
// app.commandLine.appendSwitch('host-rules', 'MAP *.google.com meteor.com');


// This method will be called when Electron has done everything
// initialization and ready for creating browser windows.
app.on('ready', function() {

    // instantiate custom protocols
    // require('./customProtocols.js');



    // appIcon = new Tray('./icons/icon-tray.png');
    // var contextMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
    //     { label: 'Item1', type: 'radio' },
    //     { label: 'Item2', type: 'radio' },
    //     { label: 'Item3', type: 'radio', checked: true },
    //     { label: 'Item4', type: 'radio' },
    // ]);
    // appIcon.setToolTip('This is my application.');
    // appIcon.setContextMenu(contextMenu);


    // Create the browser window.
    mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
        width: 800,
        height: 600,
        'standard-window': false,
        icon: './icons/icon_128x128.png',
        'node-integration': false,
        preload: __dirname +'/preloader.js'
        // frame: false
        // 'use-content-size': true,
    });

    // and load the index.html of the app.
    // if() 'file://' + __dirname + '/interface/index.html
    mainWindow.loadUrl('http://localhost:3000');

    // Open the devtools.
    // mainWindow.openDevTools();

    // Emitted when the window is closed.
    mainWindow.on('closed', function() {
        // Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
        // in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
        // when you should delete the corresponding element.
        mainWindow = null;
    });


    // instantiate the application menu
    ipc.on('setupWebviewDevToolsMenu', function(e, webviews){
        menuItems(mainWindow, webviews || []);
    });

});