[Bug]: native:serve won't start app window

[arbazargani]

What happened?

php artisan native:serve won't do anything at all.
just ends with no window or anything.

How to reproduce the bug

php artisan native:serve

Package Version

0.1.0

PHP Version

8.1.11

Laravel Version

10.15.0

Which operating systems does with happen with?

Windows

Notes

No response

[erikroznbeker]

On mac, same error:

dev server running for the electron renderer process at:

  ➜  Local:   http://localhost:5173/
  ➜  Network: use --host to expose
error during start dev server and electron app:
Error: No electron app entry file found: /..../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/out/main/index.js
    at ensureElectronEntryFile (/.../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/node_modules/electron-vite/dist/chunks/lib-3592fc5a.js:26:23)
    at Object.startElectron (/.../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/node_modules/electron-vite/dist/chunks/lib-3592fc5a.js:120:5)
    at createServer (/.../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/node_modules/electron-vite/dist/chunks/lib-86ea98bb.js:74:21)
    at async CAC.<anonymous> (/.../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/node_modules/electron-vite/dist/cli.js:48:9)
error Command failed with exit code 1.

[Rueff19]

On mac, same error:

dev server running for the electron renderer process at:

  ➜  Local:   http://localhost:5173/
  ➜  Network: use --host to expose
error during start dev server and electron app:
Error: No electron app entry file found: /..../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/out/main/index.js
    at ensureElectronEntryFile (/.../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/node_modules/electron-vite/dist/chunks/lib-3592fc5a.js:26:23)
    at Object.startElectron (/.../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/node_modules/electron-vite/dist/chunks/lib-3592fc5a.js:120:5)
    at createServer (/.../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/node_modules/electron-vite/dist/chunks/lib-86ea98bb.js:74:21)
    at async CAC.<anonymous> (/.../vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/node_modules/electron-vite/dist/cli.js:48:9)
error Command failed with exit code 1.

duplicate of #27

[Nielson]

Same problem here. @rappasoft posted a temporary fix in #27 (https://github.com/NativePHP/electron/issues/10#issuecomment-1644651637) which worked for me.

[w0rd-driven]

The cert files have been included for me but there were some extra steps I needed, in case this helps. I also saw no errors that pointed to any problems.

• Restart my machine - no clue why this was necessary but it would show in the Dock but the MenuBar wasn't visible, nor was the default Window.
• Manually change the package.json in vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/package.json to @nativephp/electron-plugin. This was committed recently (https://github.com/NativePHP/electron/blob/main/resources/js/package.json#L30) but was not pulled locally.
• There is a PR to change the app entry point in main/index.js to the different npm package (https://github.com/NativePHP/electron/blob/main/resources/js/src/main/index.js#L2) that was merged.

I suspect the JS changes will be published to npm soon where a reboot may or may not be necessary.

[ShaneShipston]

If you are willing to make some code modifications you can follow these instructions to get native:serve to work on Windows. This will only get native:serve to work. It's as far as I've tried so far.

NativePHP Windows Support

[franvilladaa]

@arbazargani Could you solve this issue? Same thing is happening to me on Windows 11. I followed this gist: https://gist.github.com/ShaneShipston/8bb7cabc423cf0cc64da0eacafa53171 and when I run the php artisan native:serve I have the same output as you. No error nothing, but also not windows app opening

[arbazargani]

@franvilladaa i'm on win11 too & no bro, no fix yet. even updating nativephp version to latest minor update via composer, but problem exists. sorrey. hope problems solve soon & we can test nativephp too.

[ShaneShipston]

Add -v to your serve command to see further information. There might be an error you aren't seeing

Ex. php artisan native:serve -v

[cdmathukiya]

still getting this issue

https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/video/19493343?key=b39559aec70f07a12de5ba40c1c4ddbe

[EJyoungc]

i am the same issue but app selector appears

[simonhamp]

A whole load of improvements to development and building on Windows have been made recently.

Please update to nativephp/electron v0.6 and try again.

[aknessy]

What solved this issue for me on Windows 11 was running:
npm install & npm run build