Disable asar

[amilajack]

• Version: 5.12.1

• Target: macOS

How do I disable asar? Currently, I have the following in my package.json in the root directory of my project:

// package.json
"build": {
    "appId": "popcorn-time-desktop",
    "app-category-type": "public.app-category.video",
    "asar": false,
    "win": {
      "iconUrl": "https://cdn.rawgit.com/amilajack/popcorn-time-desktop/master/app/icons/app.ico"
    }
  },

[amilajack]

I've also tried setting asar: false to asar: "false" but I got the same result

[amilajack]

Here are the files in /dist/mac/MyApp.app/Contents/Resources:

drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 ar.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 bg.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 bn.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 ca.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 cs.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 da.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 de.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 el.lproj
-rw-r--r--   1 amila  staff   181K Jul 17 17:09 electron.asar
-rw-r--r--   1 amila  staff   1.7M Jul 17 17:09 electron.icns
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 en.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 en_GB.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 es.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 es_419.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 et.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 fa.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 fi.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 fil.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 fr.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 gu.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 he.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 hi.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 hr.lproj
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 17 17:09 hu.lproj

I'm assuming that this is the output of the asar: true option. Am I correct?

[develar]

If asar: true, you will get app.asar in the /dist/mac/MyApp.app/Contents/Resources. If false, directory app.

[amilajack]

Sorry for the late response. I am not getting the directory app in /dist/mac/MyApp.app/Contents/Resources. Instead, I am getting app.asar. Here's some of the directory's contents:

// many `lproj` files
drwxr-xr-x   2 amila  staff    68B Jul 20 02:31 de.lproj
-rw-r--r--   1 amila  staff   100M Jul 20 02:31 app.asar
-rw-r--r--   1 amila  staff   180K Jul 20 02:31 electron.asar
-rw-r--r--   1 amila  staff   1.7M Jul 20 02:31 electron.icns

[develar]

I am sure that "asar": false in the build works. Strange.

[amilajack]

Found out what the problem was. I was switching back and forth between "false" and false. My bad.

[amilajack]

@develar Would this be considered a bug? JSON supports boolean literals. "asar": false doesn't work but "asar": "false" does.

[develar]

Now both values should work.