Fix "Unknown problem opening <local actual file>" on Electron

bin/package-electron

@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ if [ "$OSTYPE" == "msys" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-yarn rebuild-electron
-
 yarn workspace loot-core build:node
 
 yarn workspace @actual-app/web build --mode=desktop
@@ -50,10 +48,10 @@ yarn workspace desktop-electron update-client
         if [ -f ../../.secret-tokens ]; then
             source ../../.secret-tokens
         fi
-        yarn build --publish never --arm64 --x64
+        yarn build
 
         echo "\nCreated release"
     else
-        SKIP_NOTARIZATION=true yarn build --publish never --x64
+        SKIP_NOTARIZATION=true yarn build
     fi
 )

packages/desktop-electron/beforePackHook.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { rebuild } from '@electron/rebuild';
+import { Arch, AfterPackContext } from 'electron-builder';
+
+/* The beforePackHook runs before packing the Electron app for an architecture
+We hook in here to build anything architecture dependent - such as beter-sqlite3
+To build, we call @electron/rebuild on the better-sqlite3 module */
+const beforePackHook = async (context: AfterPackContext) => {
+  const arch: string = Arch[context.arch];
+  const buildPath = context.packager.projectDir;
+  const projectRootPath = buildPath + '/../../';
+  const electronVersion = context.packager.config.electronVersion;
+
+  if (!electronVersion) {
+    console.error('beforePackHook: Unable to find electron version.');
+    process.exit(); // End the process - electron version is required
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await rebuild({
+      arch,
+      buildPath,
+      electronVersion,
+      force: true,
+      projectRootPath,
+      onlyModules: ['better-sqlite3'],
+    });
+
+    console.info(`Rebuilt better-sqlite3 with ${arch}!`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('beforePackHook:', err);
+    process.exit(); // End the process - unsuccessful build
+  }
+};
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unused-modules, import/no-default-export
+export default beforePackHook;

packages/desktop-electron/package.json

@@ -24,26 +24,22 @@
       "!node_modules/better-sqlite3/{benchmark,src,bin,docs,deps,build/Release/obj,build/Release/sqlite3.a,build/Release/test_extension.node}",
       "build"
     ],
-    "publish": {
-      "provider": "github",
-      "repo": "actual",
-      "owner": "actualbudget",
-      "vPrefixedTagName": true
-    },
+    "beforePack": "./build/beforePackHook.js",
     "mac": {
       "category": "public.app-category.finance",
       "icon": "icons/icon.icns",
       "hardenedRuntime": true,
       "gatekeeperAssess": false,
-      "artifactName": "${productName}-mac.${ext}",
+      "artifactName": "${productName}-mac-${arch}.${ext}",
       "notarize": {
         "teamId": "79ANZ983YF"
       },
       "target": [
         {
-          "target": "default",
+          "target": "dmg",
           "arch": [
-            "universal"
+            "x64",
+            "arm64"
           ]
         }
       ]
@@ -63,7 +59,8 @@
       "target": "nsis",
       "icon": "icons/icon.ico",
       "artifactName": "${productName}-windows.${ext}"
-    }
+    },
+    "npmRebuild": false
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "electron-is-dev": "2.0.0",

upcoming-release-notes/3220.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+category: Bugfix
+authors: [MikesGlitch]
+---
+
+Fix electron builds throwing "We had an unknown problem opening file"
+