Electron prebuilt on Android

[sarkande]

Hello,
when i try to install electron-prebuilt with
npm install
i got this error

`/data/data/com.termux/files/home/electron-quick-start/node_modules/electron-prebuilt/install.js:32
if (!paths[platform]) throw new Error('Unknown platform: ' + platform)
^

Error: Unknown platform: android
at Object. (/data/data/com.termux/files/home/electron-quick-start/node_modules/electron-prebuilt/install.js:32:29)
at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
at Module.runMain (module.js:575:10)
at run (node.js:348:7)
at startup (node.js:140:9)
at node.js:463:3`

[zeke]

You're getting this error because the Electron project doesn't currently release a build for the Android platform.

Out of curiosity, what device and operating system version are you running? Electron currently produces an armv7l build (named arm on the releases page), which may work for you if that's the hardware you're using, but that platform is not yet supported by electron-prebuilt

[sarkande]

I use a remix mini with the latest version of remix os

[zeke]

According to Amazon, your processor is:

1.2 GHz ARM7500FE

Which has an ARM710a core. So your device may technically be compatible with the existing ARM build of Electron!

For updates on ARM support in Electron, you may want to subscribe to these issues:

• Better support for Linux ARM machines electron/electron#5706
• Release name 'linux-arm' is too vague e.g. (armv7 vs armv8) electron/electron#2343
• Provide compiled binary for popular Linux distributions electron/electron#259

[kevinsawicki]

@sarkande are you able to run the following on your machine and report back the output?

node -p "console.log(process.platform, process.arch, process.config.variables.arm_version)"

Thanks.

[zeke]

The electron-prebuilt repo is being retired and its code has been moved into the electron/electron repo. For the sake of historical transparency, we will leave GitHub Issues enabled on this repository, but if you are still affected by the issue reported here, please open a new issue on electron/electron repo and reference this issue from it so people can get the full context. The electron repository has a large and active contributor community, so your issue is more likely to get the attention it deserves there. Thanks!