Ref/ Electron packager in external file

package.js

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+"use strict";
+
+var packager = require('electron-packager');
+const pkg = require('./package.json');
+const argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(1));
+
+const appName = argv.name || pkg.name;
+const buildVersion = pkg.version || '1.0';
+const shouldUseAsar = argv.asar || false;
+const shouldBuildAll = argv.all || false;
+const arch = argv.arch || 'all';
+const platform = argv.platform || 'darwin';
+
+const DEFAULT_OPTS = {
+    dir: './dist',
+    name: appName,
+    asar: shouldUseAsar,
+    buildVersion: buildVersion
+};
+
+const icon = 'assets/favicon';
+
+if (icon) {
+    DEFAULT_OPTS.icon = icon;
+}
+
+pack(platform, arch, function done(err, appPath) {
+  if(err) {
+    console.log(err);
+  } else {
+    console.log('Application packaged successfuly!', appPath);
+  }
+
+});
+
+function pack(plat, arch, cb) {
+    // there is no darwin ia32 electron
+    if (plat === 'darwin' && arch === 'ia32') return;
+
+    const iconObj = {
+        icon: DEFAULT_OPTS.icon + (() => {
+
+            let extension = '.png';
+            if (plat === 'darwin') {
+                extension = '.icns';
+            } else if (plat === 'win32') {
+                extension = '.ico';
+            }
+            return extension;
+        })()
+    };
+
+    const opts = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_OPTS, {
+        platform: plat,
+        arch,
+        prune: true,
+        overwrite: true,
+        all: shouldBuildAll,
+        out: `app-builds`
+    });
+
+    console.log(opts)
+    packager(opts, cb);
+}

package.json

@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@
     "lint": "ng lint",
     "start": "webpack --watch",
     "start:web": "webpack-dev-server . --port 4200",
-    "build": "webpack --display-error-details && copyfiles main.js dist",
+    "build": "webpack --display-error-details && copyfiles main.js package.json dist",
+    "dependencies:prod": "cd ./dist && npm install --only=prod && cd ..",
     "build:prod": "cross-env NODE_ENV='production' npm run build",
     "electron:serve": "electron . --serve",
+    "electron:test": "electron ./dist",
     "electron:dev": "npm run build && electron dist/main.js",
     "electron:prod": "npm run build:prod && electron dist/main.js",
-    "electron:linux": "npm run build:prod && copyfiles package.json dist && electron-packager dist --overwrite --platform=linux --arch=x64 --asar=true  --out=app-builds",
-    "electron:windows": "npm run build:prod && copyfiles package.json dist && electron-packager dist --overwrite --platform=win32 --arch=ia32 --asar=true --out=app-builds",
-    "electron:mac": "npm run build:prod && copyfiles package.json dist && electron-packager dist --overwrite --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --asar=true --out=app-builds",
+    "electron:linux": "npm run build:prod && node package.js --asar --platform=linux --arch=x64",
+    "electron:windows": "npm run build:prod && node package.js --asar --platform=win32 --arch=ia32",
+    "electron:mac": "npm run build:prod && node package.js --asar --platform=darwin --arch=x64",
     "test": "karma start ./karma.conf.js",
     "e2e": "protractor ./protractor.conf.js",
     "pree2e": "webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false --quiet"
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@
     "cross-env": "^4.0.0",
     "css-loader": "~0.26.1",
     "cssnano": "~3.10.0",
-    "electron": "~1.6.5",
+    "electron": "~1.6.7",
     "electron-packager": "~8.6.0",
     "electron-reload": "~1.1.0",
     "exports-loader": "~0.6.4",
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@
     "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "~0.2.2",
     "karma-sourcemap-loader": "~0.3.7",
     "less-loader": "~2.2.3",
+    "minimist": "^1.2.0",
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "postcss-loader": "~1.3.3",
     "postcss-url": "~6.0.4",
     "protractor": "~5.1.1",