Conditional import of Electron/NodeJS libs - The app can be launch in browser mode

src/app/providers/electron.service.spec.ts

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+import { TestBed, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { ElectronService } from './electron.service';
+
+describe('ElectronService', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [ElectronService]
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should ...', inject([ElectronService], (service: ElectronService) => {
+    expect(service).toBeTruthy();
+  }));
+});

src/app/providers/electron.service.ts

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+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
+import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ElectronService {
+
+  ipcRenderer: typeof ipcRenderer;
+  childProcess: typeof childProcess;
+
+  constructor() {
+    if (this.isElectron()) {
+      this.ipcRenderer = window.require('electron').ipcRenderer;
+      this.childProcess = window.require('child_process');
+    }
+  }
+
+  isElectron = () => {
+    return window && window.process && window.process.type;
+  }
+
+}