Questions tagged [node-webkit]

NW.js (formerly node-webkit) is an app runtime based on Chromium and Node.js. You can write native apps in HTML and JavaScript with node-webkit. It also lets you call Node.js modules directly from the DOM and enables a new way of writing native applications with all Web technologies.

NW.js (formerly Node-Webkit) is an app runtime based on and . You can write native apps in HTML and JavaScript with node-webkit. It also lets you call Node.js modules directly from the DOM and enables a new way of writing native applications with all Web technologies. It is developed by Intel at the Intel Open Source Technology Center.

was renamed in January, 2015 because Chromium's switch from Webkit to Blink combined with a switch from Node.js to IO.js meant that the runtime was no longer based on either "Node" or "Webkit".

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Audio in Node-webkit using node js and Web Audio API

I'm working on an application using node-webkit in which I need to play audio. I've successfully played audio using Web Audio API and an XMLHttpRequest, but loading the song is very slow. It takes up to 1 second depending on the format and size. Is…
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Google Analytics Measurement Protocol not working

I want to track an application that runs in different environments: phonegap build node-webkit app website In order to use one tracking mechanism for all I thought it would be a good idea to use the "Measurement Protocol" I set up a new tracking…
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how do I programmatically change icon of a Windows executable and Mac application?

When distributing standalone applications built on node-webkit or Atom Shell, we are really just distributing the framework binary but with our application content in a subdirectory. We can of course rename the executables to our Application's name,…
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How do I get my node-webkit app to open correctly?

I'm working on setting up my first node-webkit app and I'm running into issues launching it. I'm on a Mac and the app file structure looks the same as below. Folder index.html package.json Package.json { "name": "Test App", "main":…
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Node-webkit + Angular.js Uncaught Error: [$injector:modulerr]

I've got this files lib/ |-angular.min.js |-angular-route.js |-angular-resource.js index.html package.json The main index.html
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Node webkit and Google OAuth

Just starting out with node webkit and I'm simply loading a website through an iframe to start...(I know, dirty but gets the job done with 2 hands and a bit of time). The thing is, I have Google…
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Node Webkit clear cache

I recently discovered that c:/Users/username/AppData/Local/AppName/Cache contained over 100K cache files. I read up a bit and saw that the gui.App.clearCache() method should fix this. I execute this method at start and at shutdown of the app.…
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TiddlyWiki on node-webkit not displaying content

I followed the tutorial (In the "Getting Started" section) on how to use TiddlyWiki with node-webkit. When I then run nw.exe it doesn't display anything. Im on windows (64bit) and have installed the 32bit version for windows. Not sure what Im doing…
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Node js check if file is being used by another process

I'm working on a node-webkit app that performs filesystem operations. I need to be able to check if the file is being used by another process before deleting (unlinking). If I only use the fs.unlink method, the system will wait until the file stops…
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Node-Webkit start function in different window

My node-webkit application consists of a control window and a presentation window. The control window gathers data and eventually launches the presentation window via the window.open function. The presentation window now has access to some…
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Close window in node-webkit using AngularJS

How to close window using AngularJs and node-webkit ? I don't want to use funcionality of windows.close() when navigathing through app.
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node webkit speech recognition API

I'm trying to use the node webkit speech recognition API but it gives me a strange behavior. I initialize the recorder like that : var rec = new webkitSpeechRecognition(); rec.continuous = true; rec.interimResults = true; rec.onresult =…
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Accessing USB devices from node-webkit?

I'm building a node-webkit app that needs to run on all 3 main desktop environments (windows, mac and linux) I need my app to connect to a plugged in USB device and I'm having a bit of trouble working out exactly how to go about this. Is there an…
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System level keypress and/or mouse events with nodejs?

Can you get system wide keypress events and/or mouse movement events in nodejs? Thanks!
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How to use CLJS + Node.js (+ node-webkit)

How does one achieve this integration? Mainly the integration with Node because I have been at this for a couple of days, trying stuff out myself and reading blog posts but I can't get it to work. The reason probably being there are no recent blog…
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