rosen-vladimirov / electron-quick-start

Clone to try a simple Electron app

electron-quick-start

Demonstrates an issue with session length when using Clevertap in Electron app

This project demonstrates an issue with session length when using Clevertap analytics in Electron application.

Setup

1. Clone the repo:

git clone [email protected]:rosen-vladimirov/electron-quick-start.git

2. In the cloned dir, find the index.html file and set your Clevertap ID in the placeholder <ID HERE>.
3. In the root directory run npm install
4. You can test if everything works as expected by running npm run start - this will open a simple Electron app, that will try to send four events to Clevertap. You'll also see the DevTools are opened and in session storage the WZRK_D variable is set.
5. Now you have to build the application:

npm run dist

5. The above command will produce a dist folder, which will contain several files. Double-click the electron-quick-start-1.0.0.dmg file. This will start the installation of the app.
6. Once finished, open your Applications directory and locate the electron-quick-start application. Right-click it and select Open. First time it will not allow you to run the app, as the app is not notarized, but use right-click-> open again and the app will start.
7. The application writes all of the DevTools logs in the electronDevToolsLogs.log file in the user's home directory: ~/electronDevToolsLogs.log.
8. Close the app and check the logs.
9. Now start the app again - as there are no 20 mins between the sessions, it is expected to have the same session, but instead a new session is started (you can verify this both in the DevTools and the mentioned log file).