Builds a distributable Electron application from a converted Shiny app. Creates platform-specific installers and executables.
Usage
build_electron_app(
app_dir,
output_dir,
app_name = NULL,
app_type = "r-shinylive",
platform = NULL,
arch = NULL,
icon = NULL,
overwrite = FALSE,
verbose = TRUE
)Arguments
- app_dir
Character string. Path to the converted Shiny/shinylive application.
- output_dir
Character string. Path where the built Electron app will be saved.
- app_name
Character string. Name of the application. If NULL, uses the base name of app_dir.
- app_type
Character string. Type of application: "r-shinylive", "r-shiny", "py-shinylive", or "py-shiny".
- platform
Character vector. Target platforms: "win", "mac", "linux". If NULL, builds for current platform.
- arch
Character vector. Target architectures: "x64", "arm64". If NULL, uses current architecture.
- icon
Character string. Path to application icon file. Platform-specific format required.
- overwrite
Logical. Whether to overwrite existing output directory. Default is FALSE.
- verbose
Logical. Whether to display detailed progress information. Default is TRUE.
Details
This function creates a complete Electron application by:
Setting up the Electron project structure
Copying application files and templates
Installing npm dependencies
Building platform-specific distributables
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Build Electron app for current platform
build_electron_app(
app_dir = "path/to/shinylive/app",
output_dir = "path/to/electron/build",
app_name = "My Shiny App",
app_type = "r-shinylive"
)
# Build for multiple platforms
build_electron_app(
app_dir = "path/to/app",
output_dir = "path/to/build",
app_name = "My App",
app_type = "r-shinylive",
platform = c("win", "mac", "linux")
)
} # }