How to read Electron App version from the package.json

[Praveer Roshan]

Hi,

I am working on one of the electron app which will be installed into the user's window machine using appstore.

The App version is mentioned into the package.json.

I thought using below code it will work in the release mode.

package.json :

{

  "name": "My-electron-uwp",

  "version": "1.0.0",

  "description": "My Windows Mobile",

  "main": "./src/main.js",

  "scripts": {

  },

  "repository": "",

  "keywords": [

    "TestApp",

    "Electron",

    "UWP",

    "Windows Mobile"

  ],

  "author": "xxxxxx",

  "devDependencies": {

    "archiver": "^3.0.0",

    "cross-env": "^5.2.0",

    "electron": "^5.0.0",

    "electron-packager": "^12.2.0",

    "electron-windows-store": "^2.1.0",

    "mocha": "^6.0.2",

    "mocha-junit-reporter": "^1.23.0",

    "mocha-steps": "^1.3.0",

    "mustache": "^3.0.1",

    "p-iteration": "^1.1.8",

    "shelljs": "^0.8.3",

    "spectron": "file:3p/spectron-7.0.0.tgz",

    "uuid": "^3.3.2",

    "read-package-json": "^2.0.13"

  },

  "dependencies": {

    "@sentry/electron": "^0.14.0",

    "electron-window-state": "^5.0.3"

  },

  "windowsStorePackage": {

    "beta": {

      ],

      "win32metadata": {

        "CompanyName": ""

      },

      "identityName": "xxxxxxxxxx",

      "identityPublisher": "",

      "displayName": "TestApp",

      "displayShortName": "TestApp",

      "publisherDisplayName": "",

      "packageDescription": "",

      "executable": "TestApp.exe",

      "tileShortName": "test"

    },

    "production": {

      "name": "MyApp",

      "version": "5.2.0.0",

      "appDirectory": "../",

      "appCopyright": "",

      "icon": "",

      "platform": "win32",

      "arch": "x64",

      "overwrite": "true",

      "ignore": [

      ],

      "win32metadata": {

        "CompanyName": ""

      }

    }

  }

}

I want to read windowsStorePackage.production.version at the run time

I tried  something like below to read in the main process. 

var readJson = require('read-package-json')

ipcMain.on('Electron-App-Version', (event) => {

  readJson('../electron/package.json', console.error, false, function (err, data) {

  if (err) {

    console.error("There was an error reading the file")

    return

  }

  event.returnValue  = data.windowsStorePackage.production.version;

  }); 

})

it works well in debug mode. but in the release mode its not able to find the package.json

How can i get rid of this ?

please guide me !!!