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Monetize your Electron App 💰

Jasmin Virdi on June 01, 2020

Few weeks back I started learning about building desktop applications using Electron. I was recently working on a mini project and was looking for ...
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enravishjeni411 • Edited

Hello, Jasmin. Thanks for the detailed post.

Minor correction:

Loadextension part of code has to be called once the app is ready.
From the electron doc:
Note: This API cannot be called before the ready event of the app module is emitted.

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Shaiju T • Edited

😄 Good, build apps like Wordpress or Slack using Electron ? How ? Wordpress is web based right ? And we use Electron to create desktop apps ?

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Jasmin Virdi

Hey Shaijut,

Yes, we do have a desktop app for wordpress. I’ve gone through an amazing post the other day. They have limited few features due to the hurdles faced but are constantly working to bring them up in next release. 😄

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Custom Automated Systems Pte Ltd

Hi @jasmin,

I just tried your method. However, the monetisation state is always stopped despite me having the meta tag when I inspect. I'm also getting this error the first thing in the debug console:

Error handling response: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'wm2Allowed')

Any idea what's wrong? I copied the coil extension folder from chrome into my app, and it's loading it from there (according to electron, the extension was successfully loaded).