Configure build resources directory

[develar]

Proposal:

Use directories.buildResources key in the development package.json.

Default value: build
Path relative to the root of project (i.e. development package.json).

[uggrock]

This will be great!

[develar]

@uggrock Could you please specify your desired value (name of your build folder)? May be we can just try to use it by default (i.e. if it is named assets, it is reasonable to just try to find such folder in the project dir automatically by default).

[demetris-manikas]

Why not just follow the path given? e.g: "background": "RELATIVE_DIR/MY_BACKGROUND_NAME.jpg" ?

[develar]

@demetris-manikas

As user, I don't want to specify all of required paths.
As user, I want to build my app in distributable format for all possible platforms. Don't learn all required tools to do it.

electron-builder does it for you. You need just follow convention.

So, I think, it is better for user just follow some convention. And tool will do of the rest.

[demetris-manikas]

@develar I am not saying that defaults should not exist. But that a good tool allows the user to override defaults. For me it's not a good thing for a tool to enforce the layout of an application in anyway.
e.g. Say that an app uses the same icon that is being used for the installer. The tool enforces the user to duplicate the resource leading to another thing to remember to do when changing the icon.

[develar]

@demetris-manikas Understand. It will be implemented. Not recommended, but not a good thing for a tool to enforce the layout of an application.

[develar]

@demetris-manikas I have realised that you request is already implemented – see /~https://github.com/loopline-systems/electron-builder#distributable-format-configuration (just specify own background). If it doesn't work, please file an issue.

[demetris-manikas]

It was not my request but anyway I 'll try it first thing in the morning...

[jayalfredprufrock]

I've been trying to specify my own location for the OSX icon file as detailed in the docs and it doesn't seem to be working. I know it's finding the icon because if I alter the path to something bogus it throws an error. Specifying the background image DOES work though. Oddly enough, when I place the icon.icns file and background.png file in the "build" directory and rely on the defaults, the icon loads properly but not the background. I've had to use a combination of both methods to get everything to work.

[develar]

@jayalfredprufrock Reported as #197.