Merge pull request #9095 from seanchas116/better-path-resolve

Search for module from app path when URL is not file protocol

lib/browser/api/app.js

@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ const {EventEmitter} = require('events')
 
 Object.setPrototypeOf(App.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
-let appPath = null
-
 Object.assign(app, {
-  getAppPath () { return appPath },
-  setAppPath (path) { appPath = path },
   setApplicationMenu (menu) {
     return Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu)
   },

lib/renderer/init.js

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ electron.ipcRenderer.on('ELECTRON_INTERNAL_RENDERER_ASYNC_WEB_FRAME_METHOD', (ev
 let nodeIntegration = 'false'
 let preloadScript = null
 let isBackgroundPage = false
+let appPath = null
 for (let arg of process.argv) {
   if (arg.indexOf('--guest-instance-id=') === 0) {
     // This is a guest web view.
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ for (let arg of process.argv) {
     preloadScript = arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1)
   } else if (arg === '--background-page') {
     isBackgroundPage = true
+  } else if (arg.indexOf('--app-path=') === 0) {
+    appPath = arg.substr(arg.indexOf('=') + 1)
   }
 }
 
@@ -116,6 +119,11 @@ if (nodeIntegration === 'true') {
   } else {
     global.__filename = __filename
     global.__dirname = __dirname
+
+    if (appPath) {
+      // Search for module under the app directory
+      module.paths = module.paths.concat(Module._nodeModulePaths(appPath))
+    }
   }
 
   // Redirect window.onerror to uncaughtException.