Application dose not boot up.

[sifz10]

What were you trying to do?

I just installed a fresh project with Laravel 11. Install the NativePHP then I am trying to run the application locally.

What happened?

Once I run the application, It doesn't show any error. Just show some log like this :

`$ php artisan native:serve

Starting NativePHP dev server…

Fetching latest dependencies…

Installing NPM dependencies (This may take a while)...

Installing NPM dependencies using the npm package manager...

Fetching latest dependencies…

Starting NativePHP app

Copying app icons...

App icons copied

Running the dev script with npm...

Fetching latest dependencies…`

Then the cmd turn off.

How to reproduce the bug

NativeAppServiceProvider.php

`namespace App\Providers;

use Native\Laravel\Facades\Window;
use Native\Laravel\Contracts\ProvidesPhpIni;
use Native\Laravel\Menu\Menu;

class NativeAppServiceProvider implements ProvidesPhpIni
{
public function boot(): void
{
Window::open()->width(400)->height(300);
}

public function phpIni(): array
{
    return [
        'memory_limit' => '512M',
        'display_errors' => '1',
        'error_reporting' => 'E_ALL',
        'max_execution_time' => '0',
        'max_input_time' => '0',
    ];
}

}
`

config/nativephp.php
`<?php

return [
/**
* The version of your app.
* It is used to determine if the app needs to be updated.
* Increment this value every time you release a new version of your app.
*/
'version' => env('NATIVEPHP_APP_VERSION', '1.0.0'),

/**
 * The ID of your application. This should be a unique identifier
 * usually in the form of a reverse domain name.
 * For example: com.nativephp.app
 */
'app_id' => env('NATIVEPHP_APP_ID', 'com.zoox.nativephp.app'),

/**
 * If your application allows deep linking, you can specify the scheme
 * to use here. This is the scheme that will be used to open your
 * application from within other applications.
 * For example: "nativephp"
 *
 * This would allow you to open your application using a URL like:
 * nativephp://some/path
 */
'deeplink_scheme' => env('NATIVEPHP_DEEPLINK_SCHEME'),

/**
 * The author of your application.
 */
'author' => env('NATIVEPHP_APP_AUTHOR'),

/**
 * The default service provider for your application. This provider
 * takes care of bootstrapping your application and configuring
 * any global hotkeys, menus, windows, etc.
 */
'provider' => \App\Providers\NativeAppServiceProvider::class,

/**
 * A list of environment keys that should be removed from the
 * .env file when the application is bundled for production.
 * You may use wildcards to match multiple keys.
 */
'cleanup_env_keys' => [
    'AWS_*',
    'GITHUB_*',
    'DO_SPACES_*',
    '*_SECRET',
    'NATIVEPHP_UPDATER_PATH',
    'NATIVEPHP_APPLE_ID',
    'NATIVEPHP_APPLE_ID_PASS',
    'NATIVEPHP_APPLE_TEAM_ID',
],

/**
 * A list of files and folders that should be removed from the
 * final app before it is bundled for production.
 * You may use glob / wildcard patterns here.
 */
'cleanup_exclude_files' => [
    'content',
    'storage/app/framework/{sessions,testing,cache}',
    'storage/logs/laravel.log',
],

/**
 * The NativePHP updater configuration.
 */
'updater' => [
    /**
     * Whether or not the updater is enabled. Please note that the
     * updater will only work when your application is bundled
     * for production.
     */
    'enabled' => env('NATIVEPHP_UPDATER_ENABLED', true),

    /**
     * The updater provider to use.
     * Supported: "github", "s3", "spaces"
     */
    'default' => env('NATIVEPHP_UPDATER_PROVIDER', 'spaces'),

    'providers' => [
        'github' => [
            'driver' => 'github',
            'repo' => env('GITHUB_REPO'),
            'owner' => env('GITHUB_OWNER'),
            'token' => env('GITHUB_TOKEN'),
            'vPrefixedTagName' => env('GITHUB_V_PREFIXED_TAG_NAME', true),
            'private' => env('GITHUB_PRIVATE', false),
            'channel' => env('GITHUB_CHANNEL', 'latest'),
            'releaseType' => env('GITHUB_RELEASE_TYPE', 'draft'),
        ],

        's3' => [
            'driver' => 's3',
            'key' => env('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'),
            'secret' => env('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'),
            'region' => env('AWS_DEFAULT_REGION'),
            'bucket' => env('AWS_BUCKET'),
            'endpoint' => env('AWS_ENDPOINT'),
            'path' => env('NATIVEPHP_UPDATER_PATH', null),
        ],

        'spaces' => [
            'driver' => 'spaces',
            'key' => env('DO_SPACES_KEY_ID'),
            'secret' => env('DO_SPACES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'),
            'name' => env('DO_SPACES_NAME'),
            'region' => env('DO_SPACES_REGION'),
            'path' => env('NATIVEPHP_UPDATER_PATH', null),
        ],
    ],
],

];
`

Package Versions

nativephp/electron : "0.8.1" | nativephp/laravel : 0.6.1| nativephp/php-bin : 0.5.4

PHP Version

8.2.0

Laravel Version

11.9

Node Version

20.18.0

Which operating systems have you seen this occur on?

Windows

OS version

win11

Notes

I tried with both. First, I installed fresh project without changing anything, Then I installed another fresh application and this time just added the window size and phpIni function.

[sifz10]

I got it! Forgot to install npm! 😑 When it says Installing NPM dependencies.... I thought it running npm under the hood!

[simonhamp]

Ah, yeh that's a bit of a misnomer... it's installing the nativephp/electron package's npm dependencies into your vendor folder, not installing your project's own npm dependencies.

[sifz10]

@simonhamp Thank you for the better explanation. Appreciate it. I think we need to add this instruction into the documentation installation process. So newbies like me don't get confused. 😅

[simonhamp]

I'd rather figure out why this ends up being a problem... not everyone runs/needs npm