Fix native module loading in packaged app

- Add asarUnpack config to extract .node and .dll files from asar
- Update module loading to try multiple paths including app.asar.unpacked
- Log which path the module loads from for debugging

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: steveseguin

native-modules/electron-asio/index.js

@@ -13,20 +13,32 @@ let nativeModule = null;
 let isInitialized = false;
 
 /**
- * Load the native ASIO module
+ * Load the native ASIO module - handles both development and packaged paths
  */
 function loadNativeModule() {
     if (nativeModule) return nativeModule;
 
-    try {
-        // Try loading from build/Release (development)
-        const modulePath = path.join(__dirname, 'build', 'Release', 'electron_asio.node');
-        nativeModule = require(modulePath);
-        return nativeModule;
-    } catch (err) {
-        console.warn('[electron-asio] Failed to load native module:', err.message);
-        return null;
+    const moduleName = 'electron_asio.node';
+    const possiblePaths = [
+        // Development: relative to index.js
+        path.join(__dirname, 'build', 'Release', moduleName),
+        path.join(__dirname, 'build', 'Debug', moduleName),
+        // Packaged app: asar unpacked path
+        path.join(__dirname.replace('app.asar', 'app.asar.unpacked'), 'build', 'Release', moduleName),
+    ];
+
+    for (const modulePath of possiblePaths) {
+        try {
+            nativeModule = require(modulePath);
+            console.log('[electron-asio] Loaded native module from:', modulePath);
+            return nativeModule;
+        } catch (err) {
+            // Continue to next path
+        }
     }
+
+    console.warn('[electron-asio] Native module not found in any expected location');
+    return null;
 }
 
 /**

native-modules/electron-asio/lib/index.js

@@ -7,16 +7,37 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 
-// Load native addon
+// Load native addon - handles both development and packaged (asar unpacked) paths
 let native = null;
+function loadNativeModule() {
+    const moduleName = 'electron_asio.node';
+    const possiblePaths = [
+        // Development: relative to lib/index.js
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', 'build', 'Release', moduleName),
+        path.join(__dirname, '..', 'build', 'Debug', moduleName),
+        // Packaged app: asar unpacked path
+        path.join(__dirname.replace('app.asar', 'app.asar.unpacked'), '..', 'build', 'Release', moduleName),
+    ];
+
+    for (const modulePath of possiblePaths) {
+        try {
+            const mod = require(modulePath);
+            console.log('[electron-asio] Loaded native module from:', modulePath);
+            return mod;
+        } catch (e) {
+            // Continue to next path
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
 try {
-    native = require('../build/Release/electron_asio.node');
-} catch (e) {
-    try {
-        native = require('../build/Debug/electron_asio.node');
-    } catch (e2) {
-        console.warn('[electron-asio] Native module not available:', e.message);
+    native = loadNativeModule();
+    if (!native) {
+        console.warn('[electron-asio] Native module not found in any expected location');
     }
+} catch (e) {
+    console.warn('[electron-asio] Failed to load native module:', e.message);
 }
 
 /**

package.json

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
     "productName": "elecap",
     "electronVersion": "39.2.13-qp20",
     "npmRebuild": false,
+    "asarUnpack": [
+      "native-modules/**/*.node",
+      "native-modules/**/*.dll"
+    ],
     "electronDownload": {
       "mirror": "https://github.com/steveseguin/electron/releases/download/",
       "customDir": "v39.2.13-qp20"