Method createView

app/src/main/viewManager.ts:501–586

(opts: WebContentsViewCreateOptions)

  }

  async createView(opts: WebContentsViewCreateOptions) {
    try {
      const { navigationHistory, ...logOptions } = opts

      const currentEntry =
        opts.navigationHistory &&
        opts.navigationHistoryIndex !== undefined &&
        opts.navigationHistory.length > 0 &&
        opts.navigationHistoryIndex >= 0
          ? opts.navigationHistory[opts.navigationHistoryIndex]
          : null

      const url = currentEntry?.url ?? opts.url

      const newIsSurfUrl = url ? checkIfSurfProtocolUrl(url) : false

      log.log('[main] webcontentsview-create: creating new view with options', logOptions, {
        url,
        newIsSurfUrl
      })

      const view = new WCView(
        {
          ...opts,
          additionalArguments: [
            ...(opts.additionalArguments || []),
            `--userDataPath=${app.getPath('userData')}`,
            `--appPath=${app.getAppPath()}${isDev ? '' : '.unpacked'}`,
            `--pdf-viewer-entry-point=${PDFViewerEntryPoint}`,
            ...(process.env.ENABLE_DEBUG_PROXY ? ['--enable-debug-proxy'] : []),
            ...(process.env.DISABLE_TAB_SWITCHING_SHORTCUTS
              ? ['--disable-tab-switching-shortcuts']
              : [])
          ],
          sandbox: false,
          preload: newIsSurfUrl
            ? path.resolve(__dirname, '../preload/resource.js')
            : path.resolve(__dirname, '../preload/webcontents.js')
        },
        this
      )

      log.log('[main] webcontentsview-create: registering id', view.id)
      this.views.set(view.id, view)

      if (opts.activate) {
        if (opts.isOverlay) {
          this.activeOverlayViewId = view.id

          this.hideAllViews()
        } else {
          this.activeViewId = view.id
        }

        this.addChildView(view)
      } else if (opts.permanentlyActive) {
        this.addChildView(view)
      }