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Hey guys,

I created the original fix.

And now I share another way to use whatsapp web on nativefier. No code injection required.

Pressing ctrl+shift+i (on Linux) and the Devtools window will open. Then click on Application -> Service Workers And check the option Bypass for network.

Now press ctrl+r to reload. And ctrl+shift+i to close the Devtools.

Whenever you open your whatsapp the problem will occur, but since the Bypass for network option has already been enabled, you only need to press ctrl+shift+i (open devtools), ctrl+r (reload), ctrl+shift+i (close devtools)

@frealgagu, thanks for your work. This package was in my list as one of required apps to be installed after install Arch. I saw your last update ( document.querySelector("a[href='https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95414']") ), NICE/GREAT/GOOD!

Another way to do the same in 2 lines: document.querySelector("a[href='https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95414']") && navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistration().then(r => r.unregister() && document.location.reload());

Tray icon left click behavior won't work properly. To fix, this should be added to the nativefier command after --name line in the PKGBUILD: --electron-version 9.0.2 \

Hello.

I'm the maintainer of the package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/whatsapp-nativefier-dark/. Just want to inform that I'm deprecating that package in favor of this one because now WhatsApp has released the option to use the dark theme. Just go to settings -> theme and choose the dark theme.

@bakgwailo I don't understand why the bug continues appearing to you. The fix in dark version you mentioned was adjusted also in this version two months before than the dark version (thanks to @The-Compiler).

https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=whatsapp-nativefier&id=800d8e355aafe722261ea074d987936b65102546

Please try to uninstall the package completely then removes the temporal files and verify that the folder /opt/whatsapp-nativefier/ is either empty or non-existent. Then install it again and check if the issue continues.

So, I think in the dark version they fixed the Chrome upgrade message in this commit:

https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=whatsapp-nativefier-dark&id=523a9bc0c10edf972ce537b74241e5c3d21b313e

I get it probably every day at this point, and have to go into dev tools and clear the cache/reload the page to get it working again (which almost always then requires a re-auth).

I still can't get notifications.

edit: its a nativefier problem. after build, doing 'sed -i "s/const newNotify =.*/const newNotify = function (title, opt) {/" YOUR_DIRECTORY/resources/app/lib/preload.js' fixes it. https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier/issues/956

The tray icon disappears on GNOME after locking and unlocking the screen. See this issue on Github: https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier/issues/945 There is a solution at the end of the page. This should be added to the nativefier command in the PKGBUILD: --electron-version 7.2.4

I was unable to build the package, as a source file was missing:

sed: can't read /home/q/AUR/whatsapp-nativefier/src/whats-app-linux-x64/resources/app/lib/preload.js: No such file or directory
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
    Aborting...

Removing sed -i -e "/loglevel/d" "${srcdir}/${_folder}/resources/app/lib/preload.js" from the PKGBUILD fixed it for me.

Seems not to work now and asks to upgrade to Chrome 49.

I have the same problem as @sispus (on kde too) but on true Arch

would be great as mentioned by @bakgwailo to add spellcheck support in the build:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 59b8809..b8c7589 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ build() {
     --verbose \
     --single-instance \
     --tray \
+    --browserwindow-options '{ "webPreferences": { "spellcheck": true } }' \
     "https://web.${pkgname%-nativefier}.com"
 }

Also is there a way to autom. enable the local dictionaries? By default for me only en_US was listed in ~/.config/whatsapp-nativefier-d40211/Preferences?