Electron app Failed to get ipaddress when exported as Flatpak - electron

Question

I am trying to make a Flatpak for my little application “OpenSpeedTest-Server”
This is a simple network performance estimation tool. It is working fine on Windows, Mac and Linux (DEB).
1) When i Export the same in Flatpak, Application unable to get the client device ip address.
2) Also i am not able to put a custom icon for my Flatpak.
I used electronforge.
Here is my package.json
{
"name": "OpenSpeedTest-Server",
"productName": "OpenSpeedTest-Server",
"version": "2.1.0",
"description": "Network Speed Test Server - by OpenSpeedTest",
"main": "src/index.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron-forge start",
"package": "electron-forge package",
"make": "electron-forge make",
"publish": "electron-forge publish",
"lint": "echo \"No linting configured\""
},
"keywords": [],
"author": {
"name": "OpenSpeedTest",
"email": "support#openspeedtest.com"
},
"license": "MIT",
"config": {
"forge": {
"packagerConfig": {
"icon": "src/icon.png"
},
"makers": [
{
"name": "#electron-forge/maker-flatpak",
"config": {
"name": "OpenSpeedTest_Server",
"options": {
"categories": [
"Utility"
],
"icon": "src/icon.png"
}
}
},
{
"name": "#electron-forge/maker-zip",
"platforms": [
"darwin"
]
},
{
"name": "#electron-forge/maker-deb",
"config": {}
},
{
"name": "#electron-forge/maker-rpm",
"config": {}
}
]
}
},
"dependencies": {
"cors": "^2.8.5",
"electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0",
"express": "^4.17.1",
"internal-ip": "^6.2.0",
"tcp-port-used": "^1.0.2"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#davidwinter/electron-forge-maker-snap": "^2.0.4",
"#electron-forge/cli": "^6.0.0-beta.57",
"#electron-forge/maker-deb": "^6.0.0-beta.57",
"#electron-forge/maker-flatpak": "^6.0.0-beta.57",
"#electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^6.0.0-beta.57",
"#electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.0.0-beta.57",
"#electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.0.0-beta.57",
"electron": "13.1.2"
}
}
How can i solve this issue?

Answer 1

Solved the issue by adding iproute2 to source and specifying icon dimension. Max supported was 512x512 and i was using 1024x1024
{
"name": "#electron-forge/maker-flatpak",
"config": {
"name": "OpenSpeedTest_Server",
"options": {
"categories": [
"Utility"
],
"icon": {
"512x512": "src/android-chrome-512x512.png"
}
},
"modules": [
{
"name": "zypak",
"sources": [
{
"type": "git",
"url": "https://github.com/refi64/zypak",
"tag": "v2021.02"
}
]
},
{
"name": "iproute2",
"make-install-args": [
"PREFIX=/app",
"CONFDIR=/app/share/iproute2",
"SBINDIR=/app/bin"
],
"sources": [
{
"type": "archive",
"url": "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-5.7.0.tar.xz",
"sha256": "725dc7ba94aae54c6f8d4223ca055d9fb4fe89d6994b1c03bfb4411c4dd10f21"
}
],
"cleanup": [
"/include",
"/share/bash-completion",
"/share/man"
]
}
]
}
},