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Warning to all existing users: Nativefier is now unmaintained (https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier/issues/1577)

I maintain the latest built package at:

https://github.com/frealgagu/archlinux.whatsapp-nativefier/releases/

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());

Hello,

With today upgrade, /opt/whatsapp-nativefier/resources/app/nativefier.json change from "tray":false (or "tray":true) to "tray":"start-in-tray" does not work anymore, Whatsapp always opens in window or in full screen, but not in systray only.

why are you installing the files with 755 permission. why should those files have execute permission?

It does not work anymore because whatsapp web shows a wrong chrome version error when launching whatsapp-nativefier.

Looks like the nativefier build command is outdated. People on GitHub got it working again by adding --clear-cache and using electron version 6.0.9 (-e).

@frealgagu could you please update the PKGBUILD script? Thanks a lot!

whatsapp-nativefier [21539:0828/125831.858706:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(157)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /opt/whatsapp-nativefier/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755. Παγίδα Trace/breakpoint (core dumped)

When I play voice recordings, I do not get any sound. A sink pops up in pavucontrol but it does not have any volume. Notification sounds are played properly in comparison.

@yoburtu Try to use makepkg directly and tell me what happens.

The package can't be created:

/tmp/yaourt-tmp-user/aur-whatsapp-nativefier/./PKGBUILD: line 44: 19177 Aborted (core dumped) convert "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.png" -resize "${_size}" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_size}/apps/${pkgname}.png" ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package(). Aborting... ==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build whatsapp-nativefier. ==> Restart building whatsapp-nativefier ? [y/N]

Remember to bump $pkgrel when you edit the PKGBUILD—in a way that changes the resulting package—without increasing $pkgver…

Hi this package is causing issues with some docks apps like plank (icon not showing properly). Package whatsapp-nativefier.desktop reads StartupWMClass=whatsapp-nativefier however window class reported by wmctrl is "whats-app-nativefier-d52542". This apparently confuses plank. Changing the *.desktop file to StartupWMClass=whats-app-nativefier-d52542 fixes temporarily the issue... until next AUR update. Is there a way to properly fix this ? Thanks.

I’d prefer if frealgagu doesn’t implement this, however, it is easy to clone a PKGBUILD and maintain it locally using git. Just git fetch and git merge when there’s an update on AUR. I do this for a couple of PKGBUILDs where I want to tweak the defaults.