| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/whatsapp-nativefier.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | whatsapp-nativefier |
| Description: | WhatsApp desktop built with nativefier (electron) |
| Upstream URL: | https://web.whatsapp.com |
| Licenses: | custom |
| Submitter: | frealgagu |
| Maintainer: | frealgagu |
| Last Packager: | frealgagu |
| Votes: | 135 |
| Popularity: | 0.98 |
| First Submitted: | 2018-12-14 22:30 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2023-09-08 19:25 (UTC) |
To all of those having the "Safari needs update" issue, I did the following and worked just fine:
TLDR; Toggle "Bypass for network" and refresh every time
I checked the repo and did this: "Switch user agent to "firefox", which selects the latest stable release of that browser (https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier/blob/HEAD/API.md#user-agent)"
This fixed the old version message!
@MALRAT great solution!
For me the problem was not solved by just rebuild the application with updated user agent string.
To finally fix it I needed to clear the application cache data.
Open whatsapp-nativefier app. Press Shift-Ctrl-I, go to the Application tab, Storage menu item, uncheck all the checkboxes except "Cache storage" and click "Clear site data" button. After this press Ctrl-F5.
The application is not loosing the login data and just reloads the UI and starts to work.
So, oddly enough - I tried updating the user agent string on both my desktops. One it worked, other I still get the Safari 11+ needed when I restarted it. On that one, I then opened dev tools and did a refresh and... it opened fine. Maybe a local cache issue ?
In my /opt/whatsapp-nativefier/resources/app/nativefier.json file on Manjaro, I have:
"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.4 Safari/605.1.15"
And it's not working...
@TiuTalk solution worked for me, but remember you need to clean and build the previous installation.
I was able to temporarily fix the "Safari needs update" problem by editing the PKGBUILD:
yay -S --editmenu whatsapp-nativefier
And changing the --user-agent param to use a more recent Safari UA:
--user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 12_4) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.4 Safari/605.1.15"
I too have the safari needs update problem, I tried to rebuild the package with the latest nativefier but with no luck.
Pinned Comments
matejdro commented on 2023-10-06 04:51 (UTC)
Warning to all existing users: Nativefier is now unmaintained (https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier/issues/1577)
frealgagu commented on 2020-12-05 22:39 (UTC)
I maintain the latest built package at:
https://github.com/frealgagu/archlinux.whatsapp-nativefier/releases/
saulocastelo commented on 2020-03-29 10:46 (UTC)
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());