RD-T39 Working on electron build

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Improved web build configuration for better static hosting: the web output is now optimized for static sites and base URL resolution is standardized.
  • Updated desktop app startup so development and production initialize differently: clearer runtime behavior and logging, with developer tools opened only in dev for a cleaner production launch.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Updates Expo web config to emit a static web build with base URL '/', and refactors Electron main process to explicitly branch on development vs production: dev loads the localhost URL, prod loads the local index.html file; devtools open only in development.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Expo Web Configuration app.config.ts	Added web config properties output: 'static' and baseUrl: '/' to change web bundle output and base URL resolution.
Electron Startup Logic electron/main.js	Replaced single startUrl approach with explicit isDev branching: development calls mainWindow.loadURL('http://localhost:8081') and logs the dev URL; production calls mainWindow.loadFile(indexPath) to load local index.html. DevTools remain enabled only in dev.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    participant DevServer as Dev Server
    participant Main as Electron Main
    participant Browser as BrowserWindow
    participant FS as File System

    Note over Main: Startup
    Main->>Main: determine isDev
    alt isDev == true
        Main->>DevServer: loadURL('http://localhost:8081')
        DevServer-->>Browser: serve app over HTTP
        Main->>Browser: open DevTools
    else isDev == false
        Main->>FS: resolve index.html path
        Main->>Browser: loadFile(index.html)
        FS-->>Browser: provide local file
    end

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Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~20 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• RD-T39 Icon and Android build fixes #86 — Changes Electron startup and bundling configuration (package.json/metro) that affect how electron/main.js is loaded and run.

Poem

🐰 I hopped through configs, nibbling bits of code,

Web now static, paths on a steady road.
Electron splits — localhost or local file,
I twitch my nose and hop a little while.
Hooray for builds that make the devs smile!

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 1 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (1 warning, 1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Title check	❓ Inconclusive	The title 'RD-T39 Working on electron build' is vague and uses generic phrasing that doesn't clearly convey the specific technical changes made, such as the configuration updates or the refactoring of electron URL handling.	Consider using a more specific title that describes the actual changes, such as 'Update Expo web config and refactor Electron URL handling for dev/prod environments' or similar.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🤖 Fix all issues with AI agents

In `@app.config.ts`:
- Around line 88-93: The app config currently places baseUrl inside the web
block; move the baseUrl setting into an experiments object (experiments.baseUrl)
and remove baseUrl from the web object, and use an absolute path (e.g., "/" or
"/myapp") or an empty string instead of a relative './' value; update the config
to define experiments with baseUrl and keep web containing favicon, bundler and
output only (referencing the symbols baseUrl, experiments, and web to locate the
change).

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

electron/main.js (1)

22-29: Harden production index path resolution.

Line 26 relies on a relative path from __dirname; packaged layouts can vary. Please verify the built web assets land at that path in your packaged app; otherwise resolve from app.getAppPath() and guard missing files to fail fast.

♻️ Suggested guard + path resolution

-const path = require('path');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');

...
-        const indexPath = path.join(__dirname, '../dist/index.html');
+        const indexPath = path.join(app.getAppPath(), 'dist', 'index.html');
+        if (!fs.existsSync(indexPath)) {
+            console.error(`Missing web build at ${indexPath}`);
+        }
         console.log('Loading file:', indexPath);
         mainWindow.loadFile(indexPath);

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