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import type { App, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';

/**
 * Installs the react and redux developer tools extensions.
 *
 * We use the redux devtools and connect the mobx store to it with `mst-middlewares`,
 * because the mobx-state-tree devtools are currently unmaintained.
 *
 * @param app The electron application instance.
 */
export function installDevToolsExtensions(app: App): void {
  app.whenReady().then(async () => {
    const {
      default: installExtension,
      REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS,
      REDUX_DEVTOOLS,
    } = await import('electron-devtools-installer');
    installExtension(
      [
        REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS,
        REDUX_DEVTOOLS,
      ],
      {
        forceDownload: false,
        loadExtensionOptions: {
          allowFileAccess: true,
        },
      },
    );
  }).catch((err) => {
    console.error('Failed to install devtools extension', err);
  });
}

/**
 * Opens the developer tools while applying a workaround to enable the redux devtools.
 *
 * @param browserWindow The browser window to open the devtools in.
 * @see https://github.com/MarshallOfSound/electron-devtools-installer/issues/195#issuecomment-998872878
 */
export function openDevToolsWhenReady(browserWindow: BrowserWindow): void {
  const { webContents } = browserWindow;
  webContents.once('dom-ready', () => {
    webContents.once('devtools-opened', () => {
      browserWindow?.focus();
    });
    webContents.openDevTools();
  });
}