add socket events to emit console messages

ElectronNET.API/IpcMain.cs

@@ -207,6 +207,27 @@ namespace ElectronNET.API
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Log a message to the console output pipe. This is used when running with "detachedProcess" : true on the electron.manifest.json,
+        /// as in that case we can't open pipes to read the console output from the child process anymore
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="text">Message to log</param>
+        public static void ConsoleLog(string text)
+        {
+            BridgeConnector.Emit("console-stdout", text);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Log a message to the console error pipe. This is used when running with "detachedProcess" : true on the electron.manifest.json,
+        /// as in that case we can't open pipes to read the console output from the child process anymore
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="text">Message to log</param>
+
+        public static void ConsoleError(string text)
+        {
+            BridgeConnector.Emit("console-stderr", text);
+        }
+
         private JsonSerializer _jsonSerializer = new JsonSerializer()
         {
             ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver(),

ElectronNET.Host/main.js

@@ -271,6 +271,14 @@ function startSocketApiBridge(port) {
             }
         });
 
+        socket.on('console-stdout', (data) => {
+            console.log(`stdout: ${data.toString()}`);
+        });
+
+        socket.on('console-stderr', (data) => {
+            console.log(`stderr: ${data.toString()}`);
+        });
+
         try {
             const hostHookScriptFilePath = path.join(__dirname, 'ElectronHostHook', 'index.js');
 
@@ -320,7 +328,7 @@ function startAspCoreBackend(electronPort) {
         if (manifestJsonFile.hasOwnProperty('detachedProcess')) {
             detachedProcess = manifestJsonFile.detachedProcess;
             if (detachedProcess) {
-                stdioopt = ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'];
+                stdioopt = 'ignore';
             }
         }
 
@@ -376,7 +384,7 @@ function startAspCoreBackendWithWatch(electronPort) {
         if (manifestJsonFile.hasOwnProperty('detachedProcess')) {
             detachedProcess = manifestJsonFile.detachedProcess;
             if (detachedProcess) {
-                stdioopt = ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'];
+                stdioopt = 'ignore';
             }
         }