Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@8.0.0-beta.3.

Release Notes for v8.0.0-beta.3

Features

Added screen to systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() for detecting the new macOS Catalina permissions. #21116
Added app.getApplicationNameForProtocol() API. #21117
Deprecated <webview>.getWebContents() as it depends on the remote module. #21039

Fixed <webview>.capturePage() resolving with an empty object instead of NativeImage instance. #21103
Fixed nativeTheme not accessible via the remote module. #20953
Fixed shell.openExternal() option workingDirectory not working with Unicode characters. #20906
Fixed webRequest module unable to modify CORS headers. #21122
Fixed a memory leak issue when setting Tray images. #20936
Fixed an issue where custom protocols registered using registerStreamProtocol would sometimes fail to complete the response when the stream ended. #21180
Fixed broken globalShortcut.registerAll() on Windows and Linux. #20984
Fixed context menu disappearing when showing. #21224
Fixed crash on exit in aura platforms with webview. #21035
Fixed exiting HTML fullscreen for cross-origin iframes (e.g. YouTube) while in macOS fullscreen. #21042
Fixed flickering when maximizing and restoring frameless windows. #21201
Fixed improper label internationalization for the recentDocuments MenuItem. #20956
Fixed incorrect size of windows on differently scaled monitors. #21139
Fixed issue where app.setAppLogsPath did not work when you provided a valid path. #20985
Fixed issue where proxied remote promises might not resolve if Bluebird was installed in the renderer. #20946
Fixed printing. #21059
Fixed the 'login' event not being emitted when HTTP Basic auth was requested from a WebContents. #21098
Removed __esModule = true inadvertently exported by the electron module. #20952