Merge pull request #2354 from ethereum/remixd_electron

src/app.js

@@ -346,4 +346,8 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
       }
     })
   }
+
+  if (isElectron()) {
+    appManager.activate(['remixd'])
+  }
 }

src/app/files/remixd-handle.js

+import isElectron from 'is-electron'
 import { Plugin } from '@remixproject/engine'
 import * as packageJson from '../../../package.json'
 var yo = require('yo-yo')
@@ -55,17 +56,7 @@ export class RemixdHandle extends Plugin {
     * @param {String} txHash    - hash of the transaction
     */
   connectToLocalhost () {
-    if (this.locahostProvider.isConnected()) {
-      this.locahostProvider.close((error) => {
-        if (error) console.log(error)
-      })
-    } else {
-      modalDialog(
-        'Connect to localhost',
-        remixdDialog(),
-        { label: 'Connect',
-          fn: () => {
-            this.locahostProvider.init((error) => {
+    let connection = (error) => {
       if (error) {
         console.log(error)
         modalDialogCustom.alert(
@@ -76,7 +67,19 @@ export class RemixdHandle extends Plugin {
       } else {
         this.fileSystemExplorer.ensureRoot()
       }
+    }
+    if (this.locahostProvider.isConnected()) {
+      this.locahostProvider.close((error) => {
+        if (error) console.log(error)
       })
+    } else if (!isElectron()) {
+      // warn the user only if he/she is in the browser context
+      modalDialog(
+        'Connect to localhost',
+        remixdDialog(),
+        { label: 'Connect',
+          fn: () => {
+            this.locahostProvider.init((error) => connection(error))
           }
         },
         { label: 'Cancel',
@@ -85,6 +88,8 @@ export class RemixdHandle extends Plugin {
           }
         }
       )
+    } else {
+      this.locahostProvider.init((error) => connection(error))
     }
   }
 }

src/remixAppManager.js

@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ export class RemixAppManager extends PluginEngine {
   constructor (plugins) {
     super(plugins, settings)
     this.event = new EventEmitter()
+    this.donotAutoReload = ['remixd'] // that would be a bad practice to force loading some plugins at page load.
     this.registered = {}
   }
 
   onActivated (plugin) {
+    if (!this.donotAutoReload.includes(plugin.name)) {
       localStorage.setItem('workspace', JSON.stringify(this.actives))
+    }
     this.event.emit('activate', plugin.name)
   }