feat: add disableSanityCheckPackage to asar to allow custom electron fork asar integrity implementations (#8123)

Author: beyondkmp

.changeset/dirty-rats-happen.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"app-builder-lib": minor
+---
+
+feat: add disableSanityCheckPackage to allow encrypted asars

docs/configuration/configuration.md

@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ Env file `electron-builder.env` in the current dir ([example](https://github.com
 <li>
 <p><code id="Configuration-removePackageKeywords">removePackageKeywords</code> = <code>true</code> Boolean - Whether to remove <code>keywords</code> field from <code>package.json</code> files.</p>
 </li>
+<li>
+<p><code id="Configuration-disableSanityCheckPackage">disableSanityCheckPackage</code> = <code>false</code> Boolean - Whether to disable sanity check asar package (useful for custom electron forks that implement their own encrypted integrity validation)</p>
+</li>
 </ul>
 
 <!-- end of generated block -->

packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json

@@ -7152,6 +7152,11 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    "disableSanityCheckPackage": {
+      "default": false,
+      "description": "Whether to disable sanity check asar package (useful for custom electron forks that implement their own encrypted integrity validation)",
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
     "dmg": {
       "anyOf": [
         {

packages/app-builder-lib/src/configuration.ts

@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ export interface Configuration extends PlatformSpecificBuildOptions {
    * @default true
    */
   readonly removePackageKeywords?: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * Whether to disable sanity check asar package (useful for custom electron forks that implement their own encrypted integrity validation)
+   * @default false
+   */
+  readonly disableSanityCheckPackage?: boolean
 }
 
 interface PackContext {

packages/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts

@@ -316,7 +316,9 @@ export abstract class PlatformPackager<DC extends PlatformSpecificBuildOptions>
     }
 
     const isAsar = asarOptions != null
-    await this.sanityCheckPackage(appOutDir, isAsar, framework)
+    if (!this.config.disableSanityCheckPackage) {
+      await this.sanityCheckPackage(appOutDir, isAsar, framework)
+    }
     if (sign) {
       await this.doSignAfterPack(outDir, appOutDir, platformName, arch, platformSpecificBuildOptions, targets)
     }