Upgrade electron to latest version (v20)

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^1.7.11 → ~20.0.3

This issue tracks the work of upgrading to the latest version of electron. The project should be updated one major version at a time (eg, v1 to v2 to v3 etc). For each major version update, any breaking changes should be fixed and the application should be tested.

Relevant Breaking Changes by Version

• v2 - release notes
  None
• v3 - release notes
  None
• v4 - release notes
  None
• v4 - release notes
• Electron Helper EH and Electron Helper NP apps are no longer generated and only Electron Helper remains
  • Rename only Electron Helper app during the gulp release task for MacOS
• v5 - release notes
• nodeIntegration and webviewTag were changed to be false by default: chore: disable nodeIntegration / webviewTag by default electron/electron#16235
  • Set nodeIntegration and webviewTag to true
• v6 - release notes
• dialog.showMessageBox() was split into two functions and the original became asynchronous: feat: promisify dialog.showMessageBox()  electron/electron#17298
  • Use new asynchronous showMessageBox() function
• dialog.showOpenDialog() was split into two functions and the original became asynchronous: feat: promisify dialog.showOpenDialog() electron/electron#16973
  • Use new asynchronous showOpenDialog() function
• Electron Helper (GPU), Electron Helper (Plugin), and Electron Helper (Renderer) apps are now generated in addition to Electron Helper
  • Rename all Electron Helper apps during the gulp release task for MacOS
• v7 - release notes
• electron.asar file was removed: refactor: remove electron.asar and embed JS in binary electron/electron#18577
  • This exposed a bug in reportsController when in dev environment. When importing env, __dirname is /node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app/Contents/Resources/electron.asar/renderer, which does not contain the env.json file; when env is used in background.js, the __dirname is ./build, which does contain the env.json file
  • Correctly access the env.json file by using the appPath instead of __dirname
• shell.openExternal() was split into two functions and the original became asynchronous: feat: split openExternal into sync and async electron/electron#16176
  • Use new asynchronous openExternal() function
• webviewTag.executeJavaScript() was split into two functions and the original became asynchronous: feat: promisify executeJavaScript electron/electron#17312
  • Use new asynchronous executeJavaScript() function
• Although it seems it was not documented, app.getName() was deprecated in favor of the app.name property
  • Use app.name instead of app.getName()
• v8 - release notes
  None
• v9 - release notes
• shell.openItem() was converted into an asynchronous function named shell. openPath(): feat: convert shell.openItem to async shell.openPath electron/electron#20682
  • Use new asynchronous openPath() function
• v10 - release notes
• enableRemoteModule was changed to be false by default: feat: disable the remote module by default electron/electron#22091
  • Set enableRemoteModule to true
• v11 - release notes
  None
• v12 - release notes
• The remote module was deprecated and replaced by @electron/remote: chore: deprecate remote electron/electron#25293
  • Migrate from remote module to @electron/remote package
• The default value of contextIsolation was changed to be true: feat: enable context isolation by default electron/electron#27949
  • Explicitly set contextIsolation to false
• The default value of worldSafeExecuteJavaScript was changed to be true: feat: enable world safe JS by default electron/electron#27502
  • Explicitly set worldSafeExecuteJavaScript to false
• v13 - release notes
  None
• v14 - release notes
• Dropped support for @electron/remote@1.x
  • Migrate to @electron/remote@2.x: https://github.com/electron/remote/blob/main/docs/migration-2.md
• v15 - release notes
  None
• v16 - release notes
• The webview was improved and renders differently
  • To avoid rendering issues, yse the ng-src directive instead of src on the server.html file (also see explanation)
• v17 - release notes
  None
• v18 - release notes
  None
• v19 - release notes
  None
• v20 - release notes
  None