Error on non 'wlan0' interfaces on Linux machines

[jee1mr]

I get this error:

WiFiControl: Encountered an error while searching for wireless interface: [object Object]
WiFiControl: You cannot scan for nearby WiFi networks without a valid wireless interface.

Because the name of my wireless interface isn't wlan0, it's wlp4s0. I don't know why it's so. But I know it's not always wlan0 among linux machines. I have seen variations in different OSes.

This is my OS:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=zesty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.04"

I can send a pull request which would be a generic solution irrespective of the interface name.