[SOLVED] Running .app on Mac OSX - .app structure
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Hi guys,
I successfully created a package myapp.app thanks to the community here that helped me.
I'm now in the "testing" phase and used a clean MacOSX on Mavericks to test if myapp.app can run without anything installed.
Turn out it works 100% when I start the app from command line ./PowerVelo.app/Content/MacOs/PowerVelo
However when I double click or try to open the .app package, it says "You can't open the application [] because it may be damaged or incomplete"
I figured this is probably because the package is not the way Apple wants it to be?Anyway I uploaded the package here (30Mo download):
http://maximumtrainer.com/PowerVelo2.app.zip
If anyone wants to take a look to help me find what's wrong (Reward: 5000 dogecoins! :)
MerciHere is my /Content/Info.plist
@<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
<string>NSApplication</string>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>myappico.icns</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>Created by Qt/QMake</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>PowerVelo2</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.yourcompany.PowerVelo2</string>
<key>NOTE</key>
<string>This file was generated by Qt/QMake.</string>
</dict>
</plist>@ -
I've been reading "this":https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/corefoundation/conceptual/cfbundles/BundleTypes/BundleTypes.html
Under "The Structure of an OS X Application Bundle"Still can't find why my package is not valid.. still investigating
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Now i'm getting
"App can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer”
Guess i'll have to identify myself? now to find how to do that :)Edit
my app works if I control click and choose "open" after the warning.
I'll have to check how to disable that warning, don't want my client to be afraid of my app.. -
Hi,
IIRC you would need to sign your application for that, thus subscribe to Apple's OS X developer program
