Hi Jean-Daniel Good, complex question, and perhaps I am doing something wrong, but this was the solution that worked every time.
My reasons are the following: 1) Because I rolled out my automatic versioning system and needed to edit automatically the info.plist files of the main app, of the helpers and of the common framework that all apps are using 2) Because very often, if not always, Xcode would complain that a product was already present in a given location and would fail copying the new version of the helper (perhaps that issue was already resolved, but that was my experience) -> This is only true for locations inside the bundle to which Xcode does not offer an option using the popup menu of the Copy Files phase. For example, for putting frameworks in the right location, that’s not needed. 3) I found easier to use scripts to create the Helpers and the LoginItems directories inside the bundle and only then use the copy files phases to copy the apps to the proper locations 4) To better control the stripping of the executables, because when I started working with Xcode the stripping process was not as thorough as I wanted it to be. Perhaps, I’m doing a few extra steps right now, but if things are working, I’m not going to change them. HTH João > On 4 Apr 2020, at 20:26, Jean-Daniel <mail...@xenonium.com> wrote: > > > >> Le 3 avr. 2020 à 15:44, João Varela via Cocoa-dev >> <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> a écrit : >> >> Hello, Laurent >> >> As far as I know, the documentation is still valid. >> >> I would start reading this: >> >> https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/DesigningDaemons.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000172i-SW4-BBCBHBFB >> >> <https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/DesigningDaemons.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000172i-SW4-BBCBHBFB> >> >> and this: >> >> https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/DesigningDaemons.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000172i-SW4-BBCBHBFB >> >> <https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/DesigningDaemons.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000172i-SW4-BBCBHBFB> >> >> and this: >> >> https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000123i-CH1-SW1 >> >> <https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000123i-CH1-SW1> >> >> >> macOS has a plethora of options, and that depends a lot on what you want to >> achieve and the degree of security you need / you want to impose on the main >> app and its helpers. >> >> Personally, I have an app bundle that look like this: >> >> MainApp.app/ >> Contents/ >> info.plist >> MacOS/ >> MainExecutable >> Helpers/ >> Helper1.app >> Helper2.app >> Library/ >> LoginItems/ >> LoginItem.app >> Resources/ >> … all resources here, including help and icon files >> >> I create different targets for the main app and for each helper and login >> item and then use scripts to build the whole bundle > > Out of curiosity, why are you using custom scripts and not simply some « Copy > File » Build step to assemble the bundle ? > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
