you can't rename the compiled file with a .app extension, because an
app file is more than just the executable file. If you highlight
any .app file in your hd, then ctrl click on it, or bring up the
context menu, (or in terminal,, just cd to the app file itself) you
can see all the other files in the app folder along with the program
itself. Unless you can reconstruct this file structure, and provide
valid files to replace the ones that exist in other app files, you
won't have an app file, no matter what you call it. Xcode takes care
of this for you, though it is possible to do the job manually, it's
not something you'd really want to do if you can avoid it. It's not
a fun task, and to be honest, I don't think anybody really knows how
to do it, there's only a bunch of folks out there (well, ok, not a
bunch, maybe just a few) who have done trial and error, and gotten it
to work, but I doubt even they have a 100 percent clear understanding
of what all is required, all the options that can be used, and so
on. I have managed to get this to work, but like AI said, it's not
fun, it's extremely error prone, and it's not something even I
recomend, and that's saying a lot. If I could find sufficient
documentation, I'd certainly build an app creator, because Xcode is
*not* my friend, and having the ability to create app files on the
fly would serve many purposes. However, until that time, you're
stuck using Xcode as big a pain as it is.
There are some environments that can be used that aren't Xcode, but
they are not very accessible, and I've not been able to get any of
them to work reliably repeatedly, which goes back to my whole I don't
think anyone completely understands the app file structure/options
(note I said structure and options), so in short, you're out of luck
on this one.
sorry, and I wish I had better news.
If you find something that works all the time, I'd sure like to hear
about it. I've only found a couple things that work under certain
conditions, none of which I seem to have on my development machine.
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