Dapps as native macOS Apps

[liamzebedee]

An interesting area of design. Where users can open dapps like they are regular native apps in macOS. This is particularly relevant for on-chain gaming, and the idea of Dappnet as a "dapp distribution platform".

Inspirations:

• chrome app mode loader - https://codereview.chromium.org/2066004 - you'll see this is how Uber.app turns up in your /Applications folder
  • app mode shim - https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/d7f8dad941a8d06f1f53d0e285c1f2d9af28a8fe/chrome/app_shim/app_mode_loader_mac.mm#184

How it works so far:

• make-dapp.sh generates a macOS .app archive
• generate the app icon
• this is indexed by spotlight, so long as you move the .app into a .dmg volume and then out again (idk why)
• the executable opens the dappnet client, and dappnet client adjusts the icon