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federkasten / appbundle-maven-plugin

Maven plugin that creates an Application Bundle for OS X containing all your project dependencies and the necessary metadata
Apache License 2.0
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App won't run when compiled on a different computer #65

Open sebouh137 opened 3 years ago

sebouh137 commented 3 years ago

I have created an app using this plugin and when I compile it on my mac using maven, it runs fine on my mac. However, if I compile it using mvn on the server where I make it available online, and then try to run it on my mac, I get the following error message:

"WorldJam" is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash. Safari downloaded this file today at 2:12 PM from [url of the server I put it on]

(WorldJam is the name of the program

How do I prevent this problem, and create a copy of the app that can be opened on a mac that is not necessarily the one that it was compiled on?

SwingGuy1024 commented 2 years ago

There's an option to include the JRE in the bundle. That may be why it's not working. (I'm just guessing here, but it may be worth a try.)

You would need to add something like this to your pom.xml: <jrePath>${env.JAVA_HOME}/../..</jrePath>

It goes inside plugins/plugin/configuration/

tmmlsBE commented 2 years ago

Apps build on os X, will only run on the local machine. To be able to run apps on other machines, the app needs to be signed and notarized using an Apple Developer ID and certificates. An Apple developer account costs 99$, but there are also more expensive plans.