Question: Is it possible to specify Privacy and Security entitlement requirements as part of build?

[rodneytamblyn]

Hi Trevor,

I have an app that requires Privacy and Security permission (OSX) to access Calendar. There's no way to manually add an app to the Calendar security pane. Is there a way to specify permission requirements (Full Disk access, Calendar) etc as part of build process, e.g. via plist? Or if you have any other tips or suggestions on this topic would be most interested. In my case Livecode is not prompting for Calendar permission (although it does for Automation privilege), and thereafter script is failing. However other users report it does add for them (https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=37401)

Rod

[rodneytamblyn]

I think I need to add entitlement, testing:

    <key>com.apple.security.personal-information.calendars</key>
    <true/>

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_security_personal-information_calendars

[rodneytamblyn]

This was the solution :-)

[trevordevore]

I'm glad you found the solution @rodneytamblyn. For anyone else who comes across this, an entitlement is just a file that you will include in your build. In the Levure app.yml file you would have an entry similar to the following that would add the entitlements to your resources folder.

build profiles:
  all profiles:
    copy files:
      macos resources:
        - filename: ../build files/Entitlements/MyApp.entitlements

In the code I have in my project I've named the file the same name as my app name in the Info.plist file. ../build files is the folder that sits alongside the Levure app folder and contains files used when packaging the app and building installers. The file ends up in the macOS .app/Contents/Resources folder.

[macMikey]

do you mind if i update the wiki?

[trevordevore]

I would love it if you did @macMikey !

[macMikey]

turns out, it's already here

[trevordevore]

Well that was easy :-)