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.app is an extension given to application bundles on Mac OS X.

.app is an extension given to both Mac OS X and iOS applications.

The bundle typically includes everything the application needs to run, such as references, frameworks, resources, and localization information.

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How do I make my program, written in Java, usable to other people?

So I've written a funny little program and I want to show it to some of my friends. My friends, not being programmers, have no idea what to do if I send them the folder containing the necessary classes and files. I want to be able to email them…
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Is there a way to reverse engineer an Xcode project from a .app file?

The topic says it all. I've got a .app file here, but the Xcode project is no longer available to me. Is there any way to take the .app file and reverse engineer an Xcode project from it so I can view the code used to make it?
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Error with bundled Mono runtime in MonoMac app bundle

I've packaged my first MonoMac application! Hurrah! I used the resulting .pkg to install the app on a test system, opened it....and nothing happend. I checked Console.app and saw the following in there: 8/15/11 9:16:22 PM …
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Why my macOS application menu does not use system defined language?

I have a java application that is packaged for macOS using jpackage tool from Oracle JDK 9. When this application is executed on macOS Big Sur (11.6) on an iMac 2021 M1, the application menu does not get automatically translated into French (the…
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Why does is zsh environment variable not present when launching application?

The situation: I need to set some environment variable to be accessed within a programm. It works if I open a Terminal window (zsh shell), set the variable via export VARNAME=VARVALUE and then launch the programm from that terminal window (for…
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How to test app on device by installing .app (binary) file? (without using Xcode for testing)

I have created an app and I want to send that to another person for testing it. ) He got an iPhone and a mac, but doesn't have xcode on his mac. (he is not an iphone programmer) So, If I send the .app file, can he test that on his iPhone? If not,…
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How can I silently install a MacOS .app from a dmg, using a single command?

I'm writing an auto update facility for my cross platform application. The updater portion downloads the installer file and executes a shell command to install it. On MacOS our "installer" takes the form of .dmg file. I need to be able to silently…
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Using nw.js to build a native code binary from your javascript

I have built an app for osx which runs nwjs. Right now the app is simple - I am just running the nwjs binary and pointing it to the root of a web application. I'd like to make use of nwjs's java script protection feature - in which you can build…
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Creating a mac app which calls a shell script, but developing in ubuntu

I have a shell script, and a tarball. The shell script unpacks the tarball, and makes use of the files inside of for performing a task. I need to make this accessible on mac laptops, but in such a way that there is either a .app or .dmg file that…
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iOS .app file larger than total Xcode project folder

Contains the terminal .app unzip infoI built the iOS app. Total Xcode project size is under 100 MB only. After I built the app, I got the .app build size is nearly 300 MB. Why happen like that. It's also taking a long time (nearly 30 minutes) for…
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How to hide bitnami banner in macOS

To hide the bitnami banner, google recomment to run sudo ./bnconfig --disable_banner 1 But in MacOS it is bnconfig.app and so I am not able to run this. changing this to sudo ./bnconfig.app --disable_banner 1 also failed. How can I do this in…
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Derby embedded database 'APPDATA' folder not found, Trying to create OS X application .app

I am trying to create a Mac OS X application from java desktopos.jar, where my application .jar file using derby embedded database APPDATA. It creates problem when, I'm createing a Mac OS X application .app Here is my connection method on…
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how to upload .zip on diawi

I am trying to upload .ipa but got the error:- The application package is not a valid package : no payload folder found in the package. A technical error occuredsome technical error occurred. I put the right development provisioning profile and…
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.app file is too large after implemented the bridging concept in my existing objective C project

Recently i learning swift, so I used bridging concept in existing project. After successfully bridging my app .app file increased double the time. Is any one can guide me to reduce the size with swift file? Or want i remove bridging from my Project…
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Why would an OS X bundle take about 30 seconds to open?

We wrote a simple OS X executable in objective c. It opens and runs very quickly when called. We then put that executable into a .app bundle. When calling "open" from the command line on that bundle, or double clicking the app from the finder the…
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