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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 you set the icon for a MacOS app, when you aren't building with Xcode?

I have created a Mac OS app. I am building the app on Ubuntu, and not able to make use of Xcode. When it comes to setting an icon for the app, I am at a loss. How can this be done? This might appear as a duplicate to this question: How do I set…
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Can javapackager generate just .app instead of .dmg?

We are updating our Mac support from Java 1.6 to Java 1.8. Part of this is switching to using javapackager to generate the .app bundle. The problem is that it always puts the .app into a .dmg. I need the .app separate so we can build our full…
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why does iPa or app file is so smaller than original project?

I am aware of that .app file in only contains required .o files and which reduce the size of original project. Even 3GB project creates only 30mb of iPA file. But apart from this what else reduce the project size and make it so small as compare to…
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How to create application to launch wine and Windows application

I'm trying to use "wine" on MAC osX Sierra version 10.12, wine is version 1.9.19 In the terminal I can launch Windows applications, however its a pain to have to keep typing in: /Applications/Wine\ Staging.app/Contents/MacOS/wine…
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ERROR ITMS-90167: "No .app bundles found in the package"

So I've been working on a new project for a while, and I've finally decided to archive and upload it to the App Store. It all seemed to be working good, until I got this error that doesn't seem to go away no matter what I try: I have been having…
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Starting a jar file from an OSX java app

I have created an application that is updated by another application. The updater is bundled into an OSX .app, and is meant to update anything in its resource directory. When the updater is started, it looks for updates, then runs…
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Adding data files to a mac .app made from PyInstaller or Py2App

I am trying to add exactly eight .png files and one .json file to a .app I am trying to create using PyInstaller, or, if I have to, I can use Py2App. The program I am trying to turn to a .app is a tkinter GUI application, if that's relevant in any…
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Java on OS X: "open" command won't run if .app package contains a JVM bundle

I'm trying to create a self-contained Mac app from a Java application. I've set up the .app directory, configured the Info.plist file, baked in dependencies as well as a Java runtime. I am successfully able to open the .app and launch the program…
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OS X Java .app bundle cannot open other apps?

I've written a Java SWT application for OS X, exported it as a .jar and bundled it into .app. Everything works just as expected except for a critical part within my app; it requires to open other apps. I've tried Runtime.exec(); as well as…
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Is it possible to convert .ipa compiled for iOS ARM to x86 which can run on emulator?

Is there a way (tool or a process) to convert .ipa file downloaded from iTunes to something (.app?) which can run on ios simulator?
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Unix Executable File to OSX .App?

I made a simple SFML app in Xcode with some icons, pictures, music, etc. that I can run from the command line if I'm in the directory with its associated parts. I don't know anything about OSX development, but is there any simple way to package the…
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Path to exec folder in bash script within .app container

I'm trying to make a .app that will run a simple bash script to launch a java app. I found instructions for making a suitable .app container and running the .app runs my bash. Great. The problem is, I want to put my java app inside the .app but i'm…
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What does these compile time warning means?

I am newbie to erlang chicagoboss. I have just created a small project in erlang, and now wanted to update CB. Since I am updating only ChicagoBoss to its latest version i.e. 0.8.14. But While compiling/ running ./rebar get-deps getting following…
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Why does my Mac .app bundle stop working when I change one file?

Please excuse me if this question seems too simple but I only have very limited access to a Mac and my knowledge of OSX is relatively limited. I've written a program using Windows Forms which I now have running under OSX (Yosemite) using Mono. I…
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Qt for mac os - deploy project to app file

I have read different posts and the Qt documentation explaining command lines in shell but I cannot get through the installation of static library (and I suppose shared frameworks would be even harder) in order to produce an "app" file from my…
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