Re: Spotlight Importer Not Found in App Bundle
Re: Spotlight Importer Not Found in App Bundle
- Subject: Re: Spotlight Importer Not Found in App Bundle
- From: Philip Dow <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:30:41 +0200
From the Spotlight Docs:
"If your importer resides within your application’s wrapper, it may
not be found automatically during testing. Importers are detected
when the bundle’s modification date is changed. You can explicitly
register your application by specifying the -f flag to lsregister.
The lsregister tool is found in /System/Library/Frameworks/
ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/
LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/.
lsregister -f MyApp.app
Another possibility is that your application may be untrusted.
Spotlight importers are not loaded from untrusted applications.
Launching the application for the first time causes the application
to be trusted."
You might also try moving your app to the Applications folder and
running it.
-Phil
On Jul 14, 2006, at 11:05 PM, David Emme wrote:
(OSX 10.4.7, Xcode 2.3)
I'm trying to add a Spotlight Importer to my Core Data app after-
the-fact. I created a new project using the "with importer"
template, moved my source files over, and got the app working. The
Build also generates a LifeList.mdimporter in LifeList.app/Contents/
Library/Spotlight/. My problem is that I can't get "the system" to
acknowledge the presence of the importer bundle inside my
application bundle:
mdimport -L
does not show my importer, even after launching my freshly cleaned
and rebuilt app, nor after running
lsregister -f -lint /Users/dave/Projects/Birding/build/Debug/
LifeList.app
Also:
mdimport -d2 LifeListDB.lldb says:
2006-07-14 13:39:46.127 mdimport[15314] Import '/Users/dave/Library/
Application Support/LifeList/LifeListDB.lldb' type
'org.dhe.lifelist.database' no mdimporter
2006-07-14 13:39:46.131 mdimport[15314] Sending attributes of...
However, if I copy my mdimporter bundle from my app into ~/Library/
Spotlight, then
mdimport -L
acknowledges its existence there, and
mdimport -d2 LifeListDB.lldb says:
2006-07-14 12:11:43.974 mdimport[14283] Import '/Users/dave/Library/
Application Support/LifeList/LifeListDB.lldb' type
'org.dhe.lifelist.database' using 'file://localhost/Users/dave/
Library/Spotlight/LifeList.mdimporter/'
2006-07-14 12:11:43.998 mdimport[14283] Importer indicated failure
for file '/Users/dave/Library/Application Support/LifeList/
LifeListDB.lldb'
2006-07-14 12:11:44.001 mdimport[14283] Sending attributes of...
The "Importer indicated failure" is because it's currently the raw
code from the template (and that code by default returns False),
cause I'm trying to get the pieces wired together before writing
the code for importer. The point is, "it" found and used the
importer after it was moved out of the app bundle and into ~/
Library/Spotlight.
What do I have to do to cause the importer to be recognized when it
resides in my app bundle?
TIA,
-Dave
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