Re: Installer
Re: Installer
- Subject: Re: Installer
- From: Fritz Anderson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:17:16 -0600
On 20 Mar 2006, at 3:23 PM, Arun Singla wrote:
Which application shouls be used to make installer for a Mac OS
application
developed in COCOA framework. Like we use InstallShield for making
instaleer
for a windows application. Pls. help
Others have answered your literal question.
I'd like to point out that Cocoa applications almost never need
installers. They don't install resources anywhere, because those
resources (including libraries, external applications, etc.) should
all be inside the application package. Common resources, like
preferences and auxiliary files, can be created automatically by the
application itself. Use -[NSUserDefaults registerDefaults:] for the
one, and ~/Library/Application Support/{Your app name here}/ for the
other.
Now, if you're installing something like a driver, kernel extension,
or a font for general use, an installer is probably the way to go.
But you say you're delivering an application only. An application can
be dragged out of a disk image, and most Mac users prefer to do that.
In fact, I'm always suspicious of something that claims to be only an
application, but has an installer, which I associate with monkeying
around with the workings of my machine.
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