Re: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier
Re: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier
- Subject: Re: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:17:24 -0500
- Thread-topic: Implications of changing an app's bundle identifier
on 2007-02-25 3:44 PM, Uli Kusterer at email@hidden wrote:
> Ricky, did you also check what happens if the old version isn't
> deleted? What happens when you have two apps claiming the same type
> with different bundle identifiers? Which one will Launch Services
> pick? The one with the higher version number? The one last copied to
> the hard drive?
>
> Might be a bit annoying if the user tries the new app, likes it,
> and every time they double-click a document they get the old one they
> kept around to be able to go back... Usually LS picks the highest
> version if there's several with the same bundle ID, I think (at least
> if they're on the same drive -- wouldn't do to launch Tiger's Xcode
> every time you boot into the Panther partition...), but with a new
> ID, it would be as if someone downloaded another JPEG viewer app ...
> would that take precedence over the already-installed Photoshop?
If the new version uses a new UTI for document typing, and the new UTI is
associated with a new bundle identifier for the app, won't Launch Services
do the right thing? If so, maybe this is a good reason to use a new bundle
identifier.
Bill Cheeseman
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