Re: PrefPane with embedded App - Shared Resources
Re: PrefPane with embedded App - Shared Resources
- Subject: Re: PrefPane with embedded App - Shared Resources
- From: Rainer Brockerhoff <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:01:35 -0300
At 09:47 -0800 02/03/09, email@hidden wrote:
>From: Tobias Zimmerman <email@hidden>
>]Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:51:06 -0500
>Message-ID: <C5D16A9A.1346F%email@hidden>
>
>Right now, I am embedding the app in the 'pane using a "copy files" phase in the build. However, this results in two separate Resource directories (one at the 'pane level and one inside the app bundle). I would like the app and the 'pane to share resources.
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>I am at a bit of a loss as to the best way to do this and how to actually set it up in Xcode. The two options I see are (1) build the executable of the app at the same level as the 'pane; or (2) symlink the app's "Resources" directory to the higher level "Resources" directory of the 'pane.
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>My question: which is the better method (if either), and how do I actually accomplish it in Xcode? I would like a solution that works transparently across build configurations so I don't have to remember extra build steps when switching between Debug and Release.
That's exactly what I had to do in the current version of Klicko (http://www.brockerhoff.net/klicko). The embedded app has a _relative_ symlink to the Resource folder it itself is contained in.
In your build script, include a line like this:
ln -fs "../../../Resources" "$BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR/$UNLOCALIZED_RESOURCES_FOLDER_PATH/HelperApp.app/Contents/Resources"
However. If you codesign your helper app _and_ pref panel (you probably should, and in that order) be sure to review TechNote 2206 - it recommends a different arrangement, but I found this one works well. One the product page I link to, above, I give show how to verify the signature - check out both the panel and the app.
HTH,
--
Rainer Brockerhoff <email@hidden>
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
"In the affairs of others even fools are wise
In their own business even sages err."
Weblog: http://www.brockerhoff.net/bb/viewtopic.php
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