CODEWITHSUNDEEP
macoscocoaservice
Juan Miguel
Juan Miguel

Reputation: 11

Mac System Services - application "(null)"

The problem is that I added my app to the system services and it was working fine, but, now, when I select the text, go to the Services menu and select my app the system says something like that:

"The service "xxx" could not be used because the application "(null)" is not compatible with the computer".

I have revised the code and everything seems to be ok, and in the bps results my app looks fine.

Any ideas of what can be happening?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1629

Answers (2)

valheru
valheru

Reputation: 2562

I was able to fix this by doing the following:

Uninstall and remove all traces of the application in question.

Kill Launch Services: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill

and then:

When reinstalling the app, make sure it's being installed from a dmg. This is what caused the problem for me and a coworker....installing our app not from the dmg. Not sure why but this fixed it for us.

Upvotes: 1

Taylan Pince
Taylan Pince

Reputation: 443

Solved this after some serious head scratching today. Apparently the last part of your bundle identifier and the "Port Name" specified in your service settings in the Info.plist file have to match. Otherwise you get this weird error.

So basically, if you have the following bundle identifier:

com.yourcompany.yourapp

Your NSPortName should be yourapp. Otherwise you get the "application is not compatible" error.

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions