CODEWITHSUNDEEP
xcodemacos
AndroidDev
AndroidDev

Reputation: 16405

Creating a Simple Installer for OS X

I am quite new to Apple development for MAC OS X. I have a simple project that i wish to distribute as a DMG. I am new to this so don't know where to go from here

  1. The application core that does performs the main application
  2. A installer plugin

How do i create a DMG file from the installer plugin. How do i tie up my main application into the installer plugin. I am new, so a few pointers will be very helpful.

Kind Regards

Upvotes: 0

Views: 238

Answers (1)

Craig
Craig

Reputation: 9330

You can create a DMG using Disk Utility (found in /Applications/Utilities/) the process is very simple. You can read a little bit about "Distributing your Application" in this Apple Developer Library document.

As shown here, creating it is pretty easy: Using Disk Utlity to create a DMG

You will notice that when I created the DMG initially it's set to a "read/write" format. After you've added your application, read me's, disk icon's and any artwork you can then convert it to a "read-only" DMG file.

Personally, though, I've been a long time user of DropDMG which makes the process much simpler (n.b. I have no affiliation with C-Command other they licensing DropDMG).

Upvotes: 2

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