Optimize PyInstaller spec file for macOS

[paulmueller]

Not sure what is causing this. Help appreciated.

[jlopezalo]

Hello Paul. I had the same issue in some of my applications. It was solved when I added the following on my spec file when creating the BUNDLE: info_plist = {'NSHighResolutionCapable' : 'True'}

Example:
app = BUNDLE(coll,
name='pyAF3.app',
icon='./src/images/icon.icns',
bundle_identifier = None,
info_plist = {'NSHighResolutionCapable' : 'True'}
)

I don't know if it will help.

[paulmueller]

Thanks @jlopezalo. There are several things I was not aware of. This boils down to adding a .spec file in the current build recipe.

• set an icon .icns file in BUNDLE
• add Info_plist = {'NSHighResolutionCapable' : 'True'}
• try to rename the app to "PyJibe" instead of "PyJibeApp" (should work now)
• associate PyJibe with all supported AFM file types via Info_plist (https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001431-101685) (moved to macOS/pyinstaller: support opening file formats from file browser #11)
• set CFBundleShortVersionString in Info_plist

[jlopezalo]

Yeah...I have had many problems with pyinstaller and MacOS. I am currently using the Pyinstaller development version 4.1dev.
Also you may have to modify your code to allow the frozen code to find the locations of the GUI static resources (icon, images), if you decide to add your static files via the spec file.

[paulmueller]

I usually access static files via pgk_resources and pyinstaller copies all of them over, so this should not be a problem, but thanks for the hint.

[jlopezalo]

Np! Happy to help! :)

[paulmueller]

fixed in 0.8.5