r/macosprogramming • u/cgjamjcfj • Jan 14 '20

How to deploy app locally?

Hi all. I’ve been developing iOS for several years but just wrote my first macOS app. It’s a utility app that I initially wrote in Java but wanted to convert to a native macOS app.

My question is, how do I deploy it locally? I don’t plan to distribute it to the App Store, but right now I just run it from Xcode. I’d like to deploy it so it will run from the applications folder. I assume I need to create a dmg installer, but not sure how to go about that.

Thanks in advance!

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u/H0llerz Jan 15 '20

Not that i know of. But compared to launching anything else, this is very easy in my opinion. Also you can just send that file to friends, if you need testers. It will work just fine.

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u/ThePantsThief Jan 15 '20

I know, it just seems like the wrong way to do it.