Appcenter: Notarization for Mac apps

[WCByrne]

Describe the solution you'd like
App notarization was announced last year but not enforced. With the announcement that this will be required for macOS 10.15. Will it be possible for AppCenter to handle this before distributing apps?

Describe alternatives you've considered
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Additional context
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[botatoes]

Hello, we are investigating the impact this week and will update this issue when we know more.

[shpakovski]

Notarization is impossible without having access to your Apple ID and the Team that the app belongs to, if multiple. I doubt this can be done via the App Center. $0.02

[jkocherhans]

Not sure if this will make things easier or even possible, but it looks like there are some new options in altool 4.0 with Xcode 11b3.
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/07/03/altool-4-0/

[WCByrne]

Any updates on this? No dates yet but we are getting closer... 😬

[WCByrne]

@botatoes Catalina is out, any hope of this being handled by App Center? I was so excited to have a seamless release flow with sparkle support finally landing 😞.

[iseebi]

I wrote a post-build script for workaround.
https://github.com/iseebi/TransporterPad/blob/master/appcenter-post-build.sh

[WCByrne]

FWIW, I ended up writing a script to run locally that fetches the build, sends it off for notarization, polls for the successful response, then when completed finishes the notarization and re-uploads the build.

That said, I'm currently only re-uploading a DMG to my own server that is made available for new users of my app to download. I'm still releasing the un-notarized updates via app center and they seem to work find via sparkle.

I'm thinking I could download and re-upload the notarized build to AC for distribution via a script as well but I haven't made it that far yet. I believe that will mean also having to bring the symbols along as well.

It crazy that Apple thinks sending an email is a good as the only way to let you know a potentially lengthy operation is done. It's 2019, a webhook would be nice 😄. I've had a notarization take over 12 hours. At that point, polling in an AppCenter script doesn't really seem like the best idea which is why I'm sticking with the download/re-upload approach for now.

[mikewoodworth]

This request is getting pressing as more of our users move to catalina. We aren't able to use any of the deployment functionality in app center because we need to download and notarize the app before sending even simple test builds to users.

[davidev-b]

Any update on this?

[davidev-b]

I wrote a post-build script for workaround.
https://github.com/iseebi/TransporterPad/blob/master/appcenter-post-build.sh

Edit: I used iseebi's Script and it worked. I included the Environment Variables in the building script and it is sending it to Apples Notarization Service!

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