Electron-builder: Publishing to Mac App Store (MAS) - Pain & Tears
Versions:
electron-builder - 20.38.5
electron - 4.0.5
macOS Mojave -10.14.3
target - mas mas-dev
After publishing signed app to MAS it was rejected by Apple with the following errors:
Your app crashed on Mac running macOS 10.14.3 when we launched the app.
No crash log was generated by this crash.Next Steps
Please revise your app and test it to ensure that it runs as expected.
We discovered one or more bugs in your app when reviewed on Mac running macOS 10.14.3.
The app does not display any app window at launch.
So I decided to test the app locally first. To test it locally I have re-sign the app with a development certificate and a development provisioning profile.
The issue is that the mas-dev app signs and builds successfully but doesn't start properly.
App immediately auto-closes with once opened.
_Fixed by removingapp.requestSingleInstanceLock()for MAS. Related electron issue https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/15958_After launching the icon sits in the toolbar and app window not opens.
_Fixed by commenting out// show: false // fixes flash of white // MAS not working!formainWindow_Blank window opens and app hangs
_Stucked on this one. Related osx-sign issue https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-osx-sign/issues/151_
There is no error-message or any info in system logs
In the same time regular app with dir target signs and runs flawlessly.
package.json
"mac": {
"target": [ "mas-dev" ],
"category": "public.app-category.productivity"
},
"mas": {
"category": "public.app-category.productivity",
"entitlements": "build/entitlements.mas.plist"
},
entitlements.mas.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.application-groups</key>
<string>XXXXXXXXXXXXX</string>
<key>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-only</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
Development provisioning profile
/opt/bin/organize-my-files develop ● security cms -D -i embedded.provisionprofile
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>AppIDName</key>
<string>allapps</string>
<key>ApplicationIdentifierPrefix</key>
<array>
<string>XXXXXXXXXX</string>
</array>
<key>CreationDate</key>
<date>2019-02-19T22:11:57Z</date>
<key>Platform</key>
<array>
<string>OSX</string>
</array>
<key>IsXcodeManaged</key>
<false/>
<key>DeveloperCertificates</key>
<array>
<data>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</data>
</array>
<key>Entitlements</key>
<dict>
<key>keychain-access-groups</key>
<array>
<string>XXXXXXX.*</string>
</array>
<key>com.apple.application-identifier</key>
<string>XXXXXXXXX.*</string>
<key>com.apple.developer.team-identifier</key>
<string>XXXXXXXXXX</string>
</dict>
<key>ExpirationDate</key>
<date>2020-02-19T22:11:57Z</date>
<key>Name</key>
<string>dev</string>
<key>ProvisionedDevices</key>
<array>
<string>XXXX-UUID</string>
</array>
<key>TeamIdentifier</key>
<array>
<string>XXXXXXXX</string>
</array>
<key>TeamName</key>
<string>Name Surname</string>
<key>TimeToLive</key>
<integer>365</integer>
<key>UUID</key>
<string>YYYYYYY-UNKNOWN-UUID</string>
<key>Version</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</plist>%
debug output:
/opt/bin/organize-my-files develop ● time DEBUG=electron-builder electron-builder -m
• electron-builder version=20.38.5
• loaded configuration file=package.json ("build" field)
• effective config config=
directories:
output: release-builds
buildResources: build
appId: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
snap:
confinement: classic
mac:
target:
- mas-dev
category: public.app-category.productivity
mas:
category: public.app-category.productivity
entitlements: build/entitlements.mas.plist
linux:
target:
- AppImage
- snap
win:
target:
- nsis
- portable
- appx
certificateFile: cert.pfx
icon: build/icon.ico
• writing effective config file=release-builds/builder-effective-config.yaml
• no native production dependencies
• packaging platform=mas arch=x64 electron=4.0.5 appOutDir=release-builds/mas-dev
• spawning command=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder unpack-electron --configuration [{"platform":"mas","arch":"x64","version":"4.0.5"}] --output /opt/bin/organize-my-files/release-builds/mas-dev --distMacOsAppName Electron.app
• map async taskCount=2
• map async taskCount=1
• map async taskCount=206
• fix permissions file=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/release-builds/mas-dev/Electron.app/Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework/Versions newPermissions=rwxr-xr-x originalPermissions=rwxr--r-- reason=group or other cannot read
• fix permissions file=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/release-builds/mas-dev/Electron.app/Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework/Versions/A newPermissions=rwxr-xr-x originalPermissions=rwxr--r-- reason=group or other cannot read
• exited command=app-builder code=0 pid=6067
• spawning command=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder node-dep-tree --dir /opt/bin/organize-my-files
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules round=0 unresolved=mkdirp
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=1 unresolved=mkdirp
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules round=0 unresolved=inflight, inherits, minimatch, once, path-is-absolute
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=0 unresolved=once
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=0 unresolved=wrappy
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules round=0 unresolved=brace-expansion
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=1 unresolved=brace-expansion
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=0 unresolved=minimatch
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=0 unresolved=inherits
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=0 unresolved=safe-buffer
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules round=0 unresolved=graceful-fs, universalify
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=1 unresolved=graceful-fs,
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules round=0 unresolved=graceful-fs
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=1 unresolved=graceful-fs
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules round=0 unresolved=graceful-fs
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=1 unresolved=graceful-fs
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules round=0 unresolved=minimist
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/node_modules round=0 unresolved=path-is-absolute, inflight, inherits, minimatch, once
• unresolved deps nodeModuleDir=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules round=0 unresolved=abbrev
• exited command=app-builder code=0 pid=6069 out=[{"dir":"/opt/bin/node_modules","deps":["balanced-match","brace-expansion","concat-map","graceful-fs","inflight","inherits","minimatch","mkdirp","natives","once","path-is-absolute","safe-buffer","wrappy"]},{"dir":"/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules","deps":["abbrev","about-window","async","balanced-match","brace-expansion","bytes","chart.js","chartjs-color","chartjs-color-string","color-convert","color-name","concat-map","core-util-is","filesize","fs-extra","fs.realpath","get-folder-size","glob","graceful-fs","inflight","inherits","isarray","lodash","lodash.deburr","makeerror","mime","minimatch","minimist","mkdirp","moment","mv","once","open","parse-listing","path-is-absolute","process-nextick-args","readable-stream","readdirp","recursive-readdir","safe-buffer","set-immediate-shim","string-pixel-width","string_decoder","sudo-prompt","tmpl","touch","universalify","util-deprecate","walker","wrappy"]},{"dir":"/opt/bin/node_modules/mkdirp/node_modules","deps":["minimist"]},{"dir":"/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules/fs-extra/node_modules","deps":["jsonfile"]},{"dir":"/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules/get-folder-size/node_modules","deps":["async"]},{"dir":"/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules/mkdirp/node_modules","deps":["minimist"]},{"dir":"/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules/mv/node_modules","deps":["glob","ncp","rimraf"]},{"dir":"/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules/recursive-readdir/node_modules","deps":["minimatch"]},{"dir":"/opt/bin/organize-my-files/node_modules/touch/node_modules","deps":["nopt"]}]
• spawning command=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder icon --format icns --root /opt/bin/organize-my-files/build --root /opt/bin/organize-my-files --out /opt/bin/organize-my-files/release-builds/.icon-icns
• path resolved outputFormat=icns path=/opt/bin/organize-my-files/build/icon.icns
• exited command=app-builder code=0 pid=6071 out={"icons":[{"file":"/opt/bin/organize-my-files/build/icon.icns","size":0}],"isFallback":false}
• executing file=security args=find-identity -v
• executing file=security args=find-identity -v -p codesigning
• executed file=security stdout=
1) XXXXXXB537 "3rd Party Mac Developer Application: Name Surname (XXXXXXXXXX)"
2) XXXXXXE8F6 "Developer ID Application: Name Surname (XXXXXXXXXX)"
3) XXXXXX69E4 "Mac Developer: Name Surname (XXXXXXXXXX)"
3 valid identities found
• executed file=security stdout=
1) XXXXXXB537 "3rd Party Mac Developer Application: Name Surname (XXXXXXXXXX)"
2) XXXXXXFF81 "3rd Party Mac Developer Installer: Name Surname (XXXXXXXXXX)"
3) XXXXXXE8F6 "Developer ID Application: Name Surname (XXXXXXXXXX)"
4) XXXXXX23A2 "Developer ID Installer: Name Surname (XXXXXXXXXX)"
5) XXXXXX69E4 "Mac Developer: Name Surname (XXXXXXXXXX)"
5 valid identities found
• signing file=release-builds/mas-dev/Organize My Files.app identityName=Mac Developer: Name Surname (XXXXXXXXXX) identityHash=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX69E4 provisioningProfile=none
DEBUG=electron-builder electron-builder -m 9.49s user 2.40s system 96% cpu 12.286 total
The main questions are:
- How to test the app locally before sending it to Mac App Store?
- What else can I do on my side to fix all pain and tears issues while submitting to MAS?
_@develar i will appreciate if you can have a look on this.
I will be very grateful for any advices_
Reads:
- https://www.electron.build/configuration/mas
- https://github.com/sethlu/electron-distribution-guide/blob/master/MacAppStoreDeployment.md
- https://github.com/sethlu/electron-distribution-guide/blob/master/DevelopmentSignedApplication.md
- https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-osx-sign/wiki
- https://medium.com/@jondot/shipping-electron-apps-to-mac-app-store-with-electron-builder-e960d46148ec
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13196291/difference-between-mac-developer-and-3rd-party-mac-developer-application
Refs:
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vasyl-shumskyi
All 8 comments
So for now there is following issue i stucked with while signing MAS dev version:
- Blank window opens and app hangs
I belive this may be related to following osx-sign issue electron-userland/electron-osx-sign#151_
But it is not quite clear what is the fix for this.
app.js
mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: app_width,
height: app_height,
minWidth: app_width,
minHeight: 475, // till [Organize|Undo]
acceptFirstMouse: true,
/// MAS not working!
//// show: false // fixes flash of white
})
// fixes flash of white https://electronjs.org/docs/api/browser-window#using-ready-to-show-event
// MAS may not work correctly
//mainWindow.on('ready-to-show', () => {
// mainWindow.show()
// })
mainWindow.loadURL('file://' + __dirname + '/index.html');
I also tried to use barebone boilerplate and looks like issue with blank window is still there... Developer tools don't load either.
Hey @sethlu, can you kindly assist with this please?
vasyl-shumskyi
on 20 Feb 2019
It seems to work with following entitlement
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-only</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
It used to be
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.application-groups</key>
<string>XXXXXXXXXXXXX</string>
<key>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-only</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
I assume the codesigning issue is resolved following your previous comment?
If removing the com.apple.security.application-groups works, I guess the the issue may be that the coded application group didn't match the one in the provisioning profile 🤔
sethlu
on 24 Feb 2019
Have you tried the dmg build target?
This would definitely rule out any code signing issues.
I believe you simply have the wrong file path.
I simply load html file relative to the electron app, without file:// and __dirname:
https://github.com/thomasnordquist/MQTT-Explorer/blob/46651308206d8054eb429a979f5814416e0a7bfc/src/electron.ts#L69
In "production" builds, the keyboard shortcuts for the debugger are removed (as well as copy&paste).
You must register the shortcuts and add a menu entry:
https://github.com/thomasnordquist/MQTT-Explorer/blob/46651308206d8054eb429a979f5814416e0a7bfc/src/MenuTemplate.ts#L23-L27
You could also use this plugin:
https://github.com/sindresorhus/electron-debug
thomasnordquist
on 5 Mar 2019
This has been fixed. Thanks for your help guys.
vasyl-shumskyi
on 7 Mar 2019
@vasyl-shumskyi how was it fixed for you?
We are facing the exact samme issue. Everything works in dev and dmg, but once send to review it got rejected due to crash at startup.
viezel
on 21 Jun 2019
@viezel We also, but we could not even launch the mas-dev after signing, but it launches if it is not signed: https://github.com/electron/electron-osx-sign/issues/200
steffanhalv
on 19 Jul 2019
@vasyl-shumskyi How did you solve it? I have the same problem
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@vasyl-shumskyi How did you solve it? I have the same problem