[CMake] Create Mac OS Bundle with VTK and Qt

[Romain LEGUAY]

Hello,

Sorry for this late answer!

After using DeployQt5.cmake script I succeed to resolve my problem. 

The icon problem was due to some mistake during the creation of my icns file.

Thanks again.

Romain

> Le 8 sept. 2017 à 21:42, Oleksii Vilchanskyi via CMake <cmake at cmake.org> a écrit :
> 
> Hello,
> 
>> 1) I try to add an icon without success
>> When I launch my app, the default icon is used and not my icon.
> 
> Can you elaborate on this? You say that the .icns file is under
> Resources and the final Info.plist contains the proper key with the
> proper value and that a non-default icon is used when the application is
> launched. If you do actually see the icon on the application [for
> example] in Launchpad, then the bundle is correctly built and macOS can
> recognize the icon. If instead you see something like this[0], then the
> bundle is built incorrectly.
> 
> However, you also say "when I launch my app", which, if you mean
> application's runtime in particular, is unrelated to CMake or bundling.
> If the tray icon is broken etc. it's something your application is not
> doing (for example, we use RCC and /image for the icon).
> 
> So, if this is the former, then the bundling part is incorrect, if it's
> the latter, the program's behaviour is incorrect.
> 
> As a side note, I don't rely on MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION property and
> install() the icon where it belongs.
> 
>> 2) For the libraries of VTK I tried to use macdeployqt (found using
> find_program) but it doesn’t found the libraries (installed in a custom
> directories)
>> Is there a simple way to copy all found libraries/framework?
> 
> I would recommend using DeployQt5.cmake module[1] instead of
> macdeployqt. Initially found on this list and later edited by Marcus D.
> Hanwell, the module (I believe) is distributed under BSD 3-clause.
> 
> Usage example[2], also under BSD 3-clause (I believe).
> 
> [0]: <https://doc.qt.io/archives/qq/qq09-demo-icon.png <https://doc.qt.io/archives/qq/qq09-demo-icon.png>>
> [1]:
> <https://github.com/OpenChemistry/avogadroapp/blob/master/cmake/DeployQt5.cmake <https://github.com/OpenChemistry/avogadroapp/blob/master/cmake/DeployQt5.cmake>>
> [2]:
> <https://github.com/OpenChemistry/avogadroapp/blob/master/avogadro/lastinstall/CMakeLists.txt <https://github.com/OpenChemistry/avogadroapp/blob/master/avogadro/lastinstall/CMakeLists.txt>>
> 
> Regards,
> Oleksii Vilchanskyi
> 
> On 8.9.2017 18:11, Romain LEGUAY wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Since this morning, I try to create a Bundle Application using CMake (3.9.1).
>> 
>> My application use VTK (8.x) and Qt (5.x). The find_package of those two libraries works greats (no problem to build and run the application).
>> 
>> I have many problems:
>> 
>> 1) I try to add an icon without success.
>> 2) I don’t know how (and where) to copy VTK dynamic libraries.
>> ( Optional / not really related ) 3) When I try to use only some components of VTK, my application is linking to all VTK modules
>> 
>> I’m going to details each points:
>> 
>> 1) For the icon issue, I proceed this way:
>> 
>> 
>> set(ICON_NAME "appIcon.icns") # I try without the icns extension without success.
>> set(ICON_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/icons/${ICON_NAME}")
>> set_source_files_properties("${ICON_PATH}" PROPERTIES MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Resources)
>> 
>> add_executable(MYAPP MACOSX_BUNDLE ${ICON_PATH} ${other_sources})
>> 
>> set_target_properties(CRAFPACK_GUI PROPERTIES
>> 		                    MACOSX_BUNDLE_ICON_FILE ${ICON_NAME})
>> 
>> 
>> The icon is copied inside the Resources folder of my bundle and the Info.plist is well updated (the CFBundleIconFile key is set to "appIcon.icns").
>> 
>> When I launch my app, the default icon is used and not my icon.
>> 
>> 
>> 2) For the libraries of VTK I tried to use macdeployqt (found using find_program) but it doesn’t found the libraries (installed in a custom directories)
>> 
>> I tried to use BundleUtilities without any success (except to tell me that cmake doesn’t found the libraries).
>> 
>> I attach you my CMakeLists.
>> 
>> Is there a simple way to copy all found libraries/framework?
>> 
>> Thank you!
>> 
>> 
>> 
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