App Wrapper 4

4.7, September 17^th 2024

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• 🚀 Added support for MacUpdater.net plist keys
• 🚀 Now uses the Crash & Error tracking from Sleep Aid.
• 🚀 Added code to track down an exception when adding packing items for a customer.
• 🛠 SF Symbol Rasterizer, now generates RGB images to overcome an issue with M2 Macs running Ventura.
• 🛠 Fixed an exception in the SF Symbol Rasterizer.
• 🛠 Recreated the LogViewer in the packing inspector so it should no longer be black on black
• 🚀 Newer Thank you message

Version 4.6, August 10^th 2023

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• ⭐️ Warning about the new requirements for Notarization coming in November 2023.
• ⭐️ Now uses newer Notarization system on compatible systems.
• 🛠 Correctly finds applications in Zip files with additional files.
• 🛠 Correctly staples applications in Zip files with additional files.
• 🛠 Workaround for an issue in the fast directory scanning.
• 🛠 Workaround for Apple's tools not adhering to the requested response format.
• 🛠 Fixed re-launch not opening duplicated documents..
• 🛠 Fixed the inability to delete an application icon made by App Wrapper.
• 🛠 Fixed the trial period not showing up for all customers.

Version 4.5, August 30^th 2022

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• ⭐️ Offers the ability to create separate Zip or PKG files for each architecture.
• ⭐️ Offer the ability to create archives in a specific folder.
• ⭐️ A new custom version number format option.
• 🛠 Fix for handling Zip files with Japanese file names.

Version 4.4.1, April 5^th 2022

• ⭐️ When adding an icon, it now checks the file contents to see if it is a ICNS file.
• 🛠 Update system should be more reliable now.
• 🛠 Fixed an issue whereby the helper was falsely reporting certificates were missing private keys.
• 🛠 Fix the identity selector ignoring the Missing Private Key error.
• 🛠 Patched the handling of an Apple FSCartographer with a whole roll of duct tape (broken in many ways).
• 🛠 staplingIssues help topic should now work.
• 🛠 Fix for help links not working.
• 🛠 Fix for changes to mouse events on Monterey 12.3 affecting scrolling in App Wrapper.
• 🛠 Workaround for Monterey's ZipInfo failing when it finds multiple files of the same name within a zip file (instead of previous behavior where it reported all instances).

Version 4.4, February 8^th 2022

• ⭐️ Now supports Provisioning Profiles
• ⭐️ New Help Viewer, so that all customers on Monterey can access the application help.
• ⭐️ New update system, that is lighter and will allow for architecture specific versions.
• ⭐️ Finally imported the purchase window designed back in Summer of 2021.
• ⭐️ Includes a new Honeycomb background texture.
• ⭐️ Changing Panes in the App Wrapper document now has animation.
• ⭐️ Credits Editor, now includes the option to reset the typeface and color to Apple system settings.
• ⭐️ App Sandbox is now enabled for the Development channel by default (only affects new documents).
• ⭐️ Can now search the credits editor
• ⭐️ Auto adds networking entitlement for App Sandbox and detection of the Xojo HTMLViewer
• ⭐️ App Wrapper now indexes it's own help
• ⭐️ Checking now does tests on the packing settings.
• ⭐️ Checking now checks DMG Canvas version for compatibility.
• ⭐️ Checking now check settings for Submission to Apple (including Notarization).
• ⭐️ Added QuickLook support to the "Add Files" section of the Bundle Contents.
• ⭐️ Keychain Access Groups
• ⭐️ Can now export and import property lists from the property list editor.
• ⭐️ Now supports setting Search Keywords to help customers find your apps.
• ⭐️ Now adds support for Notch settings
• ⭐️ Smart Card Reader to the Hardware Access entitlements
• ⭐️ App Wrapper is now able to walk back on a Certificate trust chain and establish if a cert or cert on the chain is self-signed when it shouldn't be.
• 🛠 Fixed an issue where the Save dialog would display <type/> instead of the file type.
• 🛠 Preferences icon is now correctly highlighted when opening the preferences window.
• 🛠 Checking now validates bundle contents for "Development" release.
• 🛠 OWListBox now shows row highlight color while editing the contents of a row.
• 🛠 Added Fix for "Progress" not showing consistently.
• 🛠 Fixed a bug with the property list editor and editing array values.
• 🚀 Now includes an option to use Development channel for debugging App Store apps.
• 🚀 Improved the message when trying to open an application with a document, while it's already linked to another.
• 🚀 Now handles broken aliases for documents, instead of saying the format isn't recognized.
• 🚀 The page selector in the sidebar is always visible and doesn't require scrolling.
• 🚀 Splash Screen buttons now offer two rows for the label.
• 🚀 Info pane in an App Wrapper now displays the file name instead of the application name.
• 🚀 Updated the usage of Remove v.s. Delete to better their actions.
• 🚀 Many minor consistency changes throughout the UI, to better match icons and labels.
• 🚀 Improved the "Add Files" section of bundle contents
• 🚀 Improved the speed of displaying the Bundle Contents as each section is only loaded on display.
• 🚀 Renamed some of the options on Bundle Mods to make it clearer as to what they do.
• 🚀 Checking now checks for duplicate bundle identifiers
• 🚀 Improved channel selector to help identity which channel is currently selected.
• 🚀 Improved filtering of Code Signing Certificates.

Version 4.3.2, October 1^st 2021

• 🛠 Capabilities → USB now uses the correct identifier.
• 🛠 The window title should now show again on OS versions lower than Big Sur.
• 🛠 Fixed an escaping bug with | characters.
• 🛠 Fixed an error when trying to wrap and the source application isn't there any more.
• 🛠 Fixed an error in the AppleScript pane.
• 🚀 Now using the Ohanaware App Kit 2021 Release 3.

Version 4.3.1, July 21^st 2021

• 🛠 Fixed a crash that could occur on re-opening several windows a second time.
• 🛠 Fixed a bug where the "Pack" action menu item wouldn't have an icon.
• 🛠 View → Clear Results is no longer enabled when AW is busy.
• 🛠 Changed the way how AW sends passwords to Apple API to avoid complications with KeyChain.
• 🛠 Fixed an error that can occur when dragging in DMG images to be Notarized.

Version 4.3, July 5^th 2021

• ⭐️ Now has the ability to specify "Development Release" as a channel.
• ⭐️ Now supports the ability to Notarize console applications.
• ⭐️ New Code signing identity chooser, provides more information about certificates.
• ⭐️ Basic rPath checks to the checking engine
• ⭐️ Now checks for two user folder issues which might prevent Notarization.
• ⭐️ Checking Routine now verifies trust on identities
• ⭐️ Checking Routine now checks for current AWWDR authority certificate.
• ⭐️ Additional items to the packing pane, add other files to Zip and DropDMG DMGs.
• ⭐️ Upgraded to a newer version of the Ohanaware Stack View
• ⭐️ Can add a full-length identifier to a console app or dylib.
• ⭐️ Improved code signing diagnostics, more attention on Authority certificates.
• ⭐️ Can now detect revoked certificates
• ⭐️ More improvements to the animation engine.
• ⭐️ Smarter when code signing Xojo made console applications.
• ⭐️ Default Notification style options
• ⭐️ Now checks DMG format on completion.
• ⭐️ Added some data gathering in the event it is unable to create the symlink for scripting.
• 🚀 Lists that are not using OWStackView now use OWListboxForAqua.
• 🚀 Now uses the Developer ID certificate while debugging web distribution apps.
• 🚀 Installer compatibility check no longer runs when wrapping for the App Store.
• 🚀 More tracking to the icon editor save routine.
• 🚀 Rewritten the caption for the multiple document warning.
• 🚀 OS Trust evaluation now works on 10.13
• 🚀 Audio option is now "Audio Input" after clarification.
• 🚀 Notifications are now only sent to the system, if the application is in the background.
• 🚀 The path to the helper is now fixed to match the generated scripts.
• 🚀 Icon formats should now be a more logical order.
• 🚀 Now handles iOS Style Flat Frameworks more elegantly.
• 🚀 Visual improvements to the Results pane.
• 🛠 Fixed several issues that occur from having a ' in the application name.
• 🛠 Removing an item from the Progress via the "Action" drop down, no longer crashes.
• 🛠 Checking engine now recognizes Alternate as a valid LSHanderRank
• 🛠 Fixed a checking issue with libraries and allowing all architectures.
• 🛠 Fixed a bug so that "Wrap Only" will not pack.
• 🛠 No longer crashes trying to set the subtitle of a window to "".
• 🛠 Fixed a bug that altered the dirty status of a document when opening it.
• 🛠 Fixed a crash with the confirm dialog on Mac OS X 10.13
• 🛠 AW now deletes pasted icons again.
• 🛠 Selecting CloudKit under "Apple Online Services" no longer generates an exception.
• 🛠 Dragging the icon from the Progress page and letting go in the window
• 🛠 Now correctly sets the permissions for Python scripts.
• 🛠 Fixed a bug where it would ask you twice if you wanted to close a busy window.
• 🛠 File → Close All now works correctly on macOS Big Sur.
• 🛠 Now correctly encodes plist data that contains a "&"
• 🛠 Fix for overwriting assets files issue.
• 🛠 Flat Frameworks "Resources" folder is correctly associated.

Version 4.2.1, March 30^th 2021

• 🛠 CloseAnimation Exception fixed.
• 🛠 Tinted sidebar shows correctly in Dark Mode.
• 🛠 ControlAnimator Exceptions fixed.

Version 4.2, March 22^nd 2021

• ⭐️ Notarization History for a Apple Submission Account
• ⭐️ Option to disable architecture stripping for website.
• ⭐️ Option to control document Quarantine.
• ⭐️ Option to create exe files from the App Sandbox.
• ⭐️ Reports Symbolic Links that use an Absolute paths.
• ⭐️ Edit -> Paste And Match Style for About Box Credits.
• ⭐️ Checking now reports misc files in "Contents" folder.
• ⭐️ Improvements when "Increase Contrast" is enabled.
• ⭐️ Added sign-up to the Ohanaware mailing list.
• ⭐️ Usage messages not in Apple's docs.
• ⭐️ Option to draw Pin Stripes in window backgrounds.
• ⭐️ Full Color Icons option for sidebar and some toolbars.
• ⭐️ Option to tint the sidebar like Mac OS X 10.6.
• ⭐️ Option to disable animation for App Wrapper only.
• ⭐️ When permission reset fails, captures the error code.
• 🚀 Options button now next to code signing header.
• 🚀 Choose which app for manually Notarizing a DMG.
• 🚀 Permissions Reset now copes with 1000s of files.
• 🚀 Option-click an architecture selects only that arch.
• 🚀 Option-click an archive format selects only that format.
• 🚀 Apps missing CFBundleName can now be wrapped.
• 🚀 Improved more consistent animation system.
• 🛠 DMG code signing is working again.
• 🛠 DMG Conversion is working again.
• 🛠 Last log is now correctly saved.
• 🛠 Xojo script no longer reports Unnotarized Developer ID.
• 🛠 View - "Current Wrapping Log" works again.
• 🛠 Process icon is not visible in Package Upload mode
• 🛠 No longer rejects a Zipped app without icon..
• 🛠 Fixed bug with icon creator false positives.
• 🛠 Fixed bug with LSHanderRank using display name.
• 🛠 Fixed bug when entering in serial, would skip a field.
• 🛠 Checking function no longer stumbles on .a files.

Version 4.1, Feb 1^st 2021

• ⭐️ Auto adds the required Hardened Runtime entitlements for Xojo apps that use XojoScript.
• ⭐️ Auto adds the required Hardened Runtime entitlements for Electron Apps.
• ⭐️ Added a warning when creating Installers on Big Sur for apps that are compatible with 10.11 or older.
• ⭐️ Option to specify how App Wrapper should handle nested executables entitlements.
• ⭐️ Resetting of the application's permissions are now ON by default (disabled in Advanced Options).
• ⭐️ Explicitly tells code signing API which certificate to use, opposed to giving it the certificate name.
• ⭐️ More Options button under the code signing heading of the sidebar.
• ⭐️ Option to enable force signing of non-executables in the MacOS folder.
• ⭐️ Added the option to add or remove Quarantine from apps and packages.
• ⭐️ Checking, highlights missing bundle structure keys
• ⭐️ Checking, highlights Exported UTIs without a Description.
• ⭐️ Checking, suggests missing LSHandlerRank keys.
• ⭐️ Checking, suggests missing LSContentTypes from Exported UTIs.
• ⭐️ Right click menu to the app info in the sidebar.
• ⭐️ Can specify which version of App Wrapper is used for scripts.
• ⭐️ Help links, which will show pages in App Wrapper's help.
• ⭐️ View Info.plist to the right click menu in app info.
• ⭐️ plist processor now auto adds missing Package Type keys.
• ⭐️ Processing, now auto adds missing LSHandlerRank keys.
• ⭐️ Icon Editor, List View, Add sizes from dropped image now appends to current icon.
• ⭐️ Disables most animations when Accessibility: Reduce Motion is enabled.
• ⭐️ Added More Privacy Usage options
• ⭐️ Now provides notifications when tasks are complete.
• 🛠 Progress: Action button is now right aligned with window.
• 🛠 Script log command now supports "~".
• 🛠 The Check routine now validates binary plist files.
• 🛠 Fixed an issue where AW4 may use an iPhone certificate for sending a Mac App to the  App Store.
• 🛠 Reading source code versions from a Mach-O Binary.
• 🛠 Destination pane, Invalid entry icons now lock to the right hand side of the window.
• 🛠 Fixed Big Sur from showing 2 files when only dragging one.
• 🛠 Fixed a bug where disable executable memory protection wasn't showing in the UI.
• 🛠 No longer zooms highlighted icons in the splash screen, fixing some animation issues.
• 🛠 Reminders Usage string is not correctly restored in the AW GUI.
• 🛠 Contact Ohanaware on the Help menu no longer freezes the app on Arm Macs.
• 🛠 Destination folder now correctly resizes.
• 🚀 Flipped the order of the source code version number.
• 🚀 Scripting Page to handle Xojo 2020r2.1 scripting mechanism.
• 🚀 Icon Editor, List View, Add sizes from dropped image uses BS Style dialog buttons.
• 🚀 Improved the automatic nested executable entitlement handling.
• 🚀 No longer animates the movement of controls on the splash screen when it is resizing.