Monday, February 1, 2021

App Wrapper 4.1 Release

Version 4.1 is Released with 40 new features, fixes and improvements.

Monday, February 1, 2021 - Sam Rowlands

Ohanaware Co., Ltd. are very proud to announce the immediate release of App Wrapper 4.1. An impressive update of their popular premium post-build processor for the macOS. This release adds features which will help even more developers prepare their Mac apps for Apple App Store Submission and Website Distribution.

appwrapper/release/appWrapper.dmg

New features ( 23 )

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.

Fixes ( 12 )

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.

Improvements ( 5 )