Export Application wont Run

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sgtoneill

in General Discussion • Other • 2 years ago

Hi everyone,

I've trying export my sketch it works fine on my laptop (Mac OS X). However when i sent it to a friend, he claims that the app runs but nothing happens besides the menu bar (top left corner) changing to the name of my app and thats it. Nothing works.

My .app contains the following:

- Contents

- Info.plist

- Resources

- sketch.icns

- Java

SafeBreak.jar

core.jar

sonia_v2_9.jar

libJSynV142.jnilib

JSynClasses.jar

- PkgInfo

- MacOS

- JavaApplicationStub64

- JavaApplicationStub

You can download the .app here ( http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1739057/SafeBreak.zip ) Only for Macintosh users (sorry).

Im using 2 .wav and 2.png files that aren't inside that ".app" package. However i tried copy pasting the data folder inside the package (Contents/Java/data) and still doesn't work.

Any idea whats wrong here?

Replies(15)

jeff_g

Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

I'll try to download and test this tomorrow, but at a very quick glance, it might be the native library libJSynV142.jnilib. Do you have a Windows " .dll" file for it ( JSynV142.dll)? That probably needs to be copied into the application directory for it to work on Windows.

PhiLho

Re: Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

Not a Windows DLL file, since the application is for Mac. Perhaps a .so file or similar for Mac. Sometime, they are included in the jar itself.

sgtoneill

Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

hmm, i have no idea what you guys are talking about xD

phi.lho is right, forget windows. its from a Mac to Macs. When I export it, things arent as they should be. for example the data folder isnt "compiled" inside the .app wich makes me believe it wont work since there are missing at least 4 custom files (images and sounds).

jeff_g

Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

Ah, I thought it was Windows that was having an issue. Here is the error I get on the Mac when trying to run SafeBreak.

Could not load native library for JSyn V142
com.softsynth.jsyn.SynthException: JSyn error: Could not access JSyn synthesis engine. - JSyn not properly installed, or web page is not calling smart_embed_jsyn.js!, 0x0=0, 0x0=0
Sonia: Please make sure you have entered the correct Sample file name to load
Exception in thread "Animation Thread" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at pitaru.sonia_v2_9.BJSyn.loadSample(BJSyn.java:269)
    at pitaru.sonia_v2_9.Sample.<init>(Sample.java:38)
    at SafeBreak.setup(SafeBreak.java:110)
    at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(PApplet.java:1583)
    at processing.core.PApplet.run(PApplet.java:1503)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680

sgtoneill

Re: Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

No idea about JSyn and how to fix that, but the Sonia message " Please make sure you have entered the correct Sample file name to load" is probably because the sound files aren't being exported inside the .app

Any idea where the data folder should be inside the .app?

also, whats with that JSyn error? x_x

jeff_g

Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

On the mac, if you have to create a data folder, it would be in the same directory as the .app file, not inside the .app.

sgtoneill

Re: Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

ok, so here's the .app with the data folder and the JSyn dll that is exported.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1739057/safe.zip

i think its still failing to initialize =/

mattyr64

Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

not loading on my mac. i had a few similar problems the other day.

i'm pretty sure all the data files, images/sounds should be inside a 'data' folder in the sketch root when you compile the app. make sure that all files that are being loaded are loaded like:

img = loadImage("dial.png");

and not

img = loadImage("data/dial.png");

then when the app is compiled all the files should be automatically added (i think).

worth a try anyway,

if you do it and load it onto dropbox in the next few mins i'll test it for you again.

- matty

sgtoneill

Re: Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

i did what you said, heres the applictions.macosx folder:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1739057/application-macosx.zip

(it didn't move the files, guess it wont work...)

mattyr64

Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

sussed it out eventually...

at some point you must have installed the JSyn plugin.

tell your friend to go to here http://www.softsynth.com/jsyn/plugins/install_plugin.php

then download the last version of your app.. (edit:infact, the first app file you posted works with this too!)

works for me :D

sgtoneill

Re: Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

it worked?

aww man that sucks to have to download plugins and stuff. wish it was stand-alone.

Its the SONIA sound lib having problems than... damn it. Gotta find a way around it.

mattyr64

Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

yeh a bit of a pain, but if you post the link in your installation instructions, all the user has to do is to paste it in their browser.

and following the link i posted it auto installs itself (if you let it).

if not/ might be worth giving minim a try, i find it works great for all the audio stuff i've ever used it for. if you need any help send me a message, or post back here

sgtoneill

Re: Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

Yeah at least it works! Thank you so much for helping me debugging this :)

Guess i'll have to be carefull choosing my libs :)

sgtoneill

Re: Re: Export Application wont Run

2 years ago

also , i get this message in at the end of installing JSyn:

================ Check Installation ========

SUCCESS - the JSyn classes are present.

ERROR - the JSyn library is MISSING!

is this bad? ^_^;