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:

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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.

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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.

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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 removing app.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! for mainWindow

• 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

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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

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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

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Refs:

#3679

[vasyl-shumskyi]

This has been fixed. Thanks for your help guys.

[18672786357]

@vasyl-shumskyi How did you solve it? I have the same problem