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Signing OSX App Fails: Electron Framework: bundle format is ambiguous (could be app or framework)

See original GitHub issue

I’ve been looking for solutions and am only able to find vague answers without solutions in various electron related issue trackers.

Error: Command failed: codesign --sign Mac Developer: FIRST LAST (UNIQUE_ID) -fv /Users/framerate/code/dist/Project-darwin-x64/Project.app/Contents/Resources/app/dist/Project-darwin-x64/Project.app/Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework/Electron Framework /Users/framerate/code/dist/Project-darwin-x64/Project.app/Contents/Resources/app/dist/Project-darwin-x64/Project.app/Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework/Electron Framework: bundle format is ambiguous (could be app or framework)

electron-builder: 3.17.1 electron-prebuilt: 0.37.8 node: 6.0.0 npm: 3.8.8 OSX: 10.11.5 Beta (15F31a)

Any suggestion would be appreciated, since the signing is all inside electron-builder.

For the record:

codesign -s 'Mac Developer: FIRST LAST (UNIQUE_ID)' -f dist/Project-darwin-x64/Project.app --deep

Seems to work, but since I want to use electron-builder to auto package the update files and DMG, I’m not sure how to manually inject the codesign.

Thanks!

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:6 (1 by maintainers)

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FrenchBullycommented, Nov 1, 2016

I too ran into this issue until I realized I had the wrong version for electron declared. Hope that helps. electron-packager . “App Name” --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --version=YOUR_ELECTRON_VERSION --app-bundle-id=“com.AppName” --app-version=“1.0.0” --build-version=“1.0.100”

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cinder92commented, Jun 15, 2017

@FrenchBully im using 1.6.6 version of electron and this is not working 😦

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