How to bundle an openframeworks application in xcode (relative resource linking?)

Question

An trying to get openframeworks to build me my application so that i can open it from anywhere and it will load the needed images from within the apps Resources folder.

I believe this is relative linking?

I have done it before, on an older xcode and oF 61.

To do this i dragged the needed images into the project file on the left and added it to the executable target, with in a 'build phase' -> 'copy files'.

Been trying all sorts of methods, ofSetDataPathRoot() which solved the problem last time isnt working for me this time.

Any ideas/help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Answer 1

First you need to tell xCode to copy your /bin/data directory into your application bundle by adding a build phase:

1. Click on your project in the Project Navigator
2. Select "Build Phases"
3. Toggle open the "Run Script" section and paste in the following:
cp -r bin/data "$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$PRODUCT_NAME.app/Contents/Resources";

Then tell your app where to find the data folder relative to itself within the bundle.

Inside the setup method of your oF app:

ofSetDataPathRoot("../Resources/data/");