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  1. Jalview
  2. JAL-4421

Release installer DMG does not display the background image

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    • Type: Bug
    • Status: Ready for testing
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Affects Version/s: 2.11.3.3
    • Fix Version/s: 2.11.4, 2.12
    • Component/s: install4j
    • Labels:
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    • Environment:
      macOS aarch64 & x64

      Description

      The opened DMG installer window is not displaying the background image, which has the Jalview logo tiled background, the Jalview name (in correct font), and the beta-sheet arrow indicating how to install the app (also a git-commit and date in grey).

      This is significant loss of user experience so worth pursuing.

      The process by which a background image is added to the DMG file is a bit convoluted, specific and manual (as described in doc/README-DMG_creation.md). This is how install4j recommends adding the background image (it cannot do it directly itself).
      The method to create the DS_Store file described here must be performed on a mac, but the resulting DS_Store file can be used on any machine building the DMG with install4j.

      There have been some attempts to automate DS_Store creation, even using tools that run on linux. These could be explored further.

      See https://issues.jalview.org/browse/JAL-3393
      and https://github.com/create-dmg/create-dmg

      Also (both work on macOS only):
      https://github.com/LinusU/node-appdmg/tree/master
      https://pypi.org/project/dmgbuild/

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              Assignee:
              soares Ben Soares
              Reporter:
              soares Ben Soares
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