A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
On macOS, I am using *Javapackager* to make an `Application.app` bundle (called a *disk image*) from my `Application.jar` Java archive:
javapackager \
-deploy \
-native image \
-srcfiles Application.jar \
-outdir dist \
-outfile Application \
-appclass Application
The resulting `Application.app` bundle is a *directory* with the following layout:
Application.app
|--Contents
|--Info.plist
|--PkgInfo
|--Java
| |--Application.jar
|--MacOS
| |--Application
|--Resources
However I have some `<language>.lproj` directories (which hold `InfoPlist.strings` files for localizing some strings of the `Info.plist` file, cf. Apple's Developer [website](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/AboutInformationPropertyListFiles.html)) that I need to put in the `Resources` directory of the `Application.app` layout:
Application.app
|--Contents
|--Info.plist
|--PkgInfo
|--Java
| |--Application.jar
|--MacOS
| |--Application
|--Resources
|--en.lproj
|--InfoPlist.strings
|--fr.lproj
|--InfoPlist.strings
*Javapackager* does not seem to have a command-line option to do that (and I do not want to copy the `<language>.lproj` directories myself after the creation of the `Application.app` bundle as it would break its signature). It has only an option to write *icon* files in the `Resources` directory, (`-Bicon <path>`) but not other types of files or directories.
So could you add a command-line option that allow to include files and directories into the `Resources` directory of .app bundles? I suggest `-resourcedir` and `-resourcefiles`.
JUSTIFICATION :
This feature is necessary as `<language>.lproj` directories which hold `InfoPlist.strings` files allow developers to localize some strings of the `Info.plist` file, cf. Apple's Developer [website](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/AboutInformationPropertyListFiles.html), such as the application name or copyright:
> âIn addition to the recommended keys, there are several keys that should be localized and placed in your language-specific InfoPlist.strings files:
>
> * CFBundleDisplayName;
> * CFBundleName;
> * CFBundleShortVersionString;
> * NSHumanReadableCopyright.â
On macOS, I am using *Javapackager* to make an `Application.app` bundle (called a *disk image*) from my `Application.jar` Java archive:
javapackager \
-deploy \
-native image \
-srcfiles Application.jar \
-outdir dist \
-outfile Application \
-appclass Application
The resulting `Application.app` bundle is a *directory* with the following layout:
Application.app
|--Contents
|--Info.plist
|--PkgInfo
|--Java
| |--Application.jar
|--MacOS
| |--Application
|--Resources
However I have some `<language>.lproj` directories (which hold `InfoPlist.strings` files for localizing some strings of the `Info.plist` file, cf. Apple's Developer [website](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/AboutInformationPropertyListFiles.html)) that I need to put in the `Resources` directory of the `Application.app` layout:
Application.app
|--Contents
|--Info.plist
|--PkgInfo
|--Java
| |--Application.jar
|--MacOS
| |--Application
|--Resources
|--en.lproj
|--InfoPlist.strings
|--fr.lproj
|--InfoPlist.strings
*Javapackager* does not seem to have a command-line option to do that (and I do not want to copy the `<language>.lproj` directories myself after the creation of the `Application.app` bundle as it would break its signature). It has only an option to write *icon* files in the `Resources` directory, (`-Bicon <path>`) but not other types of files or directories.
So could you add a command-line option that allow to include files and directories into the `Resources` directory of .app bundles? I suggest `-resourcedir` and `-resourcefiles`.
JUSTIFICATION :
This feature is necessary as `<language>.lproj` directories which hold `InfoPlist.strings` files allow developers to localize some strings of the `Info.plist` file, cf. Apple's Developer [website](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/AboutInformationPropertyListFiles.html), such as the application name or copyright:
> âIn addition to the recommended keys, there are several keys that should be localized and placed in your language-specific InfoPlist.strings files:
>
> * CFBundleDisplayName;
> * CFBundleName;
> * CFBundleShortVersionString;
> * NSHumanReadableCopyright.â