Standalone App Icon is low resolution after changing app name

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Martin Koob

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Dec 21, 2014, 5:48:44 PM12/21/14
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I have a GLX based application and when I have been creating standalones the standalone has had the app icon at the proper resolution.

I wanted to release a beta of the app so I wanted to change the name in the glxApplicationSettings and in the Standalone settings from 'MyApp' 'MyApp Beta".  It is a new version of the app but I want users to be able to have the old version installed during the beta test.

After I changed the app name in glxApplicationSettings and standalone settings to 'MyApp Beta', I built a standalone using the GLXApplicationProperties plugin.

Now the app icon shown in the finder is a low resolution generic one.  Up to this point when I saved the app with the old name it showed the proper high resolution icon.  

I checked the Standalone.icns file in the application's MyApp Beta/Contents/Resorces folder and it is the correct one. The same as the one in MyApp/Contents/Resources' For some reason it is not being found or shown by the newly named standalone. 

Any ideas why this would happen or how to resolve it?

BTW I am building a Mac app with LiveCode 6.7.1-gm1 on Mac OS X 10.8.5

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Martin Koob

Martin Koob

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Dec 21, 2014, 6:22:13 PM12/21/14
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OK I think I resolved it.

I tried restarting my Mac now the app icon is showing the proper High resolution one.  I guess the Finder had not registered the icon or something like that.  Does that make sense?

I know that should always be the first step of trouble shooting.  I guess I should have done that before posting the question here. Sorry.

One question though.  When a user installs the application will they have the same problem, a low resolution icon until they restart?

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Trevor DeVore

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Dec 22, 2014, 9:08:29 AM12/22/14
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On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Martin Koob <in...@videolinkwell.com> wrote:

One question though.  When a user installs the application will they have the same problem, a low resolution icon until they restart?

I've seen the problem you describe on my development computer before. I haven't had any reports of the issue occurring on a customer's computer.

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Martin Koob

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Dec 29, 2014, 12:16:41 PM12/29/14
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Hi  Trevor

Thanks.  I too am seeing it on my development computer.  Glad it does not affect end user's computer.

Martin
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