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    RaZp29
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    This worked just fine. But I'm using openstreetmap plugin for a map in my application so the map is not visible.
    Quoting macdeployqt: To include a 3rd party library in the application bundle, copy the library into the bundle manually, after the bundle is created.
    What is my bundle? Now I have one folder with my sourceCode with files like myApp.pro, main.cpp, qml files, and so on, and another folder that Qt Creator creates when deploying containing main.o, Makefile, moc_files and myApplication.app.

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      The bundle is your Application.app.

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        The bundle is your Application.app.

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        @SGaist said in macdeployqt dmg disabled build versions in Qt:

        The bundle is your Application.app.

        Okey, so how do I: Include a 3rd party library in the application bundle, copy the library into the bundle manually, after the bundle is created. How's this done with OpenStreetMap?

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          Copy the OpenStreetMap framework/dylib in the corresponding folder in the bundle structure.

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            Copy the OpenStreetMap framework/dylib in the corresponding folder in the bundle structure.

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            @SGaist said in macdeployqt dmg disabled build versions in Qt:

            Copy the OpenStreetMap framework/dylib in the corresponding folder in the bundle structure.

            Where do I find the OpenStreetMap framework/dylib? isn't that included in QtLocation?

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              My bad, I've mixed OpenStreetMap with another one. The osm plugin should be deployed.

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                My bad, I've mixed OpenStreetMap with another one. The osm plugin should be deployed.

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                @SGaist So how come no map is shown only my frame around it and all other tools when I deploy using macdeployqt with -dmg and -qmldir ?

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                  Did you try to start your application from the command line after running macdeployqt ? There might be information printed on the command line.

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                    Did you try to start your application from the command line after running macdeployqt ? There might be information printed on the command line.

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                    @SGaist I tried this but it didn't work. This is what the folder to the project in Qt Creator looks like 0_1513847225245_Skärmavbild 2017-12-21 kl. 10.06.06.png And this is the folder produced by Qt Creator when deploying 0_1513847235745_Skärmavbild 2017-12-21 kl. 10.06.22.png

                    Before running macdeployqt running my app from the terminal with: open -a RTKCar works just fine. Then I call macdeployqt from my root folder like this:
                    pathToMacdeployqt/macdeployqt pathToDeployedFolder/RTKCar.app -dmg -qmldir=PathToProjectFolder
                    After this I can run it from the terminal but the map won't show, same goes for opening it with the mouse or from the dmg.

                    When running the macdeployqt command, I get the following output:
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquick2plugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libdeclarative_location.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libdeclarative_positioning.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libwindowplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqquicklayoutsplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickcontrols2plugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickcontrols2materialstyleplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickcontrols2universalstyleplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libdialogplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libdialogsprivateplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquicktemplates2plugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqmlfolderlistmodelplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqmlsettingsplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickcontrolsplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickextrasflatplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libwidgetsplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickextrasplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtgraphicaleffectsplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtgraphicaleffectsprivate.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickcontrols2materialstyleplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickcontrols2materialstyleplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickcontrols2universalstyleplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libqtquickcontrols2universalstyleplugin.dylib"
                    File exists, skip copy: "/Users/user/build-RTKCar-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_clang_64bit-Profile/RTKCar.app/Contents/PlugIns/quick/libmodelsplugin.dylib"

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                      I didn't expect it to work but to give more clues about what is going wrong. You don't have any message printing on the console ?

                      By the way, you should consider updating Qt. 5.9.3 and 5.10 have been released.

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                        I didn't expect it to work but to give more clues about what is going wrong. You don't have any message printing on the console ?

                        By the way, you should consider updating Qt. 5.9.3 and 5.10 have been released.

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                        @SGaist I Downloaded Qt 5.10 and gave it a try, same output as before. I've also tried this for the Qt Map Viewer Example without any success.

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                          Not any QML error ?

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                            Not any QML error ?

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                            @SGaist Nope. Do you want to give it a try with the Qt Map Viewer Example?

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                              That's what I was suspecting: missing plugins.

                              The quick and easy way would be to build your own version of macdeployqt with this patch applied.

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                                That's what I was suspecting: missing plugins.

                                The quick and easy way would be to build your own version of macdeployqt with this patch applied.

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                                @SGaist Wow thanks a lot! Will try this in a few days. Do you reckon linuxdeployqt will have the same issue?

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                                  If everything goes well, clone the qttools repository and and build macdeployqt from the latest 5.10 branch.

                                  Otherwise, you will have to apply two patches since there was a cleanup done in between.

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                                    If everything goes well, clone the qttools repository and and build macdeployqt from the latest 5.10 branch.

                                    Otherwise, you will have to apply two patches since there was a cleanup done in between.

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                                    @SGaist How do I build macdeployqt after cloning it? Tried to open the macdeployqt.pro file in Qt Creator and just build through there, but I got the error code:

                                    ld: can't open output file for writing '/bin/macdeployqt.ld_z0wFts', errno=1 for architecture x86_64
                                    clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
                                    make[1]: *** [/bin/macdeployqt] Error 1
                                    make: *** [sub-macdeployqt-make_first] Error 2
                                    15:19:17: The process "/usr/bin/make" exited with code 2.
                                    Error while building/deploying project macdeployqt (kit: Desktop Qt 5.9.2 clang 64bit)
                                    When executing step "Make"
                                    

                                    Or can I do it somehow using the terminal?

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                                      /bin ? That strange.

                                      I do it from the command line in an out of source folder:

                                      mkdir build_macdeployqt
                                      pushd build_macdeployqt
                                      /path/to/qmake /path/to/Qt/qttools/src/macdeployqt/
                                      make
                                      make install
                                      

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                                        /bin ? That strange.

                                        I do it from the command line in an out of source folder:

                                        mkdir build_macdeployqt
                                        pushd build_macdeployqt
                                        /path/to/qmake /path/to/Qt/qttools/src/macdeployqt/
                                        make
                                        make install
                                        
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                                        @SGaist when I do /path/to/qmake /path/to/Qt/qttools/src/macdeployqt/
                                        I get :
                                        Qt5.10.0/5.10.0/clang_64/mkspecs/features/mac/sdk.prf:26: Cannot write cache file /Users/.qmake.stash: Permission denied,
                                        Tried it together with sudo, it worked: Info: creating stash file /Users/.qmake.stash
                                        But when doing make I get:
                                        ld: can't open output file for writing '/bin/macdeployqt.ld_jnQbB4', errno=1 for architecture x86_64 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) make[1]: *** [/bin/macdeployqt] Error 1 make: *** [sub-macdeployqt-make_first] Error 2

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                                          Are you using a self-compiled Qt ?

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