How to specify py2app icon?
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Answering my own question.
To add an icon file simply add the iconfile option when creating setup.py:
py2applet --make-setup foo.py --iconfile images/icon.icns
Note: You must not leave the icon.icns
under the same folder as your main script foo.py
. It must be placed under a subfolder like images/
, otherwise you'd end up with DATA_FILE=['--iconfile']
in your setup.py
, which would fail because that's not a data file.
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Updated on June 06, 2021Comments
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Grahame Thomson almost 3 years
How do I specify the icon file when using py2app?
Just now I create the setup file:
py2applet --make-setup MyApplication.py
and then build the application bundle:
python setup.py py2app -A
where is it that I specify the icon file.. getting a little confused. Thanks for any help.
according to this link- http://packages.python.org/py2app/options.html, I should add it as an option.
Currently my setup.py file looks like this:
""" This is a setup.py script generated by py2applet Usage: python setup.py py2app """ from setuptools import setup APP = ['hello.py'] DATA_FILES = ['chalkboard.jpg'] OPTIONS = {'argv_emulation': True, 'iconfile': '/Users/grahamethomson/Documents/College/HND/oop/game/personal developoment/G/icon.icns'} setup( app=APP, data_files=DATA_FILES, options={'py2app': OPTIONS}, setup_requires=['py2app'], )
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Sheldon about 13 yearsmake sure the icon you are using is compatible - editing the extension of the file will not achieve this. Download a convertor such as macupdate.com/app/mac/18369/img2icns