Codesiging Java apps for the Apple App Store

Tell Apple about your App

1. Register as a developer at developer.apple.com.

2. Go to developer.apple.com/account/resources/certificates/list and register a new identifier for the app.

   

3. Go to appstoreconnect.apple.com/apps and register a new App with the created identifier.

   

4. Go to appstoreconnect.apple.com/access/api and create a developer API key.

   

   You will need the “Issuer ID” and the “KEY ID” later for the notarization.

Codesign your App

Notarize your App

Troubleshooting codesigning problems

Finding the problem

codesign --verify DrKodi.app

To verify that the app is signed, the following command provides information about the signing status of the app:

codesign -d --verbose=4 DrKodi.app

To check whether an application can be launched when Gatekeeper is enabled, use the spctl command:

spctl --assess --verbose=4 DrKodi.app
DrKodi.app: rejected
source=no usable signature

If you leave off the –verbose tag, and it does not print any output, indicates ‘success’.

Sources:

• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/packagingAppsForMac.html