Just make sure you have enough access permissions so Xcode can write there (Hint: use chmod if needed). Note that some apps (that support plugins without the need of EasySIMBL) will require the plugin to be in ~/Library/Application Support/TheApp/Plugins/ or sometimes in /Applications/TheApp/Contents/Plugins. Do this by editing CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR on your target:
In our case the location is: "~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins". Tell Xcode where to place product after build. Basically every plugin in OSX can be developed/debbuged in this way: We want to be able to run the target app with the plugin and be able to set breakpoints, etc!. However, in the end this is not what we want. bundle to ~/Library/Application\ Support/SIMBL/Plugins is tedious. Obviously the process of manually copying the. Open Console.app and see "All Messages" now open the target App and check what happens. Once you build your plugin you can move it manually onto EasySIMBL and set the Debug level to "Notice + Info + Debug" to see a bit more of information about the loading process of your plugin Start by implement load method as explained in the old wiki. Using this key load your plugin only if the required frameworks exist. It says it has never been used but I personally think it could be useful in cases when your plugin requires a non-standard framework which is embedded in the target app. So, If you have an app you want to hack (lets say add some extra functionality) to an App and that app does not brings Plugin functionality then EasySIMBL is your option.įile > New > Project > OS X > Framework & Library > Bundleįollow further instructions from "Creating A SIMBL Plugin Bundle" from old SIMBL wiki page.īasically, make sure your ist have SIMBLTargetApplications with appropriate values in BundleIdentifier, MaxBundleVersion and MinBundleVersion.įor the more curious, there is an undocumented parameter: RequiredFrameworks. In short, it is a plugin loader for any Cocoa Application in OSX. Now a days SIMBL is not maintained anymore but there is a new version of it called EasySIMBL, maintained by Nomura-san.
INSTALL SIMBL FOR MAC OS X
As the wiki says, SIMBL is an application enhancement (InputManager bundle) loader for Mac OS X developed by Mike Solomon.