Sparkle macOS App Updater extension for LC 9 [First Pass]

[Knapp Martin]

Great to hear Trevor! Looking forward to diving into Levure and the Sparkle updater is very needed.

Marty

> On Jun 19, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been doing quite a bit of work with the Foreign Function Interface
> (FFI) in LiveCode Builder (LCB) lately. As I make the shift to a 64-bit app
> on macOS I want to convert most of the custom externals I use to LCB. I
> think they will be easier to improve going forward.
> 
> Today I finished a first pass on wrapping the Sparkle updater framework for
> macOS applications. I've used Sparkle successfully for years as an external
> thanks to Monte and I plan on swapping that external out with this
> extension.
> 
> If anyone who is already familiar with using the Extension Builder is
> feeling brave and wants to play around with it here is the URL:
> 
> https://github.com/trevordevore/lc-sparkle
> 
> You would need to download the ZIP file from the Github site and then use
> the LC 9 Extension Builder to compile the .lcb file into an .lcm file that
> you can load. Make sure and keep the .lcm file alongside the "code" folder
> in the repo. That is where the Sparkle.framework file is.
> 
> If everything goes smoothly with this macOS version then I will venture
> into the Windows version of Sparkle and see if I can get that working.
> Ultimately I will be including this in an app_updater helper for Levure.
> 
> -- 
> Trevor DeVore
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