From 005f22c581139769b28c749509c15d9e161dea80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Beatrice=20Dellac=C3=A0?= <hello@beatrice.wtf>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:04:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add jpackage profile to build a macos app

---
 pom.xml   | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 readme.md |  4 +++
 2 files changed, 77 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9750000..e449170 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,4 +110,77 @@
         </pluginRepository>
     </pluginRepositories>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <!-- builds a native .app bundle. jpackage can only target the os it runs on:
+             run this profile on macos with `mvn clean package -Pmac-app` -->
+        <profile>
+            <id>mac-app</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>stage-jpackage-input</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jpackage-input</outputDirectory>
+                                    <resources>
+                                        <resource>
+                                            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+                                            <includes>
+                                                <include>${project.build.finalName}-jar-with-dependencies.jar</include>
+                                            </includes>
+                                        </resource>
+                                    </resources>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.6.4</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>jpackage-app-image</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>exec</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <executable>${java.home}/bin/jpackage</executable>
+                                    <arguments>
+                                        <argument>--type</argument>
+                                        <argument>app-image</argument>
+                                        <argument>--name</argument>
+                                        <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                                        <argument>--dest</argument>
+                                        <argument>${project.build.directory}/jpackage</argument>
+                                        <argument>--input</argument>
+                                        <argument>${project.build.directory}/jpackage-input</argument>
+                                        <argument>--main-jar</argument>
+                                        <argument>${project.build.finalName}-jar-with-dependencies.jar</argument>
+                                        <argument>--main-class</argument>
+                                        <argument>wtf.beatrice.autosqueal.Main</argument>
+                                        <argument>--mac-package-identifier</argument>
+                                        <argument>wtf.beatrice.autosqueal</argument>
+                                        <argument>--mac-package-name</argument>
+                                        <argument>autosqueal</argument>
+                                    </arguments>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 01b2dd9..002e7ae 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
  2. `cd` into the directory and run `mvn clean package`.  
  3. you will find a runnable jar with dependencies in the `target/` folder.  
  4. run the built jar file with `java -jar target/autosqueal-*-jar-with-dependencies.jar`.
+
+**macos .app bundle**  
+ - on macos, run `mvn clean package -Pmac-app`: you will find `autosqueal.app` in `target/jpackage/`.  
+ - the first time you run it, grant it the accessibility and screen recording permissions in system settings, like any other java app.
   
 ## support  
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