Built application on Mac OS X can't find included ingredients.xml

[frankhmiv]

Summary: After building the app on Mac OS X and launching it, the ingredients sections are all empty, even though I can see the ingredients.xml file has ingredients.

Reproduce:

1. Fetch source from github
2. Build it: "qmake ThreeBrooks.pro -r -spec macx-g++ CONFIG+=release; make"
3. Run it: "open ThreeBrooks.app"

Expected results: Ingredients sections contain ingredients from ingredients.xml
Actual results: All ingredients sections are empty

Workaround: QApplication::applicationDirPath() returns the directory inside an app bundle that contains the executable. Copy ingredients.xml to ThreeBrooks.app/Contents/MacOS and re-launch the app. This probably isn't the right long-term solution as it's not the Mac Way to store run-time data in the app bundle. We have ~/Library/Application Support/ for that. QDesktopServices::storageLocation() might be a better location for the ingredients on the Mac

[DaneGardner]

First, thanks for building this on a Mac! I'm glad this is the only problem you've encountered considering I haven't been able to test it at all.

I see what's going on, and I guess I'll have to come up with a Mac specific solution. I originally wanted this to be a portable application that could be run from a USB stick by any normal Joe, so I've tried to avoid leaving artifacts like settings and data files in places that a user can't easily get too --like the Windows registry or "hidden" in their home directory.

The way that Apple compartmentalizes its application completely slipped my mind.

I agree that putting the data inside the app directory is not a good long term solution. I have been planning on a settings dialog, and the option to select a different location for that (and other) files will obviously be the first to be implemented.