PureBasic + SDL + Mac ...

[Danilo]

Danilo, does that mean the end-user would have to run that commandline?

No. You do it, and the result is a stand-alone app with included Framework.
You then distribute the final .app to end users, and they don't need to install
SDL themselves or anything, as the framework is included. SDL_Test.app.zip

[kenmo]

Nice solution! That .app seems to work without installing the SDL2 framework (at least it works on OSX 10.9, I would like to test back to maybe 10.5).

About that commandline action... I don't really know HOW it works. First I assumed it added some information to the .plist, but I was wrong, nothing seems to be added there. Does it modify the executable? Does it store the Framework path in a hidden file within the .app? Does the OS cache that information elsewhere? Or is it just Mac Magic?

[Danilo]

Nice solution! That .app seems to work without installing the SDL2 framework (at least it works on OSX 10.9, I would like to test back to maybe 10.5).

Yes, it works with Mac OS X 10.5 and newer. Older OS are not supported.

For your Reference: Mac Developer Library: Run-Path Dependent Libraries

In OS X v10.5 and later the linker and dynamic loader offer a simple way of allowing multiple executables in an application suite directory to share dependent libraries while providing the suite’s users
the option of relocating the suite directory. Using run-path dependent libraries you can create a directory structure containing executables and dependent libraries that users can relocate without breaking it.

About that commandline action... I don't really know HOW it works. First I assumed it added some information to the .plist, but I was wrong, nothing seems to be added there.
Does it modify the executable? Does it store the Framework path in a hidden file within the .app? Does the OS cache that information elsewhere? Or is it just Mac Magic?

It is directly added to the Loader information within the executable. You can show the loader commands with otool, option (lowercase) "-l":

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otool -l ./SDL_Test.app/Contents/MacOS/SDL_Test

It lists the loader commands for the executable, and you will see something like that:

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[...]
Load command 14
          cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB
      cmdsize 64
         name @rpath/SDL2.framework/Versions/A/SDL2 (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 01:00:02 1970
      current version 3.1.0
compatibility version 1.0.0
[...]
Load command 24
          cmd LC_RPATH
      cmdsize 44
         path @executable_path/../Frameworks (offset 12)

The loader command LC_RPATH adds the internal Frameworks directory to the path
where the loader looks for libraries/frameworks that start with "@rpath", see otool with option (uppercase) "-L":

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otool -L ./SDL_Test.app/Contents/MacOS/SDL_Test

[jack]

Danilo, your tips are very useful, I think you should add them to the Programming on the Mac platform thread so they don't get buried.