#MAC NO MENU BAR IN SECOND MONITY MAC#

a wrapper that symlinks to existing files on your system, getting it to bundle only the required PyQt dependencies proved to be non-trivial.

While py2app worked well for creating an aliased app, i.e. Both py2app and PyInstaller can generate native wrappers. If you intend to distribute the app, then symlinking the python binary is not guaranteed to work, considering that typically on development machines the system python is not the default python, and regular users most likely won't have Qt and PyQt installed.Ī more reliable approach is to have a native OSX bootstrapping binary that would take care of starting your PyQt app. How can I change that application menu name on Mac? EDIT: I would prefer to continue to use the system python (or whatever python is on the user PATH) if possible.

# need None parent for menubar on Mac to get custom menus at all # setApplicationName() does not affect Mac menu bar.Īpp.setApplicationName('DesiredAppTitle') # Mac menubar application menu is always 'Python'. # Makes no difference whether we use PySide or PyQt4 # This example demonstrates unwanted 'Python' I don't like that, because it makes no difference to my users whether I wrote the app in python or COBOL. The following demo program creates a window with two menus: 'Python', and 'Foo'. I would prefer the application name there to be the name of my application. When I launch my application on Mac, the first menu item in the Mac menu bar at the top of the screen is 'Python'. I am writing a GUI application using python and Qt.

#MAC NO MENU BAR IN SECOND MONITY MAC#

Mac no menu bar in second monity