If you want to distribute your Java application in a Mac OSX installer and you want to do it using Maven the mini recipe below will get you started.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
<artifactId>myproduct-osx-installer</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<name>MyProduct OS X Installer</name>
<build>
<finalName>myproduct-osx-installer</finalName>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
<artifactId>myproduct-main-jar</artifactId>
<version>${project.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<profiles>
<profile>
<activation>
<os>
<family>mac</family>
</os>
</activation>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>generate-resources</phase>
<configuration>
<target>
<mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/..//package/macosx" />
</target>
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.10</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>validate</id>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jars</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.5.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>prepage-package-1</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>exec</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>iconutil</executable>
<arguments>
<argument>-c</argument>
<argument>icns</argument>
<argument>-o</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}/../package/macosx/MyProduct.icns</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}/../src/main/icons/MyProduct.iconset</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>prepage-package-2</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>exec</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>iconutil</executable>
<arguments>
<argument>-c</argument>
<argument>icns</argument>
<argument>-o</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}/../package/macosx/MyProduct-volume.icns</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}/../src/main/icons/MyProduct.iconset</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>package</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>exec</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>${env.JAVA_HOME}/bin/javapackager</executable>
<arguments>
<argument>-deploy</argument>
<argument>-native</argument>
<argument>dmg</argument>
<argument>-name</argument>
<argument>MyProduct</argument>
<argument>-appclass</argument>
<argument>com.mycompany.MyProductMain</argument>
<argument>-srcdir</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}/jars</argument>
<argument>-srcfiles</argument>
<argument>myproduct-main-jar-${project.version}.jar</argument>
<argument>-srcdir</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}/../src/main/license</argument>
<argument>-srcfiles</argument>
<argument>LICENSE.txt</argument>
<argument>-outdir</argument>
<argument>target</argument>
<argument>-outfile</argument>
<argument>myproduct-osx-installer</argument>
<argument>-BlicenseFile=LICENSE.txt</argument>
<argument>-v</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.10</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-artifacts</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>attach-artifact</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifacts>
<artifact>
<file>${project.build.directory}/bundles/MyProduct-1.0.dmg</file>
<type>dmg</type>
</artifact>
</artifacts>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>
And voila you now have a Mac OSX installer!
Posted September 30, 2016