{"id":3345,"date":"2020-11-09T11:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tomayac.com\/2020\/11\/09\/submitting-and-distributing-a-safari-app-extension\/"},"modified":"2020-11-09T11:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:41:29","slug":"submitting-and-distributing-a-safari-app-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomayac.com\/wordpress\/2020\/11\/09\/submitting-and-distributing-a-safari-app-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Submitting and Distributing a Safari App Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t

Safari 14 has\nadded support<\/a>\nfor the\nWeb Extensions<\/a>\nstandard,\nwhich I consider a clever move on Apple's side that deprecated Safari's previous\n.safariextz<\/code>-style Safari extensions<\/a>.\nWhile there is great documentation for\ncreating a Safari Web Extension from scratch<\/a>\nor for\nconverting a Web Extension for Safari<\/a>\n(and at least the outlines for\nconverting a legacy Safari extension to a Safari app extension<\/a>),\nthe documented path currently ends at\nbuilding and running the application<\/a>.\nThis post documents the steps for submitting and distributing a Safari App Extension.<\/p>\n

The post assumes you already have an Xcode project either created\nmanually<\/a>\nor via the\nconverter script<\/a>\nand that you use Swift.\nHere is an\nexample build script<\/a>\nfor one of my extensions<\/a> for reference.\nSome of these steps may improve or change over time for new versions of Xcode; this guide was written for Version 12.0 (12A7209).\nCaveat: this is my first time interacting with Xcode, so if any of the steps do not make sense, thanks for\ncorrecting me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  1. Change the bundle identifier<\/strong> of the extension<\/strong> from com.example.foo-<\/del>Extension<\/code> to\ncom.example.foo.<\/ins>Extension<\/code> (that is, replace the '-<\/code>' with a '.<\/code>') and reflect the change in\nViewController.swift<\/code>. For some reason this is necessary.\n\"Xcode<\/li>\n
  2. Change the App Category<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. Change the version number<\/strong> for app and extension.<\/li>\n
  4. Update the build number<\/strong> in app and extension.<\/li>\n
  5. Create a new certificate<\/strong> via your developer profile<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  6. Create a new app<\/strong> via App Store Connect<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. In Xcode, run Product > Build<\/code> and then Product > Archive<\/code>.<\/li>\n
  8. In Xcode, open Window > Organizer<\/code> and then first validate<\/strong>, then distribute<\/strong> (don't change any of the settings).<\/li>\n
  9. Hope for the best\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I successfully went through the process with two extensions now:<\/p>\n