[PR #740] [MERGED] Feat: add invisible app alias #1736

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opened 2026-03-03 19:08:39 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/740
Author: @Depal1
Created: 1/22/2023
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 1/28/2023
Merged by: @IsaacMarovitz

Base: develop ← Head: invisibleAppAliasNoAppleScript

📝 Commits (7)

4ec099c feat: add invisible app alias
91d88c3 add PlayApp.aliasDirectory to prune
d9e01e1 Remove unlocalized log error messages
868cefd improve do/catch syntax
ae56baf fuse do/catch in func createAlias()
4c1c124 use error.localizedDescription
68ed6c4 Update Localizable strings

📊 Changes

4 files changed (+60 additions, -4 deletions)

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📝 PlayCover/Model/PlayApp.swift (+27 -0)
📝 PlayCover/Views/AppSettingsView.swift (+14 -0)
📝 PlayCover/Views/Uninstaller.swift (+17 -4)
📝 PlayCover/en.lproj/Localizable.strings (+2 -0)

📄 Description

A reimplementation of https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/599 with writeBookmarkData instead of AppleScript.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/740 **Author:** [@Depal1](https://github.com/Depal1) **Created:** 1/22/2023 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 1/28/2023 **Merged by:** [@IsaacMarovitz](https://github.com/IsaacMarovitz) **Base:** `develop` ← **Head:** `invisibleAppAliasNoAppleScript` --- ### 📝 Commits (7) - [`4ec099c`](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/commit/4ec099c9b40a9bd444d35191706cc18658f76fb7) feat: add invisible app alias - [`91d88c3`](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/commit/91d88c348d1a2f4a1e8a66838cf729bac388a569) add `PlayApp.aliasDirectory` to prune - [`d9e01e1`](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/commit/d9e01e11808b93f10c53cc5bbab0bfe23cc0d67e) Remove unlocalized log error messages - [`868cefd`](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/commit/868cefd42246c7559a8b5f59deb20416cf82cbba) improve do/catch syntax - [`ae56baf`](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/commit/ae56bafa1a2e369a62762b1ef4bce72357446057) fuse do/catch in `func createAlias()` - [`4c1c124`](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/commit/4c1c124c2b1d0cc6d8049988089214c0405feab7) use `error.localizedDescription` - [`68ed6c4`](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/commit/68ed6c4b4d832365f30fd81bf924cbcd3467414e) Update Localizable strings ### 📊 Changes **4 files changed** (+60 additions, -4 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `PlayCover/Model/PlayApp.swift` (+27 -0) 📝 `PlayCover/Views/AppSettingsView.swift` (+14 -0) 📝 `PlayCover/Views/Uninstaller.swift` (+17 -4) 📝 `PlayCover/en.lproj/Localizable.strings` (+2 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description A reimplementation of https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/pull/599 with `writeBookmarkData` instead of AppleScript. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>