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RichardL712212682
RichardL712212682
Inspiring
November 20, 2020
Question

Notarizing an adobe after effect c++ plugin

  • November 20, 2020
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Would a kind soul help us finding any documentation that can help with Notarizing our plugins?

The information seems to be very scare on the web for After Effects.

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James Whiffin
James Whiffin
Legend
November 21, 2020

I was frustrated by this process but eventually got it working. You need a paid apple developer account and you need to set the signing settings inside Xcode. Then after building, run this terminal code:

xcrun altool --notarize-app --type osx --primary-bundle-id "ANY_ID" --username "YOUR_USERNAME" --password "YOUR_PASSWORD" --file  your_plugin.plugin.zip

Then to staple the certificate once it's been scanned by Apple:
xcrun stapler staple <path_to_your_plugin>plugin.plugin

It seems you can notarise, but can't staple a framework which is annoying. Not sure if this will change in the future. 
James Whiffin
James Whiffin
Legend
March 7, 2024

Updated version since altool is now deprecated:

echo "Begin Shell Script:"
cd /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore/build/Release/ || exit

# Zipping the product
zip -r $FULL_PRODUCT_NAME.zip $FULL_PRODUCT_NAME 2>&1 | tee zip_log.log
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Error in zipping process"
    exit 1
fi

# Notarization
xcrun notarytool submit $FULL_PRODUCT_NAME.zip --keychain-profile "YOUR KEYCHAIN" --wait 2>&1 | tee notarization_log.log
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Error in notarization process"
    exit 1
fi

# Stapling
xcrun stapler staple /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore/build/Release/$FULL_PRODUCT_NAME 2>&1 | tee stapler_log.log
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Error in stapling process"
    exit 1
fi

# Opening the directory
open /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore/build/Release/ 2>&1 | tee open_log.log
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