Packaging and Distribution

Packaging for multiple operating systems can be a complex task. Graphical applications typically have icons and metadata associated with them as well as specific formats required to integrate with each environment.

The fyne command provides support for preparing applications to be distributed across all the platforms the toolkit supports. Running “fyne package” will create an application ready to be installed on your computer and to be distributed to other computers by simply copying the created files from the current directory.

For Windows it will create a .exe file with icons embedded. For a macOS computer it will create a .app bundle and for Linux it will generate a .tar.xz file that can be installed in the usual manner.

Of course you can still run your applications using the standard Go tools if you prefer.

Copy Example

Example Code

            
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#!/bin/sh

go get fyne.io/fyne/cmd/fyne

go build
fyne package -icon mylogo.png

# result is a platform specific package
# for the current operating system.