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iptvnator/tools/packaging
4grayandClaude Opus 5 96d89b35ce feat(packaging): register IPTVnator as the .m3u/.m3u8 handler
Every runtime path for an OS-supplied playlist existed, but no packaging
metadata claimed the file types — so the OS never offered IPTVnator as a
handler and `open-file` could not fire from Finder.

`fileAssociations` declares one entry per extension. Electron Builder derives
all three platform registrations from it: macOS `CFBundleDocumentTypes` (the
prerequisite for `open-file`), the NSIS registry entries, and, on Linux, the
desktop entry's `MimeType` plus `/usr/share/mime/packages/iptvnator.xml` for
deb/rpm/pacman. Neither platform needs a dedicated icon — both fall back to the
app icon.

Declaring `MimeType` under `linux.desktop.entry` would not have worked:
Electron Builder assigns the association-derived value *after* spreading that
object, so an explicit key there is silently overwritten. The per-association
`mimeType` fields produce the same entry through the supported path.

Registering the types also exposes a gap in the delivery side. The generated
Linux `Exec` ends in `%U`, so file managers hand over a percent-encoded
`file://` URI rather than a path, which `createPlaylistOpenRequest` would have
resolved into a bogus relative path. It now decodes a `file://` candidate
before the extension check. Suppressing the `%U` instead would mean putting an
exec code in `linux.executableArgs`, which also passes it to the app as a real
argument.

Verified on macOS against a signed packaged bundle: Launch Services lists the
app as a `public.m3u-playlist` handler, and an LS-initiated open imports the
playlist both on a cold launch and against the already-running process.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-28 20:29:57 +02:00
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