Fix: Shrinker.Avalonia - Use proper platform path for loading/saving app settings.

Author: deanthecoder

ShaderShrinker/Shrinker.Avalonia/UserSettings.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Shrinker.Parser;
 // ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Global
@@ -32,8 +33,7 @@ private UserSettings()
         companyName = RemoveInvalidChars(companyName);
         productName = RemoveInvalidChars(productName);
 
-        var appData = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);
-        var appDirectory = Path.Combine(appData, companyName, productName);
+        var appDirectory = Path.Combine(GetAppDataPath(), companyName, productName);
         Directory.CreateDirectory(appDirectory);
         m_filePath = Path.Combine(appDirectory, "settings.json");
 
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ private string RemoveInvalidChars(string s)
         return s;
     }
 
+    private static string GetAppDataPath()
+    {
+        var appDataPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(appDataPath))
+        {
+            var homePath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME");
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(homePath))
+            {
+                // Fallback to using ~ if HOME environment variable is not set
+                homePath = "~";
+            }
+
+            appDataPath = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX) ? Path.Combine(homePath, "Library", "Preferences") : homePath;
+        }
+
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(appDataPath);
+
+        return appDataPath;
+    }
+
     public void Dispose() =>
         File.WriteAllText(m_filePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this, Formatting.Indented));
 }

ShaderShrinker/Shrinker.Avalonia/packageMe.sh

@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 # Define variables
 APP_NAME="GLSL Shader Shrinker"
 APP_VERSION="2.0.0"
+APP_VERSION_SHORT="2.0"
 EXECUTABLE_NAME="Shrinker.Avalonia"
 BUNDLE_NAME="GLSLShaderShrinker.app"
 IDENTIFIER="com.deanedis.glslshadershrinker"
 
 # Step 1: Publish the application
 rm -rf bin/Release/net7.0/osx-arm64/publish/ 
-dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=true
+dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained true -property:Configuration=Release -p:UseAppHost=true
 
 # Step 2: Create the app bundle structure
 mkdir -p "$BUNDLE_NAME/Contents/MacOS"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ cat > "$BUNDLE_NAME/Contents/Info.plist" << EOF
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
     <string>$APP_VERSION</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>$APP_VERSION</string>
+    <string>$APP_VERSION_SHORT</string>
     <key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
     <string>10.12</string>
     <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
@@ -52,4 +53,3 @@ EOF
 cp Assets/Icon.icns "$BUNDLE_NAME/Contents/Resources/Icon.icns"
 
 echo "App bundle $BUNDLE_NAME created."
-