Scratch

Hardmath123 · 2011-10-16 07:29:53

Converting Scratch Projects to Mac OS X Applications
Assuming you have reasonable knowledge of Xcode and Interface Builder. If you don't, I'll try to clarify the details.
Create a Mac Application called iScratchProj
Here are your codes:
Classes:
iScratchProjAppDelegate.h

Code:

// Import Cocoa framework
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
// Import WebKit framework
#import <WebKit/WebKit.h>

@interface iBlobAppDelegate : NSObject <NSApplicationDelegate> {
    // Create the window
    NSWindow *window;
    
    // Get the applet
    IBOutlet id webView;
}
// Get the window
@property (assign) IBOutlet NSWindow *window;

@end

iScratchProjAppDelegate.m

Code:

#import "iBlobAppDelegate.h"

@implementation iBlobAppDelegate

@synthesize window;

// When the application loaded...
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
    // Add the applet to the screen
    [webView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:@"document.write(\"<#Paste here#>\")"];
}

@end

Note: once you paste, you will get a floating oval in your code. Delete it like a character, and replace it with the Embed code of your project (open the project on the website, click Embed (under tags), and copy the second text). Then replace style='display:block;' with style='position:absolute;left:0;top:-25;'.
Interfaces:
MainMenu.xib/nib
Add a UIWebView to the window. Set the size to 482x362. Control-click from the blue cube (in the "MainMenu.xib - English" window) and drag it to the webview. In the popup black HUD window, click on the only choice (webView).

Once you have saved all three files, build and run. Ta-Da!

Last edited by Hardmath123 (2011-10-16 07:31:07)

Pecola1 · 2011-10-16 08:59:09

If only there were a way to make one for pc...

Does this make it an application but you can still edit it? Or does it force presentation mode?

Last edited by Pecola1 (2011-10-16 09:00:18)

rookwood101 · 2011-10-16 09:05:44

I'll make sure to try this on my mac in a bit. smile

henley · 2011-10-16 09:35:07

Pecola1 wrote:
If only there were a way to make one for pc...

Does this make it an application but you can still edit it? Or does it force presentation mode?

Did you really just type that? *facepalm*

There are dozens of ways to make Scratch a “.exe” file, and as of now, there are only two ways to make it a “.app” file. And one of them’s downloader is broken.

Hardmath123 · 2011-10-25 06:31:28

Bump.

ProgrammingFreak · 2011-10-25 10:38:26

Very interesting. smile
Unfortunately, I do not have a Mac. :OOOOO

Hardmath123 · 2011-10-25 11:18:59

ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Very interesting.
Unfortunately, I do not have a Mac. :OOOOO

I'm not sure, but I think if you have Google Chrome and VB studio on Windows, you can replicate this with WebKit Chrome. No guarantees, though. Apple has much cooler apis.

ProgrammingFreak · 2011-10-25 13:40:53

Hardmath123 wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Very interesting.
Unfortunately, I do not have a Mac. :OOOOO
I'm not sure, but I think if you have Google Chrome and VB studio on Windows, you can replicate this with WebKit Chrome. No guarantees, though. Apple has much cooler apis.

I don't have the full studio. hmm

Hardmath123 · 2011-10-29 10:22:04

Hardmath123 wrote:
Bump.

muppetds · 2012-02-08 12:20:43

will this work for panther?

muppetds · 2012-02-08 12:25:39

no it doesn't seem like it sad

bobbybee · 2012-02-08 16:28:13

How does this work. (besides WebKIt...)

Hardmath123 · 2012-02-09 10:43:54

All it does is creates a tiny web browser window and opens the project on the Scratch site. Then it uses a bit of JavaScript to position the project in the window and hide scroll bars, so it looks like it's just the project.

bobbybee · 2012-02-09 16:09:49

That makes a lot more sense.

GP1 · 2012-02-09 22:08:10

ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Hardmath123 wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Very interesting.
Unfortunately, I do not have a Mac. :OOOOO
I'm not sure, but I think if you have Google Chrome and VB studio on Windows, you can replicate this with WebKit Chrome. No guarantees, though. Apple has much cooler apis.
I don't have the full studio.

I bought proffesional. It was worth it, but express works the same.

jji7skyline · 2012-02-12 20:18:32

Or you could go the easy way! smile

http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=82730

pipercubjl · 2012-04-02 16:40:53

Hello all!

smile

I export scratch games as .app's using BYOB. It works great. If you want to change the icon follow these easy instructions:

Right click on the .app file.
Then select "Show package contents."
Open the folder called "Contents"
Open the folder called "Resources"
Replace "BYOBApp.icns" with the icon you want

Tip's
––––––
-Make sure you replace the icon with a .icns file

-Make sure you call it "BYOBApp"

amcerbu · 2012-04-12 02:37:20

Hardmath123 wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Very interesting.
Unfortunately, I do not have a Mac. :OOOOO
I'm not sure, but I think if you have Google Chrome and VB studio on Windows, you can replicate this with WebKit Chrome. No guarantees, though. Apple has much cooler apis.

I have Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (it's great when the help desk at school has awesome software that you can install for free) + Google Chrome + Windows 7. So I guess I could test this out...

EDIT: On second thought, I don't know a thing about XCode. The code you have typed there looks like Objective-C, but I can't be sure. I'm pretty sure the @interface syntax is unique to Obj-C...

Last edited by amcerbu (2012-04-12 02:42:00)