Deployment Qt Mac

deploy_mac_qt.txt

1. Build in release mode.

2. Execute macdeployqt. My project is formed by 2 subprojects. one of them containing the gui components (qrc, qml...), and other containing all the logic.
The project with the gui is in <Dir_to_gui_project>. <Dir_to_release> must contain the library generated by Qt from the logic project.

<Dir_to_Qt>/5.15.1/clang_64/bin/macdeployqt <app_name>.app -qmldir="<Dir_to_gui_project>" -libpath=<Dir_to_release>

3. Test that all Qt libraries are inside the bundle.
Use otool to see which libraries are required, then test if they are inside of <app_name>.app/Contents/Frameworks.

4. Copy third party libraries inside <app_name>.app/Contents/Frameworks.
use otool to see which libraries are not inside <app_name>.app/Contents/Frameworks, and copy then inside that folder.

5. Execute application for console and test, just in case the third party libraries require more libraries.