Creating an OS X Address Book Plugin

Question

I’m taking the first steps to learning how to write code for a PC for Mac, and thinking it would be a child’s step, I decided to write an address book plugin to “fix” something that annoyed me for a long time. Embarrassingly, I can't even get the template plugin to work the way I think it should work.

My understanding from the Programming Guide is that creating a new address book action plugin actually creates a simple but functional plugin. If I create an assembly and copy the package to ~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/ , I have to open the open address book and select the context menu item by right-clicking on the phone number. I do not see this.

I am completely new to the entire Mac development ecosystem. I never used Xcode, I never wrote any Objective-C, I never worked in Cocoa framework. It is quite possible - perhaps - that I am missing the most obvious answers, because I simply do not know what I am looking for. Unfortunately, this is no shortage of beginner textbooks. The programming guide itself is not particularly useful for beginners.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Sounds like a problem with 32/64 bit.

Locate the target in the Xcode sidebar that represents your plugin suite. Click on it, and then click "Information" on the toolbar. On the "Create" tab of the info window, you should find "Architectures": change this to "64-bit intelligence."