I updated to Defold 1.2.124 and can’t launch it anymore. How do I debug this?
Do you get any kind of error when launching? How far do you get? Do you see the splash screen?
It quits almost immediately, 1-2 seconds and doesn’t reach any splash screen. I tried replacing the app by downloading a new copy from defold.com. Also tried rebooting the system a couple of times. No luck 
Don’t know if this helps at all but this is a video trying to launch Defold. And no, there is no error message.
What if you open a terminal and execute the application inside Defold.app? Does the terminal output show anything of interest?
This is what I get:
Last login: Sun Apr 1 17:51:54 on ttys000
Hellraiser:~ jrin$ /Applications/Defold.app/Contents/MacOS/Defold ; exit;
INFO:TOOLS: Launcher version e3f2a48e6495946eb8aede3c843471bb037976aa
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 0: /Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/packages/jre/bin/java
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 1: -cp
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 2: /Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/packages/defold-7b3ad804702670db33809955240a5de3671111b8.jar
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 3: -Xdock:icon=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/logo.icns
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 4: -Xdock:name=Defold
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 5: -Djna.nosys=true
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 6: -Ddefold.launcherpath=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/MacOS/Defold
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 7: -Ddefold.resourcespath=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 8: -Ddefold.version=1.2.124
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 9: -Ddefold.editor.sha1=7b3ad804702670db33809955240a5de3671111b8
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 10: -Ddefold.engine.sha1=e3f2a48e6495946eb8aede3c843471bb037976aa
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 11: -Ddefold.buildtime=2018-03-29T10:03:09.037975
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 12: -Ddefold.channel=editor-alpha
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 13: -Djava.ext.dirs=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/packages/jre/lib/ext
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 14: -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 15: -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=30000
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 16: -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=30000
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 17: -Djogl.texture.notexrect=true
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 18: -Dglass.accessible.force=false
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 19: com.defold.editor.Start
DEBUG:TOOLS: arg 20: (null)
Exception in Application start method
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.
Deleting expired sessions...99 completed.
[Process completed]
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Ok, hmm, so this is something for @mats.gisselson and @Erik_Angelin to follow up on Tuesday when they’re back.
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Hi @JRIN! Could you please try again and then mail me (erik.angelin@king.com) todays log file from ~/Library/Application Support/defold I’d like to know what exception occurred and where.
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Hi @Erik_Angelin. The file is unfortunately empty… zero bytes 
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Very unfortunate. Could you try installing to ~/Applications instead? Or run via sudo? Could be a file permission issue…
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Nah, no luck with that either… Tried removing the preference file for the editor as well.
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Hmm… So, the Defold executable roughly just starts java with loads of arguments. Maybe if you start java explicitly we get some more info? Something like this:
/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/packages/jre/bin/java -cp /Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/packages/defold-7b3ad804702670db33809955240a5de3671111b8.jar -Xdock:icon=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/logo.icns -Xdock:name=Defold -Djna.nosys=true -Ddefold.launcherpath=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/MacOS/Defold -Ddefold.resourcespath=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources -Ddefold.version=1.2.124 -Ddefold.editor.sha1=7b3ad804702670db33809955240a5de3671111b8 -Ddefold.engine.sha1=e3f2a48e6495946eb8aede3c843471bb037976aa -Ddefold.buildtime=2018-03-29T10:03:09.037975 -Ddefold.channel=editor-alpha -Djava.ext.dirs=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/packages/jre/lib/ext -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=30000 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=30000 -Djogl.texture.notexrect=true -Dglass.accessible.force=false com.defold.editor.Start
Sorry for the crappy formatting!
I’m getting the same “Exception in Application start method”.
Hellraiser:Applications jrin$ /Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/packages/jre/bin/java -cp /Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/packages/defold-7b3ad804702670db33809955240a5de3671111b8.jar -Xdock:icon=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/logo.icns -Xdock:name=Defold -Djna.nosys=true -Ddefold.launcherpath=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/MacOS/Defold -Ddefold.resourcespath=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources -Ddefold.version=1.2.124 -Ddefold.editor.sha1=7b3ad804702670db33809955240a5de3671111b8 -Ddefold.engine.sha1=e3f2a48e6495946eb8aede3c843471bb037976aa -Ddefold.buildtime=2018-03-29T10:03:09.037975 -Ddefold.channel=editor-alpha -Djava.ext.dirs=/Applications/Defold.app/Contents/Resources/packages/jre/lib/ext -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=30000 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=30000 -Djogl.texture.notexrect=true -Dglass.accessible.force=false com.defold.editor.Start
Exception in Application start method
Hellraiser:Applications jrin$
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Alright, thanks for your patience. Seems no one on the team has upgraded to 10.13.4 yet so we’ll do that and see if we can repro it.
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I am on 10.13.4 and cannot reproduce with the latest Defold. Tried with various projects in the morning.
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I am on 10.13.4 now too, Defold 1.2.124 works as before.
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Thanks @Oleg_The_Evangelist and @dmitriy. I guess that rules out the OS version…
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@JRIN Created an issue here https://github.com/defold/editor2-issues/issues/1789.
I’m preparing a special build for you with more logging.
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Awesome! Thanks @Erik_Angelin.
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