auto restart if the server crashes

[cameronaaron]

It would be nice if the install created a launch agent that could allow it to restart it when if it crashes

[Scr0nch]

Here is what I did to achieve this:

1. Copy the following file contents to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/app.bluebubbles.plist:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
       <dict>
           <key>Label</key>
           <string>app.bluebubbles</string>
           <key>Program</key>
           <string>/Applications/BlueBubbles.app/Contents/MacOS/BlueBubbles</string>
           <key>RunAtLoad</key>
           <true/>
           <key>KeepAlive</key>
           <true/>
       </dict>
   </plist>

   Note that RunAtLoad will start this launch agent when loaded (which is determined below) and KeepAlive, since it is set to true, will indiscriminately restart BlueBubbles when it exits. As I was researching this, I found that not specifying that the agent should not be restarted when it exits successfully may cause problems with software updates (source), but I haven't had the chance to test this yet.

2. Disable the built-in autostart:
   

3. Install the launch agent and load it after the current user graphically logs in:

   launchctl bootstrap gui/$(id -u $(whoami)) ~/Library/LaunchAgents/app.bluebubbles.plist

4. Immediately start the launch agent (only necessary for the first time):

   launchctl kickstart gui/$(id -u $(whoami))/app.bluebubbles

Some additional notes:

• To uninstall the launch agent:

  launchctl remove app.bluebubbles

• To print information about the launch agent:

  launchctl print gui/$(id -u $(whoami))/app.bluebubbles