From b31a465703bea8fa3f2e4262d931e04bac30410b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:16:59 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for non-framework app builds.

---
 cookiecutter.json                        | 1 +
 {{ cookiecutter.format }}/briefcase.toml | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index d28253e..0cf59e3 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "host_arch": "arm64",
     "python_version": "3.X.0",
     "min_os_version": "11.0",
+    "use_framework": true,
     "_extensions": [
         "briefcase.integrations.cookiecutter.PythonVersionExtension",
         "briefcase.integrations.cookiecutter.PListExtension",
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.format }}/briefcase.toml b/{{ cookiecutter.format }}/briefcase.toml
index c468e8f..4eb1008 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.format }}/briefcase.toml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.format }}/briefcase.toml	
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ app_path = "{{ cookiecutter.formal_name|escape_toml }}.app/Contents/Resources/ap
 app_packages_path = "{{ cookiecutter.formal_name|escape_toml }}.app/Contents/Resources/app_packages"
 info_plist_path = "{{ cookiecutter.formal_name|escape_toml }}.app/Contents/Info.plist"
 entitlements_path = "Entitlements.plist"
+{% if cookiecutter.use_framework -%}
 support_path = "{{ cookiecutter.formal_name|escape_toml }}.app/Contents/Frameworks"
+{% else -%}
+support_path = "{{ cookiecutter.formal_name|escape_toml }}.app/Contents/Resources/python"
+{% endif -%}
 runtime_path = "Python.xcframework/macos-arm64_x86_64/Python.framework"
 {{ {
     "3.10": "support_revision = 14",
@@ -19,10 +23,13 @@ runtime_path = "Python.xcframework/macos-arm64_x86_64/Python.framework"
 }.get(cookiecutter.python_version|py_tag, "") }}
 stub_binary_revision = 14
 cleanup_paths = [
+{% if cookiecutter.use_framework -%}
     "support/Python.xcframework/**/Headers",
     "support/Python.xcframework/**/include",
     "support/Python.xcframework/**/python*/config-*-darwin",
     "support/Python.xcframework/**/pkgconfig",
+{% else -%}
+{% endif -%}
 ]
 icon = "{{ cookiecutter.formal_name|escape_toml }}.app/Contents/Resources/{{ cookiecutter.app_name }}.icns"
 {% for extension, doctype in cookiecutter.document_types.items() -%}