well the last build didn't have artifacts because the .app dir needs the -r flag to be copied. And the sudo doesn't appear to make a difference in preventing that dialog from blocking the AppleScript that generates our dmg

  2020-06-21T22:07:36.8891910Z + cp helloWorld.app ../../../../../dist/
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.8909880Z cp: helloWorld.app is a directory (not copied).
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.8916310Z + sudo ./create-osx-dmg.sh helloWorld.app
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9837530Z ++ basename helloWorld.app .app
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9908580Z + APP_NAME=helloWorld
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9908790Z + DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG=background.png
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9908910Z + SYMLINKS_SCRIPT=MakeSymlinks
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9909010Z + VOL_NAME=helloWorld
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9909850Z + DMG_TEMP=helloWorld-temp.dmg
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9909980Z + DMG=helloWorld.dmg
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9910070Z + STAGING_DIR=_install
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9910520Z + rm -rf _install helloWorld.dmg helloWorld-temp.dmg
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9931400Z + echo '-- Copy application into install dir'
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9931840Z -- Copy application into install dir
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9931980Z + mkdir _install
  2020-06-21T22:07:36.9952890Z + cp -a helloWorld.app _install
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.8925150Z + ln -s /Applications _install/Applications
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.8947810Z + mkdir _install/.background
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.8967310Z + cp data/background.png _install/.background/
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.8989300Z + cp data/MakeSymlinks _install/MakeSymlinks
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.9011130Z + echo '-- Create volume'
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.9011590Z -- Create volume
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.9016890Z + du -sm _install
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.9018350Z + awk '{print $1}'
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.9437420Z ++ cat _size
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.9464120Z + expr 192 + 99
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.9499310Z ++ cat _size
  2020-06-21T22:07:39.9518090Z + hdiutil create -srcfolder _install -volname helloWorld -fs HFS+ -format UDRW -size 291M helloWorld-temp.dmg
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9094530Z created: /Users/runner/runners/2.263.0/work/cross-platform-python-gui/cross-platform-python-gui/buildozer/.buildozer/osx/platform/kivy-sdk-packager-master/osx/helloWorld-temp.dmg
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9100670Z + rm _size
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9169150Z + hdiutil unmount /Volumes/helloWorld
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9327500Z hdiutil: unmount: "/Volumes/helloWorld" failed to unmount due to error 2.
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9494130Z hdiutil: unmount failed - No such file or directory
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9499440Z + true
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9511660Z ++ hdiutil attach -readwrite -noverify helloWorld-temp.dmg
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9516710Z ++ egrep '^/dev/'
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9517080Z ++ sed 1q
  2020-06-21T22:08:22.9520540Z ++ awk '{print $1}'
  2020-06-21T22:08:23.1664820Z + DEVICE=/dev/disk2
  2020-06-21T22:08:23.1684630Z + sleep 2
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3092660Z + echo '
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3092890Z    tell application "Finder"
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3092980Z      tell disk "helloWorld"
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3093080Z            open
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3093420Z            set current view of container window to icon view
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3093570Z            set toolbar visible of container window to false
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3093680Z            set statusbar visible of container window to false
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3093790Z            delay 1
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094020Z 		   set the bounds of container window to {100, 100, 650, 501}
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094130Z            delay 1
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094240Z            set viewOptions to the icon view options of container window
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094350Z            set arrangement of viewOptions to not arranged
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094460Z            set icon size of viewOptions to 128
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094560Z            set background picture of viewOptions to file ".background:background.png"
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094680Z            set position of item "helloWorld.app" of container window to {160, 265}
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094800Z            set position of item "Applications" of container window to {384, 265}
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094890Z            close
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3094980Z            open
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3095070Z            update without registering applications
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3095170Z            delay 2
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3095250Z      end tell
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3095340Z    end tell
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3095920Z '
  2020-06-21T22:08:25.3096570Z + osascript
  2020-06-21T22:10:25.8486210Z 85:134: execution error: Finder got an error: AppleEvent timed out. (-1712)

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build/mac/buildDmg.sh

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ rm -rf "${APP_NAME}.app/Contents/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework"
 # a button in a dialog granting finder some permissions from the apple script.
 # for now we include the .app
 mkdir -p ../../../../../dist
-cp "${APP_NAME}.app" ../../../../../dist/
+cp -r "${APP_NAME}.app" ../../../../../dist/
 
 # create a .dmg file from the .app file
 sudo ./create-osx-dmg.sh "${APP_NAME}.app"