I wanted to add some dock menu options for my application when it is not running. These dock menu options can be used to launch the application. I came across dock TilePlugin that can be used to add these dock options. But one of the comments in this forum discussion mentions that these Plugins are not allowed if you want ot publish your application in the appStore. Can someone confirm this? If this is true, then Is there some other solution that can be used to add the dock options which appear when the application is not running, and can be used to launch the application? Also do the recent open Files appear using this plugin mechanism?

The notification parameter in DidFinishLaunching contains a key LaunchIsDefaultLaunchKey which according to Apple documentation is: The value for this key is an NSNumber containing a Boolean value. The value is false if the app was launched to open or print a file, to perform a Service action, if the app had saved state that will be restored, or if the app launch was in some other sense not a default launch. Otherwise its value will be true. I m not able to understand the exact usecase for this parameter, like where can we make use of this parameter. Can I use this key to identify If my application was launched using a universal link?

I have a mac application that is configured to have a universal link. Clicking the universal link launches my application. The documentation says that the link is received in the application(_:continue:restorationHandler:) delegate method which is invoked very late in the application lifecycle after applicationDidBecomeActive. I have the initialisation code of my app in applicationWillFinishLaunching method. Is there any way the Universal link can be received early, so that I can show the appropriate application window based on the universal link parameters? Is there any other delegate that receives the universal link?

I have the below code where my swift code calls a cpp function. In this the swift calls a cpp function and passes a swift 'String' as argument to it, which is then received in the cpp code as 'const char *'. This conversion works without any errors. Is this a documented behaviour in cpp-swift interop and is this safe to use? Swift side: internal static func CharCheck (pSentence: String) -> Void { TWSoundLogic.CharacterSoundCount (pSentence) } In the C++ side, void TWSoundLogic::CharacterSoundCount (const char * pSentence) { .. } However, on returning a String type from a swift function and trying to receive it as a const char* in c++, it gives an error in cpp No viable conversion from 'swift::String' to 'const char *' . Why does it not allow to return, but it allows to pass as argument? Can someone explain this behaviour?

I am building a macOS project where I m creating a thread using pthread in cpp. I am setting the QOS class using the pthread_attr_set_qos_class_np and later checking the value of the QOS class using the pthread_attr_get_qos_class_np. These calls are successful but the QOS class is not being set. Below is the cpp function that I m invoking from my swift code. bool CppThread::CreateThread () { pthread_t threadId; pthread_attr_t attr; qos_class_t qos_class; int relative_priority; int rc = pthread_attr_init(&attr); if (rc) { printf ("pthread_attr_init failed"); } if (pthread_attr_set_qos_class_np (&attr, QOS_CLASS_BACKGROUND, 5)) { printf ("pthread_attr_set_qos_class_np failed\n"); } int retval = pthread_create(&threadId, &attr, threadFunction, NULL); if (retval) { std::cerr << "Error creating thread" << std::endl; return false; } if (pthread_attr_get_qos_class_np (&attr, &qos_class, &relative_priority)) { printf ("pthread_attr_get_qos_class_np failed\n"); } printf ("QoS class: %d, Relative priority: %d\n", qos_class, relative_priority); pthread_join(threadId, NULL); // Wait for thread to finish std::cout << "Thread finished" << std::endl; return true; } OUTPUT: QoS class: 0, Relative priority: 0 Thread finished I have tried setting multiple QOS values but the output always shows the QOS class value as 0. Why is it not getting set?

We can see Xcode supports to generate code coverage for unit test bundles. Does it has any support for generating code coverage report for a regular application/bundle. What we want to try is that can I check for my certain application how much code coverage is being done. If Xcode does not have any support for this, what apple suggest us to do for this ?

I have a macOS app project implementing the direct Cpp-swift interop mechanism. The project some cpp classes and few Swift class. I wanted to pass a cpp object to a swift function as parameter, so I can use it in my swift code. But the documentation is not very clear on how to do this. Can some please share a code snippet explaining how can I achieve this? I have tried the below code, but it is giving linker error. Swift code: import StClass_modulemap public class SwiftClass { .. public static func getCppObj (pObj: inout StClass) -> Void { ... } } Cpp code: #include "Student.hpp" #include "StClass.hpp" #include <InteropLib-Swift.h> using namespace InteropLib; void Student::Introduce() { //creating cpp to be passed to swift // StClass StObj(50); // Teacher::getCppObj(StObj); std::cout<< "header included in hpp " <<std::endl; } calling Student::Introduce is giving a linker error for StClass

I have a very basic macOS bundled application with just the empty delegate methods implemented. I am wanting to launch this application as a daemon but when I am loading my daemon, it fails to run with the error: The application cannot be opened for an unexpected reason, error=Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=257 "The file “GUIDaemon” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it." UserInfo={NSURL=file:///Users/vipul.g/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Build/Products/Debug/GUIDaemon.app/, NSFilePath=/Users/vipul.g/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Build/Products/Debug/GUIDaemon.app, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000034870 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=13 "Permission denied"}} Below is my daemon property list file. Can someone help what am I doing wrong here. I have made sure that my app has all the permission required. <?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>com.demo.GUIDaemonApp.plist</string> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>StandardErrorPath</key> <string>/Users/vipul.g/MySystemWorkspace/stderr.log</string> <key>StandardOutPath</key> <string>/Users/vipul.g/MySystemWorkspace/stdout.log</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/usr/bin/open</string> <string>/Users/vipul.g/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Build/Products/Debug/GUIDaemon.app</string> </array> </dict> </plist>

I have a very basic macOS bundled application with just the empty delegate methods implemented. I want to run this application as a daemon, and so I have created the below daemon property list file. <?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>com.demo.GUIDaemon.plist</string> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>StandardErrorPath</key> <string>/Users/vipul.g/MySystemWorkspace/stderr.log</string> <key>StandardOutPath</key> <string>/Users/vipul.g/MySystemWorkspace/stdout.log</string> <key>Program</key> <string>/Users/vipul.g/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Build/Products/Debug/GUIDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/GUIDaemon</string> </dict> </plist> After loading the daemon, I can see the application running in the Activity monitor, but only the below delegates can be observed getting invoked in the logs. Other delegate like didBecomeActive, willResignActive are not being invoked. Is this the expected behaviour for launching a bundled application as daemon? Also there are some additional items logged, which I m not sure If they are denoting If something went wrong. Can someone confirm what should be expected? 024-03-14 18:09:59.452 GUIDaemon[45883:5345352] inside main.swift 2024-03-14 18:09:59.454 GUIDaemon[45883:5345352] applicationWillFinishLaunching(_:) 2024-03-14 18:09:59.567 GUIDaemon[45883:5345352] TISFileInterrogator updateSystemInputSources false but old data invalid: currentCacheHeaderPtr nonNULL? 0, ->cacheFormatVersion 0, ->magicCookie 00000000, inputSourceTableCountSys 0 Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -17410. Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -17410 has been replaced with -28673. Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -30769. Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -30769 has been replaced with -28674. Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -14934. Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -14934 has been replaced with -28675. 2024-03-14 18:09:59.664 GUIDaemon[45883:5345352] applicationDidFinishLaunching(_:)

I have a basic Xcode project where I am adding a swift file with the below AppIntent. This causes the AppIntent action to be added in the Shortcuts app in MacOS. I wanted to know how is this AppIntent directly be able to add the Intent action in the shortcuts app. I have checked the build setting in the Xcode project but I did not find anything being generated that could have caused this. Can someone help me understand what internally happens that causes the action to be added to the shortcuts app? import AppIntents import SwiftUI @available(macOS 13, *) struct TWIntent: AppIntent { static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "TWMeditationIntent" static var description = IntentDescription("try adding this sample action as your TW shortcut") static var parameterSummary: some ParameterSummary { Summary("Get information on \(\.$TWType)") } // we can have multiple parameter of diff types @Parameter(title: "TWType", description: "The type to get information on.") var TWType: String func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult & ReturnsValue<String> & ProvidesDialog { NSLog(AppDelegate.TAG + "Inside perform() in MeditationIntent") return .result(value: TWType, dialog: "Logged a 15 minute break.\(TWType)") } }

I have created an intent using AppIntent and this intent(TWIntent in the code below) can be seen in the shortcuts app as an action to create the shortcut. I am using AppShortcutProvider to create the shortcut so that user can directly make use of it. However, my shortcut does not appear in the shortcut app. The phrases used also do not launch the intent in the spotlight search. Below is my AppShortcutProvider file: @available(macOS 13.0, *) struct TWShortcuts: AppShortcutsProvider { static var appShortcuts: [AppShortcut] { AppShortcut( intent: TWIntent(), phrases: [ "Open Intent in \(.applicationName)", "Open \(.applicationName) Intent", "Open my Intent in \(.applicationName)", "Open my \(.applicationName) Intent", "Open TWIntent" ], shortTitle: "Open TWIntent", systemImageName: "rectangle.stack.fill" ) } static var shortcutTileColor: ShortcutTileColor = .lightBlue } Is there something I m missing? Also can these phrases be used for siri launch in macOS because the documentation mentions that macOS does not have siri capability? Below is my AppIntent file: import SwiftUI @available(macOS 13, *) struct TWIntent: AppIntent { static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "TWIntent" static var description = IntentDescription("try adding this sample action as your TW shortcut") //launch app on running action static var openAppWhenRun: Bool = false static var parameterSummary: some ParameterSummary { Summary("Get information on \(\.$TWType)") } @Parameter(title: "TWType", description: "The type to get information on.") var TWType: String func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult & ReturnsValue<String> & ProvidesDialog { //perform essential task here to update the application content return .result(value: TWType, dialog: "Logged a 15 minute break.\(TWType)") } }

I have a bundled application that contains a widget extension. On launching the application once the widget appears in the widget gallery, However, I have observed that If my widget extension is not sandboxed, the widget fails to show in the widget gallery. Is this expected? I am using the same xcode project and just that AppSandbox capability for the widget extension target is causing this. Can someone please explain why is this happening?

I have created a progress indicator to simulate some progressing download task in the dock icon. However, I can see the progress bar appearing in the dock icon but it is not getting updated when I invoked the updateProgress() method. Ideally it should have updated it, and I m not able to figure out the reason? I have creating the same NSProgressIndicator on an NSWindow and it works to update the progress bar with the same code. Anything that I m missing to understand here? Below is the code I m using: class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate { var progressIndicator: NSProgressIndicator! let dockTile = NSApp.dockTile func applicationWillFinishLaunching(_ notification: Notification) { // Step 1: Create a progress bar (NSProgressIndicator) progressIndicator = NSProgressIndicator(frame: NSRect(x: 10, y: 10, width: 100, height: 20)) progressIndicator.isIndeterminate = false progressIndicator.minValue = 0.0 progressIndicator.maxValue = 100.0 progressIndicator.doubleValue = 0.0 progressIndicator.style = .bar dockTile.contentView = progressIndicator dockTile.display() //// Update the progress bar for demonstration DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1) { self.updateProgress(50) } } func updateProgress(_ value: Double) { progressIndicator.doubleValue = value NSApp.dockTile.display() } }

I am creating a UIKit application but that contains SwiftUI Views embedded using the hostingcontroller. I have a particular approach for it..but it requires instantiating a swiftUI view, creating a hostingcontroller object from it and storing a reference to it. So that later If I wanted to update the view, I can simply get the reference back and update the swiftUI view using it. I wanted to understand what does apple recommends on this. Can we store a swiftUI instance? Does it cause any issue or it is okay to do so?

I am working on a SwiftUI project where I need to dynamically update the UI by adding or removing components based on some event. The challenge is handling complex UI structures efficiently while ensuring smooth animations and state management. Example Scenario: I have a screen displaying a list of items. When a user taps an item, additional details (like a subview or expanded section) should appear dynamically. If the user taps again, the additional content should disappear. The UI should animate these changes smoothly without causing unnecessary re-renders. My Current Approach: I have tried using @State and if conditions to toggle views, like this: struct ContentView: View { @State private var showDetails = false var body: some View { VStack { Button("Toggle Details") { showDetails.toggle() } if showDetails { Text("Additional Information") .transition(.slide) // Using animation } } .animation(.easeInOut, value: showDetails) } } However, in complex UI scenarios where multiple components need to be shown/hidden dynamically, this approach is not maintainable and could cause performance issues. I need help with the below questions. Questions: State Management: Should I use @State, @Binding, or @ObservedObject for handling dynamic UI updates efficiently? Best Practices: What are the best practices for structuring SwiftUI views to handle dynamic updates without excessive re-renders? Performance Optimization: How can I prevent unnecessary recomputations when updating only specific UI sections? Animations & Transitions: What is the best way to apply animations smoothly while toggling visibility of multiple components? Advanced Approaches: Are there better techniques using @EnvironmentObject, ViewBuilder, or even GeometryReader for dynamically adjusting UI layouts? Any insights, code examples, or resources would be greatly appreciated.