I'm trying to get an update of the current active (foreground) application. Even across computer screens. I'm using this code to try to do it:
print(NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().frontmostApplication?.localizedName)
This loops in a command line application every 3 seconds, and prints to console. It works with any application open as active when it first starts up.
However, it does not change from the first app afterwards.
1. Why is it doing this?
2. What is the proper code to make it work?
3. Is there a way to simply get the app name every time the forefront application changes? (preferably in swift or obj-c)
Is there a way to simply get the app name every time the forefront application changes?
Use the NSWorkspace notification NSWorkspaceDidActivateApplicationNotification.
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It seems like vscode is trying to present data in the Locals and/or Watch for a large object but after about 10 seconds, it will kill the app and give the message "Exited (sigterm)" in the debug console. I can pinpoint it to one example where I break on a line immediately after this line:
Uint8List inputBytes = Uint8List.fromList(List.filled(100000000, 0));
I can see "Locals" spinning around but nothing happens and then the app terminates. Is there a setting that can prevent this somehow? Maybe it can cap the represented data at a certain length instead of trying to print it all out?
(I believe this is a vscode specific problem because when I repeat these steps in Android Studio, it doesn't have this issue)
Thanks.
This is a bug in the debug adapter. It should know this is a list and fetch a paged view of the elements, but it's currently fetching them all. For me it doesn't crash, but it also doesn't respond within several minutes.
I'm working on a fix that will let VS Code page through the data:
This will ship in an upcoming Dart/Flutter SDK release.
I have created a Service in Cocoa which grabs the selected Text and sends the result back to my Main App, so i can handle it there ( Couldn't find any other way to get current selection), now that the Service works and appears in the Service Menu, i tried to invoke the Service from my parent App to get current selection, after some goggling around i found this snippet:
NSPasteboard *pboard = [NSPasteboard pasteboardWithUniqueName];
[pboard declareTypes:[NSArray arrayWithObject:NSStringPboardType] owner:nil];
NSPerformService(#"PCB", pboard);
This one works as far as it triggers my Service, the Problem here is it redefines the NSPasteboard, so my service doesn't get the selected text, but a NIL Value Pasteboard which is blank, how can i prevent this?
And does someone know how to convert a .service bundle into an .app bundle that performs itself and sends the data and kills itself after finish?
thx for help
You want to get the text that is selected in another application, right? Probably in the front application, while your app is in the background.
For this to work, you'd have to have the Service be invoked by the front application. If you invoke it from your app in the background, it can't access the front app's text field that contains the selected text. Instead, it'll try to find a text field in your own app's responder chain (I believe – someone correct me if I'm wrong on this detail).
But for your code to run in the app's process, you'll have to inject it somehow, which is - out of security concerns - mostly prohibited by OS X, and especially with sandboxed apps.
There are ways to accomplish code injection, one that 1Password and other popular tools use it through an osax extension. But that's an entirely different topic.
Once you have your code running inside the other app's process, you should be able to copy the selected text (provided it's a Cocoa app) with [NSTextView writeSelectionToPasteboard:types:]. I haven't tested this myself, though, so this is just an assumption.
I want to set the language for one time once the user downloaded the app and started using it, for only first time. but not all the time he use the app. How can i do that?
like how we get select language options , while installing Microsoft products, etc
is this possible ?
you can control that when you application apears. Did you know about property lists?
You could use it. Or maybe you can create a file with Core data with name Configs. You need to check if field is blank and case yes, open a viewControllerChangeLanguange.After select save the data and start your application. Remember, everytime you start you will check your file. Case exists, set current language.Case not, invoke an interface to user select a language. All the controller could be made by just a file config.
Two questions actually.
First : I know iPhone is missing auto-redialing functionality but is there any other way to achieve it by iPhone application, as I can call by my application but facing problem cannot auto redial.
Second : Before calling I want to implement functionality of loud-speaker on a button action.
Is there any way to achieve the above 2 functionalities?
I spent 4-5 hours on googgling about it and the result is only this
I go through to apples doc and found some code hereand also tried this but cant get the right way to implement above functions ...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!!
Neither of those actions are possible with the SDK.
For the Second case it's definitely NO.
But for the First case, I have no sure about this, but can be tried:
Subscribe with the CTCallCenter for call states notifications and use some background application type (voip, location or audio) or use some waiting block, that will allow to prevent going to suspended state as long as possible
Open URL using tel://
If the call notification about call failure comes in, try to repeat opening an URL
Once again, just an idea, may not work at all :/
I'm developing an iPhone re-dialer application in which a number is dialed and if the call is waiting then it will once again redial. But my application is exiting when number is dialed. I don't want that, it should automatically return.
Can somebody help me in solving the problem?
Thanks in Advance.
No, this is not possible. You should save your application state when the call is received, so that the user can pick up where he or she left off in your application, after taking the call.
Create a ‘UIWebView‘ that's hidden and use it load a ‘tel:‘ URL request. It will prompt you to make the call but when the call finishes you'll be returned to your app.
File a bug though to make it proper API though.
The Solution which Ashley suggested works well.
I tried it and the control returns back to the app after call is disconnected.
Also using a webView one can use letter like 1-800-CallUS, etc for dialing.
Declare a webview, create a html file with phone# as a link(this link is automatically detected in your app) and import the file in resources and load the html in a string variable , add this subview to your main view.