I have an app that i have and I have it set to NOT run in background but a number people want to option to have it resume from where they left off and a number of people just want it to start from the beginning when they tap the home button and restart to app. How do I add an on/off switch to give the user the option? My app is a educational / reference app with flashcards and pdfs.
Thanks
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Create a settings bundle as described here.
Add your setting as a boolean value. Have it default to the way most people will use your app.
Now at launch read the value of the setting and act accordingly. The setting will appear in the System Preferences app under your app's name.
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I'm using xcuitest framework to automate mac application. I get system dialogs when the app is opened again after it crashes. I want to handle the dialog programmatically. But the dialog appears under the process `UserNotificationCenter' instead of the application under test. How can I handle the alert in such case?
You have two options:
Use InterruptionMonitor (documentation, use-case). This
approach is however kinda old and I found, that it does not work for
all dialogs and situations.
Create a method, which will wait for some regular app's button. If the app's button (or tab bar or other such XCUIElement) is visible and hittable after your app started, you can proceed with your test and if it's not, you can wait for the UserNotificationCenter dialog's button and identify&tap it by its string/position.
I'm using the second approach and its working much better, than the InterruptionMonitor. But it really depends on your app layout and use-case.
You should be able to revent it from appearing in the first place. Something like:
defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none
I have tried looking for an answer to this but can't seem to see anything about it.
I have a piece of software on my laptop (not written by me), that I want to customise. Some of the tasks I do are very repetitive, and could be simplified by just pressing a button on the Touch Bar that executes a number of commands.
Is it possible to write a Touch Bar app that either:
1) Customises the application's original TouchBar app (for which there is none)
2) Runs only when that application is running, and hides when the application is out of focus
Thanks
I believe BetterTouchTool can do that.
Also in the "App Specific" button you can customise when to hide system touch bar and when to show it again
If you secondary-click on the Dock you can click the Turn Hiding On option to automatically hide the Dock. Alternatively, you can go to System Preferences > Dock and click the Automatically hide and show the Dock.
I want to mimic that functionality from within an app I am making (which is basically a status bar icon app) and preferably in Swift.
The code I have written so far to turn on the Dock Automatic Hiding functionality is the following:
// Update the value for key "autohide" in com.apple.dock.plist, located in ~/Library/Preferences/.
var dict = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().persistentDomainForName("com.apple.dock")
dict.updateValue(true, forKey: "autohide")
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setPersistentDomain(dict, forName: "com.apple.dock")
// Send notification to the OS.
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
CFNotificationCenterPostNotification(CFNotificationCenterGetDistributedCenter(), "com.apple.dock.prefchanged", nil, nil, true)
}
The first part of the code updates a value in a plist file and I have confirmed that that is working. The second part sends a notification to the OS to tell it that a value has been changed in that plist, which I have also confirmed to be working.
However, these two things are not making the Dock hide, making me believe I need to do something else. Or made my approach to the problem is wrong? How do I make the Dock start hiding?
PS: I have read something about a private, undocumented API called CoreDock, but I would like to avoid going that way, as it may cause many problems...
Almost certainly better to use AppleScript or the Scripting Bridge to do this. The following script turns Dock autohiding on:
tell application "System Events"
set autohide of dock preferences to true
end tell
You can run that using NSAppleScript.
I have application for iphone i want to open it from start up page always but when i load first time app on ipad it loads from startup page but when i close app and second time run on ipad then it opens from the same screen from where i left i want that again it should open from startup page also.I have start up page with enter button when i click to button i move to calulations screen where i perform calculations .If i close on calculation screen the app when i again open it it opens from calculation screens not from the startup screen
In plist file add one more field
Application does not run in background : make it true
This is your perfect ans.
Second time app will be in Background thats why it is not starting with start app page. Dont allow application to run in background. Set Key "" in info.plist file
You should add in your plist that property :
UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend
This will allow your application to "restart" instead of saving its state. This will allow you to load the start up page each time.
(documentation)
Well it is discouraged by apple , according to it's documentation:-
There is no API provided for gracefully terminating an iOS application.
In iOS,user presses the Home button to close applications. Should your application have conditions in which it cannot provide its intended function, the recommended approach is to display an alert for the user that indicates the nature of the problem and possible actions the user could take — turning on WiFi, enabling Location Services, etc. Allow the user to terminate the application at their own discretion.
Warning Do not call the exit function. Applications calling exit will appear to the user to have crashed, rather than performing a graceful termination and animating back to the Home screen.
Here's the link to it.Anyway nobody stops you from using
exit(0) , but is discouraged.
Another way to do is is simply change your application's pList property "Application does not run in background" to true.
I've build a simple app activating something in hardware, not important.
Now I just want the app to terminate completely if the user leaves the screen, switches apps, gets a call, press the home button, etc.
I'm all mixed up by all the application states, I couldn't find the right place to handle it.
I guess I need to listen to an "going to sleep" event and put a termination command (exit!)
or something like that.
This is easier than what one might think.
In your app's plist file define (check) the option "Application does not run in background" (UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend), and you are done.