Re: Non-deprecated way to determine Process Type (LSUIElement etc.) ?
Re: Non-deprecated way to determine Process Type (LSUIElement etc.) ?
- Subject: Re: Non-deprecated way to determine Process Type (LSUIElement etc.) ?
- From: Ken Heglund <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 01:08:11 -0600
NSRunningApplication.activationPolicy might do the trick for you.
-Ken
> On Nov 26, 2015, at 11:58 PM, Jerry Krinock <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Several years ago I succumbed to a few users who wanted the ability to switch my OS X apps between foreground (regular app) and background (LSUIElement) on the fly. Switching has been possible in both directions since OS X 10.7, using TransformProcessType(). The user interface is, for example, a NSStatusItem (aka “menu extra”).
>
> However, in 10.9, Apple deprecated all Process Manager API *except* TransformProcessType(). The deprecated ProcessInformationCopyDictionary(), in particular, was the only way to determine the *current* process type. (The dictionary it returned could have keys LSUIElement or LSBackgroundOnly.)
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> Without this API, the only way I have to know the current type is to ask NSBundle if Info.plist has LSUIElement when the app launches, and keep track of when I change it. It works, but, I think, not very robust.
>
> Does anyone know of a non-deprecated way to determine process type? I’ve reviewed NSRunningApplication pretty carefully but this capability appears to have not survived the “upgrade” from Process Manager :(
>
> Jerry
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