Re: How to make an app launch on login?
Re: How to make an app launch on login?
- Subject: Re: How to make an app launch on login?
- From: sqwarqDev <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 09:59:03 +0000 (GMT)
Not quite sure what "correct" means there, but I use the AppleScript approach in a couple of my apps and it works without issue. Doesn't require elevated privileges, and it's tied to a checkbox user preference which gets saved in StandardUserDefaults.
If your app is sandboxed you'll need to call it via NSUserAppleScriptTask, see:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Foundation/Reference/NSUserAppleScriptTask_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012267-CH1-SW2
Best
Phil
@sqwarq
http://sqwarq.com
On Apr 20, 2016, at 04:48 PM, email@hidden wrote:
I believe the correct answer is LaunchAgent plist, XPC helper LaunchAgent or instruct users to manually add it in system preferences or provide a script they can manually run once.
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On Apr 20, 2016, at 6:01 PM, sqwarqDev <email@hidden> wrote:
If you’re willing (or able: beware sandboxing issues) to call either osascript or NSAppleScript, you can do this via a bit of AppleScript magic:
tell application "Finder" to set aPath to POSIX path of (application file id ”com.yourBundleID.yourApp" as string)
tell application "System Events”
make new login item at end of login items with properties {path:aPath, hidden:false, kind:\"Application\", name:”Your App Name”}
end tell
Best
Phil
@sqwarq
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