On Nov 27, 2015, at 1:08 AM, Ken Heglund <mailingli...@orderedbytes.com> wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2015, at 11:58 PM, Jerry Krinock <je...@ieee.org> 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.)
>> 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 :( > > NSRunningApplication.activationPolicy might do the trick for you. Don't use NSRunningApplication when NSApplication will do. The replacement for TransformProcessType() is -[NSApplication setActivationPolicy:] and has been since 10.6. The method documentation still claims you can't go from regular back to accessory, but the release notes say you can. Likewise, you can use -[NSApplication activationPolicy] to query it. Regards, (A different) Ken _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
