Pardon the ignorance here if there is some (I'm fairly new to OS X development)... If I registered my app with a special url scheme and then sent the mailto url to my app, doesn't that just add an unnecessary hop to the mix? I will already be inside my app clicking the mailto link, so I just need my app to handle it. By default it just uses the user's default mail client, but it would be nice to have a list specifically within my app to choose a different mail client if one is installed.
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote: > What if you preceded that mailto url with another url scheme that could be > mapped to your app? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 18, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Paul Brown <p...@paulbrown.us> wrote: > > > > I wrote a Mac app that is a little directory lookup tool. You search for > a name (or partial name), it pulls user info from a database and shows the > results in a table view. One of the columns is for Email Address. It is a > button that shows the address on hover, and when clicked, it opens the > mailto: link to compose an email to the person, like so: > > > > NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().openURL(NSURL(string:String(format:"mailto: > %@",sender.alternateTitle))!) > > > > Is it possible to have the user select their preferred mail application > that will respond to this? In my experience on iOS, there are URL schemes > for many apps that let a variety of apps pass data to other apps. Is this a > thing on OS X? The use case here is that I have my personal email account > configured in Mail.app, and my work email configured in Outlook 2016. It > would be great to have a pref pane in my app to let the user choose which > mail app is used. > > > > PS - yes, I should probably not force-unwrap that NSURL. i’m getting > there… :-) > > > > Thanks, > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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/zav%40mac.com > > > > This email sent to z...@mac.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/paulgetsspam%2Bcoca-dev%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ 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
