> On Aug 23, 2016, at 4:31 PM, dangerwillrobinsondan...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >> On Aug 24, 2016, at 2:56 AM, Andreas Falkenhahn <andr...@falkenhahn.com> >> wrote: >> >> Is that your personal opinion or is this documented anywhere? > There's not anything to the contrary I've seen.
Andreas is right. For you to call NSApplicationMain means you have to have a main nib (or storyboard). But to be clear… NSApplicationMain just initializes NSApp (the instance, which is based on NSPrincipalClass), and then calls [NSApp run]. The main run loop is in [NSApp run]. You probably can call [NSApp run] without actually creating a NIB. corbin > Look no further than LSUIElement. > There is an info plist key that says you have no UI, and guess what it works > even if you included one. > There are methods for launching/activating without UI. > App templates have evolved over the years. > There wasn't always a wired up app delegate in the nib by default. It just > happens to be a good starting pattern most of the time. > You don't need an app delegate. > You don't need a window. > You are not required to have any of the default menus. > You don't have to provide any icon (the system will provide a default based > on the .app bundle UTI). > You only really have to have an Info plist but that can be embedded in the > binary, so even the app bundle is not required. > All this adds up to its not required. It's strongly encouraged and supported > because it's a great set of design patterns that facilitate good development > and consistent experience within the ecosystem. > > There are always folks from other language and platform backgrounds who show > up wanting to avoid nibs. And they can. But some things are going to be > incredibly hard without it. > > You do need to hang on to that main runloop created by NSApplicationMain() if > you want any AppKit views to work right. > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ 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
