On Sep 4, 2014, at 11:25 PM, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > On Sep 4, 2014, at 8:55 PM, Scott Ribe <scott_r...@elevated-dev.com> wrote: >> >> It is as though the runningApplications method returns a cached list which >> is only updated when events are processed, thus I won't see the >> newly-launched app until the next pass through the runloop, thus cannot >> launch an app and immediately see it. > > I think what's actually going on is that the app doesn't show up as running > until it's gotten far enough into its launch process to check in with the > WindowServer. > > You're dealing with a multi-threaded system, so it makes total sense that an > app hasn't shown up a microsecond after you told the system to launch it.
No, it's as he suspected. NSRunningApplication clearly documents that it doesn't update except during a pass through the run loop. Similarly, -[NSWorkspace runningApplications] is clearly documented to have the same property (although I would think NSWorkspace could make an exception for applications that it launches itself). Scott, as to your question: > So, is there any way to get an NSRunningApplication instance for an app > immediately after launching it, without resorting to some vile nastiness… -[NSWorkspace launchApplicationAtURL:options:configuration:error:] directly returns the NSRunningApplication that it launched. You can get the URL using -URLForApplicationWithBundleIdentifier: in order to work from a bundle identifier, similarly to -launchAppWithBundleIdentifier:. If for some reason that's not sufficient, you can try monitoring the NSWorkspaceWillLaunchApplicationNotification notification. I'm not sure if that's synchronous — that it's posted before the -launch… or -open… method returns — but it might be, and it includes an NSRunningApplication in the notification's userInfo dictionary. Regards, 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
