Anyone use https://github.com/tuist/tuist in lieu of a native .xcodeproj? I mainly ask because git merge flows are painful with the latter format. Too many conflicts that result from irrelevant internals.

#AppKit #Xcode

@el_gaucho If you like to create/use the backend in C and #ObjC (use @objfw), then you will be able to use #ObjC for the frontend. Either using #AppKit #UIKit on Apple devices or using #ObjGTK on other Posix devices as soon as I manage to complete it. As long you may want to look at @vala_lang which provides C bindings for many #FLOSS libraries and more if you create VAPIs yourself.

anyone have a good way of subscribing to the changing of the dark / light theme in #macOS using #ObjectiveC or #AppKit, but in a background thread?

i am running out of options 😓

#rust

Anyway, filed as FB12602377. With a sample project.

(I’m not _that_ experienced with #AppKit, so I may also be misunderstanding something.)

Is there some Apple HIG guidance on choosing colors based on ‘distance’ (contrast-ish)? Something like

```swift
static let palette = [NSColor.systemOrange,
NSColor.systemBlue,
NSColor.systemYellow,
NSColor.systemMint,
[..]
```

#MacDev #AppKit

(A bit surprisingly, Finder’s default Tag colors seem… poorly chosen in that regard?)

More specialized #AppKit NSButton bezel types are finally being added to #SwiftUI :)

Help button: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/helplink
Recessed (scope) button: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/primitivebuttonstyle/accessorybar
RoundRect button: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/primitivebuttonstyle/accessorybaraction
#WWDC23 #MacDev

I didn't realize that my NSButtons blog post was that popular 😂 #WWDC23 #MacDev #AppKit

There's some weird stuff with NSApplication activation in the #AppKit release notes: #WWDC23 #MacDev

I wasted 5 hours trying to figure out an #AppKit/#CoreData crash in a macOS High Sierra VM.

I eventually tracked it down to it refusing to load a resource, but was still in the entirely wrong rabbit hole trying to figure out why.

It had nothing to do with High Sierra. Or Core Data. Or the resource being in a framework bundle.

No, it was because I was opening the app from an SMB volume, which apparently silently refuses to load some resources.

😖

One of the best things about #AppKit (over #macCatalyst): keyboard navigation comes for free (if you implement things correctly) unlike UIKit which requires me to handle a gazllion things before it can even do half of it correctly

https://social.dezinezync.com/@elytra/110411139701820696

I made a little extension method for getting an `NSFont` with a specific `weight` that uses an approximation of the `systemFont`’s new `weight` behavior. So you can do:

var regularFont: NSFont
let sameFontButBolder = regularFont.withWeight(weight: .semibold)

Found that someone else on Stack Overflow seemed to have a similar problem, so I posted my code there: https://stackoverflow.com/a/76143011/1600

#AppKit

I was curious if that bottom window toolbar that was used in some Mac system apps a few versions back is still a thing. So, apparently this is "setContentBorderThickness" and it still works on Monterey.

The problem: it was mentioned in the HIG as discouraged already in 2011 😅 #AppKit #MacDev

Working on the thing again… Now it will have to work in such way that you'll need to get your own Twitter API key and enter it there.

I'm not sure yet how I'm going to release it - currently leaning towards non-MAS freeware… #MacDev #AppKit

No documentation for a property introduced in El Capitan… This is fine, this is normal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #MacDev #AppKit

In a view-based #NSTableView, how do I draw with the same color as text fields? I tried `cellView.textField?.textColor?.cgColor`, but that gives me the default text color, which is wrong when a row is highlighted. (It does, however, seem to work correctly with dark mode.)

I find many results for setting (overriding) the text color, but not… getting it in the first place.

Am I supposed to check myself if a row is selected?

#AppKit

#Swift #AppKit

I’m observing something from NSNotificationCenter. How do I rewrite this to allow for async/await?

I see that you can await `NotificationCenter.default.notifications`, but I don’t want to await the _subscription_, but rather the _notification_. Basically, something like:

```swift
@objc
func didBecomeKey(notification: AppKit.Notification) async {}
```

Ok, I know I'm a slowpoke like Internet Explorer, but I've just signed up for this thing I heard about and… I guess it could be pretty useful to answer questions instead of Google/StackOverflow? 🤔🤔 #ChatGPT #MacDev #AppKit

Localizing hundreds of strings is an important lesson to have done this along the way. 😵‍💫#Swift #AppKit #StellarForReddit

Anyone know of a good open source example or writeup of how to build a standard-looking macOS Preferences window using SwiftUI? As a SwiftUI newbie, I’m not sure where to start.

Note: I’d like to find a way to build it myself without using the (admittedly great) Preferences library from Sindre Sorhus. https://github.com/sindresorhus/Preferences

cc @marioguzman

#SwiftUI #AppKit

Is it just me, or have the last couple of versions of #macOS introduced a change where switching back to an app (using ⌘-tab) results in no window having focus/being active?

No keyboard commands can then work until you actively click on (or ⌘-~ to) a window.

This includes the Finder in cases where there are 2 or 3 open windows, & apps that are primarily single-window apps. #Catalyst vs #AppKit issue?

I’ve been a Mac user since 1991; this feels recent. (Or maybe I’m just losing my mind.)