To programmatically open a specific pane in System Settings (formerly System Preferences) like “Privacy & Security > Camera” on macOS using SwiftUI, you can leverage the NSWorkspace class to open specific preference panes using URL schemes.
To run some code before app termination in a macOS app using SwiftUI, the correct approach would involve placing the termination logic within a view, such as the ContentView. Here’s how you can do it:
SwiftUI provides an openWindow environment variable on macOS that allows you to open windows programmatically. Here’s how you can use it to open a new window when a button is clicked:
To open or close a window programmatically from outside that window using environment variables, you need to leverage the new openWindow (macOS 13+) and dismissWindow (macOS 14+) environment variables. This environment variables allow you to programmatically open and close a window by its identifier.
To display both the app version and build number in a SwiftUI macOS/iOS app, you can use the Bundle class to access information from the app’s Info.plist file. The Info.plist file contains various details about your application, including its version and build number. Here’s how you can do it:
Although many things in SwiftUI are idiomatic and straightforward, showing your view in a new window needs a bit of coding to do. Hence, this short post.
