Jak wcześniej wspomniano jest to dość łatwe do uruchomienia innych aplikacji za pomocą klasy NSWorkspace, na przykład:
- (BOOL)launchApplicationWithPath:(NSString *)path
{
// As recommended for OS X >= 10.6.
if ([[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] respondsToSelector:@selector(launchApplicationAtURL:options:configuration:error:)])
return nil != [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] launchApplicationAtURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path isDirectory:NO] options:NSWorkspaceLaunchDefault configuration:nil error:NULL];
// For older systems.
return [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] launchApplication:path];
}
trzeba zrobić trochę więcej pracy, aby zamknąć inną aplikację, zwłaszcza jeśli cel jest przed 10,6, ale nie jest to zbyt trudne. Oto przykład:
- (BOOL)terminateApplicationWithBundleID:(NSString *)bundleID
{
// For OS X >= 10.6 NSWorkspace has the nifty runningApplications-method.
if ([[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] respondsToSelector:@selector(runningApplications)])
for (NSRunningApplication *app in [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] runningApplications])
if ([bundleID isEqualToString:[app bundleIdentifier]])
return [app terminate];
// If that didn‘t work then try using the apple event method, also works for OS X < 10.6.
AppleEvent event = {typeNull, nil};
const char *bundleIDString = [bundleID UTF8String];
OSStatus result = AEBuildAppleEvent(kCoreEventClass, kAEQuitApplication, typeApplicationBundleID, bundleIDString, strlen(bundleIDString), kAutoGenerateReturnID, kAnyTransactionID, &event, NULL, "");
if (result == noErr) {
result = AESendMessage(&event, NULL, kAEAlwaysInteract|kAENoReply, kAEDefaultTimeout);
AEDisposeDesc(&event);
}
return result == noErr;
}