will it be rejected by MAS to open Safari or other apps with NSTask and open command

Question

I'll open Safari, other system apps and third-party apps with codes like:

let task = NSTask()
task.launchPath = "/usr/bin/open"
task.arguments = ["Safari"]
task.launch()

will it be rejected by MAS review?

I know there is recommended way by Apple which leverages Apple Script and com.apple.security.scripting-targets. But it's so weak now.

Thanks

What kind of launch options are you looking for? – mahal tertin Jan 06 '16 at 17:14 — mahal tertin, Jan 06 '16 at 17:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '16 at 19:18

1

Actually the recommended way to launch applications is

NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().launchApplication("Safari")

or – more sophisticated

let sharedWorkspace = NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace()
if let safariURL = sharedWorkspace.URLForApplicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.apple.safari") {
    try? sharedWorkspace.launchApplicationAtURL(safariURL, options: NSWorkspaceLaunchOptions(), configuration: [:])
}

answered Jan 04 '16 at 19:18

vadian

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thanks for your answer. where can i find configuration/launch arguments for applications like TextEdit, Safari? I searched but got nothing helpful. – guoleii Jan 05 '16 at 06:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '16 at 17:13

Even more sophisticated you may use launch services LSOpenFromURLSpec as described in the reference. Pass launchs options in the specs array.

LSLaunchURLSpec inLaunchSpec;

inLaunchSpec.appURL = (__bridge CFURLRef) urlOfAppToOpen;
inLaunchSpec.itemURLs =  (__bridge CFArrayRef) (arrayOfurlsOfFilesToOpenWithApp);
inLaunchSpec.passThruParams = NULL;
inLaunchSpec.launchFlags = kLSLaunchDefaults;
inLaunchSpec.asyncRefCon = NULL;

CFURLRef outLaunchedURL;
OSStatus diditOpen = LSOpenFromURLSpec (
                                        &inLaunchSpec,
                                        &outLaunchedURL
                                        );

@guoleii did this answer help you? if yes, would you like to accept it? — mahal tertin, Feb 03 '16 at 09:12

will it be rejected by MAS to open Safari or other apps with NSTask and open command

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