You want: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSWorkspace_Class/#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSWorkspace/openURLs:withAppBundleIdentifier:options:additionalEventParamDescriptor:launchIdentifiers:
to open a certain URL with a certain app. and you can get a list of bundle identifiers on the system that handle the URL scheme with this: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Carbon/Reference/LaunchServicesReference/#//apple_ref/c/func/LSCopyAllHandlersForURLScheme you can get more info on each app using: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSWorkspace_Class/#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSWorkspace/URLForApplicationWithBundleIdentifier: Hope that helps, -aaron > On May 19, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Paul Brown <p...@paulbrown.us> wrote: > > Pardon the ignorance here if there is some (I'm fairly new to OS X > development)... If I registered my app with a special url scheme and then > sent the mailto url to my app, doesn't that just add an unnecessary hop to > the mix? I will already be inside my app clicking the mailto link, so I > just need my app to handle it. By default it just uses the user's default > mail client, but it would be nice to have a list specifically within my app > to choose a different mail client if one is installed. > > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote: > >> What if you preceded that mailto url with another url scheme that could be >> mapped to your app? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 18, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Paul Brown <p...@paulbrown.us> wrote: >>> >>> I wrote a Mac app that is a little directory lookup tool. You search for >> a name (or partial name), it pulls user info from a database and shows the >> results in a table view. One of the columns is for Email Address. It is a >> button that shows the address on hover, and when clicked, it opens the >> mailto: link to compose an email to the person, like so: >>> >>> NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().openURL(NSURL(string:String(format:"mailto: >> %@",sender.alternateTitle))!) >>> >>> Is it possible to have the user select their preferred mail application >> that will respond to this? In my experience on iOS, there are URL schemes >> for many apps that let a variety of apps pass data to other apps. Is this a >> thing on OS X? The use case here is that I have my personal email account >> configured in Mail.app, and my work email configured in Outlook 2016. It >> would be great to have a pref pane in my app to let the user choose which >> mail app is used. >>> >>> PS - yes, I should probably not force-unwrap that NSURL. i’m getting >> there… :-) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Paul >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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/zav%40mac.com >>> >>> This email sent to z...@mac.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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/paulgetsspam%2Bcoca-dev%40gmail.com >> > _______________________________________________ > > 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/mandelbaum%40mac.com > > This email sent to mandelb...@mac.com _______________________________________________ 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
