Start Cocoa app without showing the main window

Question

I have a simple Cocoa app with a single NSWindow where I can enter some credentials and after the submission the app starts an another process. In case the credentials were entered once and cached I would like to start the process by running the app without showing the app's main window. How can I achieve that?

The app has only one class that conforms to NSApplicationDelegate and one .xib file.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 29 '11 at 15:50

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Is your window created from a xib file? There should be a "Visible at launch" checkbox in the properties for the window.

You'll need some other UI (such as a menu item) to start your work going — or you could put that in applicationDidFinishLaunching:.

answered Nov 29 '11 at 15:50

Amy Worrall

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Do you know how can I set that programmatically? Until credentials are not cached I need to display it. – Don Grem Nov 29 '11 at 20:28
I found, its easy: [self.window makeKeyAndOrderFront:self] when I need it. – Don Grem Nov 29 '11 at 20:40

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '11 at 15:50

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In your MainMenu.xib file, select the window and uncheck "Visible at launch". I believe this is all you need to do.

answered Nov 29 '11 at 15:50

Joshua Nozzi

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Do you know how can I set that programmatically? Until credentials are not cached I need to display it. – Don Grem Nov 29 '11 at 20:28

Start Cocoa app without showing the main window

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