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  1. RGreinacher renamed this gist Jul 14, 2015. 1 changed file with 0 additions and 0 deletions.
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    // Adding Login Items Using a Shared File List
    // This is a combination of the code provided by the following Stackoverflow discussion
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26475008/swift-getting-a-mac-app-to-launch-on-startup
    // (This approach will not work with App-Sandboxing.)

    func applicationIsInStartUpItems() -> Bool {
    return itemReferencesInLoginItems().existingReference != nil
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    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26475008/swift-getting-a-mac-app-to-launch-on-startup

    func applicationIsInStartUpItems() -> Bool {
    return itemReferencesInLoginItems().existingReference != nil
    }

    func toggleLaunchAtStartup() {
    let itemReferences = itemReferencesInLoginItems()
    let shouldBeToggled = (itemReferences.existingReference == nil)
    let loginItemsRef = LSSharedFileListCreate(
    nil,
    kLSSharedFileListSessionLoginItems.takeRetainedValue(),
    nil
    ).takeRetainedValue() as LSSharedFileListRef?

    if loginItemsRef != nil {
    if shouldBeToggled {
    if let appUrl: CFURLRef = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(NSBundle.mainBundle().bundlePath) {
    LSSharedFileListInsertItemURL(loginItemsRef, itemReferences.lastReference, nil, nil, appUrl, nil, nil)
    println("Application was added to login items")
    }
    } else {
    if let itemRef = itemReferences.existingReference {
    LSSharedFileListItemRemove(loginItemsRef,itemRef);
    println("Application was removed from login items")
    }
    }
    }
    }

    func itemReferencesInLoginItems() -> (existingReference: LSSharedFileListItemRef?, lastReference: LSSharedFileListItemRef?) {
    var itemUrl = UnsafeMutablePointer<Unmanaged<CFURL>?>.alloc(1)

    if let appUrl = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(NSBundle.mainBundle().bundlePath) {
    let loginItemsRef = LSSharedFileListCreate(
    nil,
    kLSSharedFileListSessionLoginItems.takeRetainedValue(),
    nil
    ).takeRetainedValue() as LSSharedFileListRef?

    if loginItemsRef != nil {
    let loginItems = LSSharedFileListCopySnapshot(loginItemsRef, nil).takeRetainedValue() as NSArray
    println("There are \(loginItems.count) login items")

    if(loginItems.count > 0) {
    let lastItemRef = loginItems.lastObject as! LSSharedFileListItemRef

    for var i = 0; i < loginItems.count; ++i {
    let currentItemRef = loginItems.objectAtIndex(i) as! LSSharedFileListItemRef

    if LSSharedFileListItemResolve(currentItemRef, 0, itemUrl, nil) == noErr {
    if let urlRef: NSURL = itemUrl.memory?.takeRetainedValue() {
    println("URL Ref: \(urlRef.lastPathComponent)")
    if urlRef.isEqual(appUrl) {
    return (currentItemRef, lastItemRef)
    }
    }
    }
    else {
    println("Unknown login application")
    }
    }
    // The application was not found in the startup list
    return (nil, lastItemRef)

    } else {
    let addatstart: LSSharedFileListItemRef = kLSSharedFileListItemBeforeFirst.takeRetainedValue()
    return(nil,addatstart)
    }
    }
    }

    return (nil, nil)
    }