Toggle Dock Icon App

Overview

This SwiftUI app demonstrates how to dynamically toggle the visibility of the dock icon in macOS.

Features

• Toggle dock icon visibility
• Persist app window even when dock icon is hidden

Important

Do not forget to add Application is agent (UIElement) property with value YES to Info.plist

Note

When running the app in debug mode, Xcode windows will take precedence over the app's windows. As a result, even after calling NSApp.activate() or NSWindow.makeKeyAndOrderFront(), the app's windows will remain behind the Xcode windows.

However, this issue only occurs when Xcode is the active application behind our app. If a different application is in the background, the app's windows will behave as expected.

Usage

• Use "Hide/Show Dock Icon" button to toggle dock icon visibility
• Try to use Option + B shortcut to increment the counter, to make sure that window still handle keyboard events

Demo Video

toggle-dock-icon-demo.mp4