xtray

create minimal tray apps on osx.

Note: Swift 1.2 is no longer supported, so this module doesn't compile anymore. You can port the Swift part to Obj-C or look into the new Swift syntax if you really need to get this working.

example

var xtray = require('xtray');

xtray({
  name: 'Demo',
  icon: __dirname + '/icon.pdf'
}, function onlaunch () {
  console.log('launched');
  setInterval(function () {
    console.log('loop is safe');
  }, 1000);
}, function onquit () {
  console.log('will quit');
});

api

var xtray = require('xtray')

xtray(opts, [onlaunch, onquit])

Creates and launches the application.

opts object can have these properties:

• icon must be a pdf file, see example/icon.pdf for an example
• name is the tooltip, the text which appears when you hover over the icon, and it is also appended to "Quit" text

You can provide the onlaunch callback that will be dispatched after the application is finished launching. This doesn't block node.js i/o.

A Quit [name] menu item is added by default. There is no explicit terminate method; you can provide the onquit callback that will be dispatched before the application quits.

building

This is indeed a super minimal demonstration of building a simple node.js ⇆ Swift bridge using objc runtime. Requires a Xcode build (>=6.3-beta) which is capable of compiling Swift 1.2.

packaging

Now, I haven't yet tested packaging a Swift framework, but it seems Xcode makes sure linked dependencies are also copied into build folder. I have tweaked search paths, so it should be safe to pack up node_modules as it is- greatly appreciated if you can open an issue if something goes wrong.

license

mit