How do i create custom menu item in Xcode

Hi all,

I wanted to show some status in nsmenuitem for my application. something like Battery shows %.

I am new to Mac UI development, please suggest ways to achieve it.

Thanks, Nitesh

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The traditional way to do this is with an NSStatusItem; see the docs here.

ps SwiftUI is adding support for this in macOS 13 beta.

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