This post is from the WWDC26 AppKit Q&A.
Hey Team,
I'm developing an app that normally resides in the menu bar and has no Dock icon (activation policy set to accessory.
When the user clicks the status icon, and selects 'Settings' in the menu, I change the activation policy to regular, show the window, and activate the app.
Since cooperative activation was introduced, the option to ignore all apps when activating was deprecated, so I activate the app without the option.
The result is that in 20% of the times, the window doesn't come to the front, or the app is not activated.
The user obviously wants this behavior, so what is the proper way to achieve it?
Thanks, Ari
