ios - Using LSApplicationWorkspace in Swift

Question

I've added MobileCoreServices.framework to my Xcode project, and have the statement import MobileCoreServices in top of my file.

I have the line of code

let test = LSApplicationWorkspace.defaultWorkSpace()

And xcode said Unresolved Identifier LSApplicationWorkspace

I tried cleaning and rebuilding the project. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Point 1: LSApplicationWorkspace is private api, so if you use this and will upload your app to app store, it will get rejected.

Point 2: If you are having any in-house app and still want to use this in your app, then below is the way to use it.

1. Add MobileCoreServices Framework in your bundle
2. Create LSApplicationWorkspace.h file with the code exactly same as the code provided at here "https://github.com/nst/iOS-Runtime-Headers/blob/master/Frameworks/MobileCoreServices.framework/LSApplicationWorkspace.h".
3. Now add this LSApplicationWorkspace.h file into your bundle
4. Create bridging header for your swift app
5. Add #import "LSApplicationWorkspace.h" in your bridging header
6. Now add import MobileCoreServices in your current file and add your code let test = LSApplicationWorkspace.defaultWorkSpace(), it will work fine.

NOTE: For using any private header, you must have to include its .h file into your code. You can find any private headers by searching "runtime headers" in google. You will get all runtime headers. And to include that header in your swift code, you need to go via bridging-header.