How do I create share sheets and custom activities on macOS using Swift?

In macOS, you can create share sheets and custom activities using Swift to enhance the way users share content across apps. Share sheets provide a standard interface for users to share and perform actions on content, making it easy to integrate sharing capabilities into your applications.

Creating a Share Sheet in macOS

To create a share sheet, you can utilize the NSSavePanel and NSSharingServicePicker classes provided by the AppKit framework. Below is an example of how to present a share sheet in a macOS application:

import Cocoa class ViewController: NSViewController { override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() } @IBAction func shareButtonClicked(_ sender: Any) { let textToShare = "Check out this awesome content!" let items = [textToShare] let sharingPicker = NSSharingServicePicker(items: items) sharingPicker.show(relativeTo: NSZeroRect, of: self.view, preferredEdge: .minY) } }

Creating Custom Activities

If you want to create custom activities, you can subclass NSSharingService and override some methods to implement your own share functionality. Here’s an example:

import Cocoa class CustomSharingService: NSSharingService { override var title: String { return "Custom Share Service" } override func perform(with items: [Any]) { // Custom sharing implementation print("Sharing items: \(items)") } }

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