public static AppHelper Create()
{
AppHelper result = new AppHelper(NSObject.AllocAndInitInstance("AppHelper"));
result.m_thread = new Thread(result.DoThread);
result.m_thread.Name = "AppHelper";
result.m_thread.IsBackground = true;
result.m_thread.Start();
return result;
}
/// <summary>Helper used to create an NSApplication subclass.</summary>
/// <param name = "appClass">The name of the subclass, e.g. "MyApplication".</param>
/// <param name = "nibName">The name of a nib file, e.g. "MainMenu.nib".</param>
/// <param name = "extendDebugMenu">Used to add custom items to the debug menu. May be null.</param>
public static NSApplication Create(string appClass, string nibName, Action<NSMenu> extendDebugMenu)
{
NSApplication app = new Class(appClass).Call("sharedApplication").To<NSApplication>();
ms_mainThread = Thread.CurrentThread;
// Load our nib. This will instantiate all of the native objects and wire them together.
// The C# objects will be created the first time a managed method is called.
NSMutableDictionary dict = NSMutableDictionary.Create();
bool loaded = NSBundle.mainBundle().loadNibFile_externalNameTable_withZone(
NSString.Create(nibName), dict, IntPtr.Zero);
if (!loaded)
throw new InvalidOperationException("Couldn't load " + nibName + ".");
// We need an NSAutoreleasePool to do Native.Call, but we don't want to have one
// hanging around while we're in the main event loop because that may hide bugs.
// So, we'll instantiate a Native instance here and call Invoke later which can
// be done without an NSAutoreleasePool.
ms_run = new Native(app, new Selector("run"));
ms_helper = AppHelper.Create();
#if DEBUG
app.BeginInvoke(() => DoInitDebugMenu(extendDebugMenu));
#endif
ms_startupPool.release();
ms_startupPool = null;
return app;
}