Kiosk style without activating full-screen mode - OS X

Question

I am trying to hide the dock, and menu/spotlight bar at the top of the screen and basically go into kiosk mode for my Cocoa OS X app. However, I don't want to activate full-screen mode. I want the app to run as normal, but simply hide the dock and the menu/spotlight area on the desktop to discourage users from using them. I have tried a variety of options and I can't seem to get it to work.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/KioskMode/Introduction/Introduction.html

It seems like most implementations of this code require going into full-screen or are in Objective C. Is there a way of doing this in Swift without going into Full-screen mode?

Update - I figured out how to do it! I could hide the menu using NSMenu but I had to hide the dock by accessing the terminal. There may be an easier and cleaner way of doing it, but I was unable to find one. I hope this helps anyone else looking for a solution!

 import Cocoa

@NSApplicationMain
 class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {

   var datastring = NSString()


func applicationDidFinishLaunching(aNotification: NSNotification) {

let task = NSTask()
let pipe = NSPipe()
task.standardOutput = pipe

task.launchPath = "/bin/bash/"
task.arguments = ["defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 1", "killall -Kill Dock"]

let file:NSFileHandle = pipe.fileHandleForReading

task.launch()
task.waitUntilExit()

let data =  file.readDataToEndOfFile()
datastring = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)!

// Insert code here to initialize your application
 }

func applicationWillTerminate(aNotification: NSNotification) {
// Insert code here to tear down your application
  }

override func awakeFromNib() {

 NSMenu.setMenuBarVisible(false)

}
  }
}

The menu can be hidden in preferences. Maybe a scrip can hide it. — john elemans
I was able to hide the menu from NSMenu, but I am still not able to hide the dock. — cheesydoritosandkale
These commands will change dock settings, but I'm not sure how to hide it on command; defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool true defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0 defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0 (linebreaks before each 'defaults') — john elemans
Thanks John! I figured out how to do it by accessing the terminal. — cheesydoritosandkale

cheesydoritosandkale cheesydoritosandkale · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-30T21:02:36

I figured out how to do it! I could hide the menu using NSMenu but I had to hide the dock by accessing the terminal. There may be an easier and cleaner way of doing it, but I was unable to find one. I hope this helps anyone else looking for a solution.

  import Cocoa

   @NSApplicationMain
   class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {

  var datastring = NSString()


  func applicationDidFinishLaunching(aNotification: NSNotification) {

  let task = NSTask()
  let pipe = NSPipe()
  task.standardOutput = pipe

  task.launchPath = "/bin/bash/"
  task.arguments = ["defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 1", 
   "killall -Kill Dock"]

 let file:NSFileHandle = pipe.fileHandleForReading

  task.launch()
  task.waitUntilExit()

  let data =  file.readDataToEndOfFile()
  datastring = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)!

  }

   func applicationWillTerminate(aNotification: NSNotification) {
  }

 override func awakeFromNib() {

 NSMenu.setMenuBarVisible(false)

 }
  }
 }

Kiosk style without activating full-screen mode - OS X

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