ProKit Demo
A demostration of using Apple's ProKit.framework, a "Pro" and internal version of Apple's AppKit used in Apple Pro Apps.
Description
The source code served as an example, it is, by no means, a commercial grade product. It might contain errors or flaws, and it was created for demonstration purpose only.
ProKit Demo gives you a simple demonstration of using Apple's private framework "ProKit", which is a customized version of AppKit that used in Apple's Pro Apps. (Aperture, iPhoto, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, etc.) It has all kinds of NSObject subclasses, called NSProObject. (e.g. NSProWindow)
This project links the framework from your /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks, which is labeled version 7.4 as for 10.9.3. However, there's a newer version (8.0+) provided in all MAS version of Apple Pro Apps. You can link the newer version instead to get better result.
Apple has removed the built-in ProKit.framework from macOS. You'll have to copy it from an Apple Pro App to compile.
By default, this demo project show you the following Pro UI Controls:
NSProButtonNSProColorPickerNSProComboBoxNSProDateSelectorNSProDrawerNSProImageViewNSProLabelNSProMenuNSProPanelNSProProgressIndicatorNSProSliderNSProTabViewNSProTextFieldNSProViewNSProWindow
For legal reasons, this project can't and does not provide a copy of ProKit.framework with the source.
Q & A
Q: Can I use this framework in my project?
A: NO. ProKit is a close source framework, which is copyright by Apple Inc. Providing a copy of this framework with your project is illegal without Apple's permission.
Q: What is that NSProApplicationMain within the main.m?
A: This will tell the system that it's a Pro App. It will then override user's appearance selection to graphite. In some older version of OS X, this is required to use those Pro UI control subclasses.
Changelog
v0.1:
- Initial release.
License
Copyright (C) 2014 Cai, Zhi-Wei.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.