Add macos plugin standalone init, fixing focus

source/bridges-plugin/CarlaBridgePlugin.cpp

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #include "CarlaMainLoop.hpp"
 #include "CarlaMIDI.h"
 
+#ifdef CARLA_OS_MAC
+# include "CarlaMacUtils.hpp"
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CARLA_OS_UNIX
 # include <signal.h>
 #endif
@@ -582,6 +586,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     const bool testing = std::getenv("CARLA_BRIDGE_TESTING") != nullptr;
 
+#ifdef CARLA_OS_MAC
+    initStandaloneApplication();
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CARLA_OS_WIN
     OleInitialize(nullptr);
     CoInitializeEx(nullptr, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);

source/bridges-ui/CarlaBridgeToolkitNative.cpp

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 #include "CarlaMainLoop.hpp"
 #include "CarlaPluginUI.hpp"
 
+#if defined(CARLA_OS_MAC) && defined(BRIDGE_COCOA)
+# include "CarlaMacUtils.hpp"
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HAVE_X11) && defined(BRIDGE_X11)
 # include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #endif
@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ public:
         const CarlaBridgeFormat::Options& options(fPlugin->getOptions());
 
 #if defined(CARLA_OS_MAC) && defined(BRIDGE_COCOA)
+        initStandaloneApplication();
         fHostUI = CarlaPluginUI::newCocoa(this, 0, options.isStandalone, options.isResizable);
 #elif defined(CARLA_OS_WIN) && defined(BRIDGE_HWND)
         fHostUI = CarlaPluginUI::newWindows(this, 0, options.isStandalone, options.isResizable);

source/utils/CarlaMacUtils.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Carla macOS utils
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Filipe Coelho <falktx@falktx.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Filipe Coelho <falktx@falktx.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ CARLA_BACKEND_START_NAMESPACE
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+void initStandaloneApplication()
+{
+    [NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular];
+    [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];
+}
+
 const char* findBinaryInBundle(const char* const bundleDir)
 {
     const CFURLRef urlRef = CFURLCreateFromFileSystemRepresentation(0, (const UInt8*)bundleDir, (CFIndex)strlen(bundleDir), true);

source/utils/CarlaMacUtils.hpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Carla macOS utils
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Filipe Coelho <falktx@falktx.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Filipe Coelho <falktx@falktx.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ CARLA_BACKEND_START_NAMESPACE
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/*
+ * ...
+ */
+void initStandaloneApplication();
+
 /*
  * ...
  */