Does not load

[informatix8]

Describe the bug There is no evidence of any UI. Nothing in the menu bar. Nothing in the dock. Swiftbar is visible from Activity Monitor, but no where else.

To Reproduce Install via brew or zip file. Run the Swiftbar executable.

Expected behavior See any UI window or menu bar item.

Environment:

• macOS version: Ventura 13.0.1
• SwiftBar version: 2.0.0

[melonamin]

@informatix8 please do the following two things:

• run defaults read com.ameba.SwiftBar in terminal and share the output
• open Console.app -> Filter by process = swiftbar -> Start Streaming -> Launch SwiftBar. Share the output

[MasterGroosha]

Hi, I have the same issue as OP. First output:

{
    DisabledPlugins =     (
    );
    MSAppCenter310AppCenterUserDefaultsMigratedKey = 1;
    MSAppCenter310CrashesUserDefaultsMigratedKey = 1;
    MSAppCenterInstallId = "2E697C3F-A69A-41B5-8CA7-702A6AD4FCF6";
    MSAppCenterPastDevices = {length = 1144, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000382 };
    MSAppCenterSessionIdHistory = {length = 460, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000156 };
    MSAppCenterUserIdHistory = {length = 455, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000151 };
    MakePluginExecutable = 1;
    NSNavLastRootDirectory = "~/Documents/SwiftBarPlugins";
    NSNavPanelExpandedSizeForOpenMode = "{800, 448}";
    "NSStatusItem Visible Item-0" = 0;
    "NSWindow Frame NSNavPanelAutosaveName" = "464 473 800 448 0 0 1728 1079 ";
    PluginDirectory = "/Users/groosha/Documents/SwiftBarPlugins";
    SUHasLaunchedBefore = 1;
}

Second output:

default 00:32:11.474370+0800    SwiftBar    Gained inheritances: {(
    <RBSInheritance| environment:(none) name:com.apple.launchservices.userfacing origID:440-401-28551 0>,
    <RBSInheritance| environment:(none) name:com.apple.launchservices.userfacing origID:440-401-28551 0>
)}
default 00:32:16.061667+0800    SwiftBar    Lost inheritances: {(
    <RBSInheritance| environment:(none) name:com.apple.launchservices.userfacing origID:440-401-28551 0>,
    <RBSInheritance| environment:(none) name:com.apple.launchservices.userfacing origID:440-401-28551 0>
)}

System details: Macbook Pro M3 Pro MacOS Sonoma 14.3.1

[melonamin]

@MasterGroosha Thanks.

Can you put a plugin into the Plugin Directory, and see if it works?

A simple shell script like this will suffice:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Issue #410 :bookmark:|sfcolor=red"

[informatix8]

{
    DisabledPlugins =     (
    );
    MSAppCenter310AppCenterUserDefaultsMigratedKey = 1;
    MSAppCenter310CrashesUserDefaultsMigratedKey = 1;
    MSAppCenterInstallId = "2FE011D8-DD0B-4557-BB08-4335744EE17C";
    MSAppCenterPastDevices = {length = 1150, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000388 };
    MSAppCenterSessionIdHistory = {length = 460, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000156 };
    MSAppCenterUserIdHistory = {length = 455, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000151 };
    MakePluginExecutable = 1;
    NSNavLastRootDirectory = "~/bitbar-plugins";
    NSNavPanelExpandedSizeForOpenMode = "{800, 448}";
    "NSStatusItem Visible Item-0" = 0;
    "NSStatusItem Visible Item-1" = 0;
    "NSStatusItem Visible Item-4" = 0;
    "NSStatusItem Visible echo.1h.sh" = 1;
    "NSStatusItem Visible test.1m.sh" = 1;
    "NSWindow Frame NSNavPanelAutosaveName" = "335 353 800 448 0 0 1470 919 ";
    PluginDirectory = "/Users/doj/bitbar-plugins";
    SUAutomaticallyUpdate = 0;
    SUEnableAutomaticChecks = 0;
    SUHasLaunchedBefore = 1;
    SUSendProfileInfo = 0;
}

[informatix8]

[informatix8]

Out of order, sorry. I saw the test script executed in the log. Again, nothing visible in the UI.

[melonamin]

Interesting, logs look normal - should be visible. Any menubar tweaks? Bartender, Dozer and such?

Can you try 2.0.1? It is in beta:

[informatix8]

No menubar tweaks installed. I have no GUI, so cannot check that box. Attempting to build from source. On commit b86438c I see errors. This is the first of many. Using Xcode 14.2.

[melonamin]

No need to build from source, it is available to download in Releases

[MasterGroosha]

@melonamin Oh, I'm sorry for the confusion. First time macOS user. I have an external display connected to macbook. Due to notch on my MBP, I don't see almost half of the menu bar icons (even though I try to hide most of them with HiddenBar app). On my external display (without notch, obviously) I see that "Issue 410" text 🤦

MacOS is still full of surprises 🤷‍♂️

[informatix8]

No luck with the binary. :(

[melonamin]

@MasterGroosha

MacOS is still full of surprises 🤷‍♂️

😅 Glad you've figured it out

@informatix8

No luck with the binary. :(

Hm, no other suggestions, let me think a bit.

[informatix8]

Thank you, you rock for trying to help me!

[informatix8]

Hello again. Trying to build from source. Do you know how to solve this error? Using Xcode 14.2.

[melonamin]

I pushed the latest state, tried to download it and open on a fresh machine - works OK. Please try again.

Note - I'm using Xcode 15.2 and not testing on anything else.

[cappslock]

Hi,

I had a similar issue. I was poking around and noticed I had a file named mpd-control.20s.sh in my ~/Documents/Swiftbar folder. I have no idea why, I have no recollection of setting this up or ever using Swiftbar.

These were the contents of the file:

#!/bin/bash

# <xbar.title>mpd-control</xbar.title>
# <xbar.version>v1.0</xbar.version>
# <xbar.author>Slamet Kristanto</xbar.author>
# <xbar.author.github>drselump14</xbar.author.github>
# <xbar.desc>MPD control (mopidy spotify, mopidy soundcloud , etc)</xbar.desc>
# <xbar.image>https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgkjb7hv6s1yx1a/Screenshot%202017-02-08%2020.40.02.png?raw=1</xbar.image>
# <xbar.dependencies>mpd, mpc</xbar.dependencies>

count="$( /usr/local/bin/mpc | wc -l )"

if [ "$count" -gt 2 ]
then
  echo "$(/usr/local/bin/mpc | head -1) | bash='/usr/local/bin/mpc' param1=toggle terminal=false length=25 size=12"
else
  echo ""
fi

I moved this file out from the folder as a quick test and immediately SwiftBar appeared in the menubar as expected.

No clue what's going on or if this is relevant to anyone else, but thought I would share in case it was helpful.

[informatix8]

I upgraded to Ventura 13.6.6 and still use Xcode 14.13.1. No luck with the binary still. I see these errors today:

[melonamin]

As I said, I'm on Xcode 15.* and I have no idea if it works on anything below that. Based on the errors you see - the version of Swift \ macOS SDK is older than expected, thats why Xcode can't find this enum values \ struct members.

[informatix8]

Finally figured it out! My mac has a notch for the camera which was limiting menu bar items. No, they did not wrap to the other side of the notch. To fix, I installed Bartender to handle the overflowing menu items.

[melonamin]

So the same as here, well, the notch... 🤷‍♂️