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    <p>I am trying to create an application that will have a tray icon only, and not appear in the taskbar. (similar to Dropbox) I need to create both Windows and Mac version of the application, so I tried using MonoMac to create the Mac front-end. </p> <p>What is the best way to create a tray-only application in MonoMac? </p> <p>All the resources I have found say to do one of two things:</p> <ul> <li>Add <code>&lt;key&gt;LSUIElement&lt;/key&gt;&lt;string&gt;1&lt;/string&gt;</code> to the <code>Info.plist</code> file.</li> <li>Add the following code to the <code>FinishedLaunching</code> event in the <code>AppDelegate</code> class: <code>NSApplication.SharedApplication.ActivationPolicy = NSApplicationActivationPolicy.Accessory;</code></li> </ul> <p>I have tried all combinations of these two, but it seems that as soon as I try to instantiate a C# <code>System.Timers.Timer</code>, the icon <em>reappears</em> in the dock at the bottom of the screen. Am I missing something about how OSX handles background applications?</p> <p><strong>What am I doing wrong? Is there a better way to make a background application that has an upper tray icon but no bottom dock icon in OSX?</strong></p> <p>(This is very similar to this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4414629/system-tray-only-no-dock-icon-application-using-c-sharp-mono-on-mac">SO question</a>, but that question was from a couple years ago and was never fully answered, so I'm hoping there might be a more complete answer out there.)</p> <hr> <p>Here's the code I have so far:</p> <pre><code>public partial class AppDelegate : NSApplicationDelegate { MyServiceObject currentServiceObject; public AppDelegate () { } public override void FinishedLaunching (NSObject notification) { // Construct menu that will be displayed when tray icon is clicked var notifyMenu = new NSMenu(); var exitMenuItem = new NSMenuItem("Quit My Application", (a,b) =&gt; { System.Environment.Exit(0); }); // Just add 'Quit' command notifyMenu.AddItem(exitMenuItem); // Display tray icon in upper-right-hand corner of the screen var sItem = NSStatusBar.SystemStatusBar.CreateStatusItem(30); sItem.Menu = notifyMenu; sItem.Image = NSImage.FromStream(System.IO.File.OpenRead( NSBundle.MainBundle.ResourcePath + @"/notify-icon.icns")); sItem.HighlightMode = true; // Remove the system tray icon from upper-right hand corner of the screen // (works without adjusting the LSUIElement setting in Info.plist) NSApplication.SharedApplication.ActivationPolicy = NSApplicationActivationPolicy.Accessory; // Start running the program -- If I comment out then no dock icon appears currentServiceObject = new MyServiceObject(); } } </code></pre>
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