Support for MacBook Pro TouchBar

[deadlinex]

Hi, I installed your app and is not working with the multimedia control in the TouchBar (see first screenshot). Instead if I use the "classic" hotkeys it works. Is there any possibility to integrate your app with that?

[alberti42]

For sure there is and it would be probably not that hard. However, I need to check how I can simulate these keys on my computer since I don't have any keyboard of that kind. I will let you know if I find some way.

On 1. Apr 2020, at 12:33, deadlinex [email protected] wrote:

Hi, I installed your app and is not working with the multimedia control in the TouchBar (see first screenshot). Instead if I use the "classic" hotkeys it works. Is there any possibility to integrate your app with that? https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38771342/78127714-f530b780-7414-11ea-92b6-6b30f566c361.jpg https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38771342/78127722-f95cd500-7414-11ea-9eab-269c46adca0f.jpg — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/alberti42/iTunes-Volume-Control/issues/19, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAPC4GENKFNQWCYQDV56TLRKMKAZANCNFSM4LYX75WQ.

[alberti42]

I have realized that Xcode allows one to simulate the TouchBar. This was not a problem. I can intercept the event of sliding the volume with the TouchBar. It has a different code. However, there is a problem. Sliding the bar behaves differently than just pressing a key. My app can intercept events such as pressing a key and redefining what has to happen. In the case of sliding the volume bar, something different happens. It seems that it communicates directly with the system's volume control. Thus, I expect it would be harder to change this behavior. Probably it is still doable without reverse engineering assembly code to find out undocumented functions. Unfortunately I don't have time for that. If someone can give me a hint, I will be glad to implement this feature.

On 1. Apr 2020, at 12:33, deadlinex [email protected] wrote:

Hi, I installed your app and is not working with the multimedia control in the TouchBar (see first screenshot). Instead if I use the "classic" hotkeys it works. Is there any possibility to integrate your app with that? https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38771342/78127714-f530b780-7414-11ea-92b6-6b30f566c361.jpg https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38771342/78127722-f95cd500-7414-11ea-9eab-269c46adca0f.jpg — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/alberti42/iTunes-Volume-Control/issues/19, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAPC4GENKFNQWCYQDV56TLRKMKAZANCNFSM4LYX75WQ.

[deadlinex]

Understood. I suppose this different type of communication is something related to the T2 Chip and bridgeOS. I don't have any technical knowledge about reverse engineering so I'll use it via hot keys (FN enables the "standard" function keys on TouchBar). Thank you for your quick answer