Get notification's from NSNotificationServer in C++ program - c++

Question

I'm creating a simple C++ application with cmake on Mac.
There is a main in C++ source code file, that create C++ class. Inside this class I'm allocating objective C object, that adding itself to observers in NSNotificationCenter. And I'm not receiving those notifications.
There is a code:
Notifications.h
class LaunchNotification {
public:
LaunchNotification();
virtual ~LaunchNotification();
void StartNotifications();
void StopNotifications();
private:
void *monitor;
};
Notifications.mm
#interface Monitor : NSObject
-(id) init;
-(void) appLaunchedNotification :(NSNotification *) notification;
-(void) appTerminatedNotification :(NSNotification *) notification;
#end
#implementation Monitor
- (id) init
{
self = [super init];
if (self)
{
count = 0;
NSNotificationCenter *notCenter = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] notificationCenter];
[notCenter addObserver : self
selector:#selector(appLaunchedNotification:)
name:NSWorkspaceDidLaunchApplicationNotification
object:nil];
[notCenter addObserver : self
selector:#selector(appTerminatedNotification:)
name:NSWorkspaceDidTerminateApplicationNotification
object:nil];
}
return self;
}
- (void) appLaunchedNotification : (NSNotification *) notification
{
NSString *path = [[notification userInfo]objectForKey: #"NSApplicationPath"];
}
- (void) appTerminatedNotification : (NSNotification *) notification
{
NSString *path = [[notification userInfo]objectForKey: #"NSApplicationPath"];
}
- (void) dealloc
{
NSNotificationCenter *notCenter = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] notificationCenter];
[notCenter removeObserver : self];
[super dealloc];
}
#end
LaunchNotification::LaunchNotification() : monitor(NULL)
{}
LaunchNotification::~LaunchNotification()
{
StopNotifications();
}
void LaunchNotification::StartNotifications()
{
if (NULL == monitor)
{
monitor = [[Monitor alloc] init];
}
}
void LaunchNotification::StopNotifications()
{
if (NULL != monitor)
{
[(id)monitor release];
}
}

Answer 1

You need a run loop because otherwise, NSWorkspace has no mechanism to gain control of your application's thread in order to post notifications.
While the docs say run loops are automatically created, they are not automatically executed. Think about it: how can a thread be simultaneously running your code and running the code in the run loop?
Any tasks that you need to do while you are monitoring the notification centre need to be done in the context of runloop events e.g. on an NSTimer event, or you need a separate thread for that other stuff.