Touch Bar Demo App

Touch Bar Demo App allows you to use your macOS Touch Bar from an iPad (through USB connection) or on-screen by pressing the Fn-key.

Installation

Ensure you have installed macOS Sierra 10.12.1 build 16B2657, which adds support for the Touch Bar to macOS. Build 16B2555 does not have Touch Bar support, so it won't work.

Just fetch the latest ZIP from the release section section and put the extracted app into your Applications folder.

To build the iOS app, open TouchBar.xcodeproj, connect your iOS device and select the TouchBarClient target and your device:

For sideloading the app, see these instructions.

Authors

• Andreas Verhoeven, ave@aveapps.com
• Robbert Klarenbeek, robbertkl@renbeek.nl

Credits

• Thanks to Alex Zielenski for StartAtLoginController, which ties together the ServiceManagement stuff without even a single line of code (gotta love KVO).

• Thanks to Aleksei Mazelyuk for his Touch bar for VK Messenger, which was an inspiration for the app icon.

• Thanks to Rasmus Andersson for peertalk, which is used to communicate between the macOS and iOS apps through USB connection.

• Thanks to Bas van der Ploeg for testing and shooting a sample video.

License

Touch Bar Demo App is published under the MIT License.