Get it working with MacOS Catalyst?

[robertherber]

I'm trying to get this working on MacOS Catalyst (on the M1), but can't seem to get it working. According to Apple's docs it looks like it should be possible but I'm starting to have my doubts. It doesn't crash or anything - it just doesn't work.

Any ideas?

[sonnysantino]

I'm not sure that is even possible, looks like something specific for iPad only, do you know any mac app that use this?

[robertherber]

I've skimmed through lots of Apple docs and I can't find clear indication on whether it's possible with the UIPointerInteraction API. It would make sense if Apple provided one API for both. I see many apps using hover effects on Mac - but the hover effect is slightly different (which kinda makes sense).

This is another API that might work on both: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uihovergesturerecognizer - maybe this could be used to provide a simple fallback?

[sonnysantino]

For what i understand this will only give the on hover event, having you to recreate the nice effects apple provides on ipad

[robertherber]

Yeah, that’s my understanding as well.