Can an app in the Mac App Store ever get Accessibility permission?

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I've got an app (made with ElectronJS) that relies on having Accessibility permission to listen for mouse/keyboard events (via the iohook package). I'd like to put it on the Mac App Store, but it appears that:

  1. Mac App Store requires Sandboxing and
  2. Sandboxing does not allow Accessibility permission.

Therefore an app in the Mac App Store cannot get Accessibility permission. Is this right or am I missing something?

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1 Answers

You need to use AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions to request access to Accessibility Permissions.

Here is the full doc from Apple: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applicationservices/1459186-axisprocesstrustedwithoptions

Example:

let promptFlag = kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt.takeRetainedValue() as NSString
let myDict: CFDictionary = NSDictionary(dictionary: [promptFlag: true])
AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions(myDict)

if (AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions(myDict))
{
    //we have permission granted here
}
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