macOS usb detection

[chhoda]

I need to solve a problem, where I need to write an application which gets called after a certain usb device is inserted into my mac. how would I do that ?

are there more than one ways ? can I do it in java ? can anybody point me to some examples

--CH

 

[jared_kipe]

You give a copy of your device to kainjow and wait for his reply.

 

[chown33]

You give a copy of your device to kainjow and wait for his reply.

I was thinking the same thing.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/978970/

 

[kainjow]

If you know C it's not too hard to write a daemon that works with the IOHID API to get connect/disconnect notifications for your device which you could then use to launch your Java app.

Just use the code in the URL above and modify it to detect your device.

I imagine there is some Java/USB library out there somewhere though... maybe someone ported libusb.