Automatically open menu popover up whenever Orbit is opened via spotlight

[raphaeltm]

Summary

When I first installed via Homebrew, I was able to open it and see a window. In that window it stated that it detected my Android setup, but couldn't find XCode despite it being installed. I rebooted my machine and tried to open it again, but it just wouldn't do anything. I couldn't get a window to open.

I tried launching an app from the Orbit button on the page of a build in the Expo web dashboard. This worked on Android, but not on iOS. I tried a variety of things to try and get it to show a window or something, but there don't seem to be any docs, so it's not clear how this product is supposed to work.

Steps to reproduce

Try to open the Orbit app from Spotlight.
Try to launch a build from the Expo site. (Android worked for me, iOS did not. XCode is definitely installed.)

Environment

expo-env-info 1.0.5 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 14.1.1
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 20.8.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.8.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.19 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.8.0/bin/yarn
npm: 10.1.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.8.0/bin/npm
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2022.3 AI-223.8836.35.2231.10811636
Xcode: /undefined - /usr/bin/xcodebuild

[raphaeltm]

Okay, I figured out what I needed to do for XCode to be detected, but I still can't get the UI to show up again.

Right now, the only way I can access anything is this:

1. Go to Expo web UI and open a dev build
2. Click "Open with Orbit"
3. Get this dropdown:
4. If I click fast enough, I can open settings

[gabrieldonadel]

Hi @leohenworx, can you check if you have available space on your menu bar? Sometimes the icon may be hidden by the Macbook Pro notch, we had some reports of this issue here on GitHub (#21) and on our Discord and that was the problem

[raphaeltm]

Hey @gabrieldonadel yup, that was the problem: icon hidden. I think even just a screenshot of the icon in the menu bar in the docs would have solved this for me. I run into that issue a lot, but I didn't understand the app only existed as a menu bar icon. It's funny because it explicitly says Orbit is a menu bar app but it didn't click in my mind that the menu bar icon was the only way to interact with it.

If it's possible, I think it would be helpful for the menu to pop up if someone tries to open it via spotlight. I tried that a few times with no results.

[gabrieldonadel]

A new version of Expo Orbit has just been released! v1.0.1 includes fixes for this and other issues, you can check the full details on the releases page. Please test it out and let us know if you find any other problems.