How to Add CoreSpotlight to macOS App in Swift - CoreSpotlight Indexing

Question

How do you get CoreSpotlight to index a Mac app?

I cannot figure out how to get my macOS App to index with CoreSpotlight.

1. Is there some configuration, Info.plist setting, or capability that I need to enable to show up in Spotlight search results on Mac?
2. Am I doing something wrong? None of the iOS examples that I converted from iOS to macOS work for me.
3. I'm expecting to see my "TestSpotlight" app in the search results, but I see nothing in Spotlight

import SwiftUI
import CoreSpotlight

@main
struct TestSpotlightApp: App {
    @NSApplicationDelegateAdaptor(AppDelegate.self) var delegate
    
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            ContentView()
        }
    }
}

class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
    
    var searchableItems = [CSSearchableItem]()
    
    func addSearchableTerms() {
        let itemSet = CSSearchableItemAttributeSet(contentType: .content)
        let timerTitle = "10 min timer"
        let identifier = "com.myapp.timers.10min"
        itemSet.title = timerTitle
        itemSet.contentDescription = timerTitle
        itemSet.keywords = ["timer", "minute", "10", "ten"]
        itemSet.identifier = identifier
        itemSet.duration = NSNumber(integerLiteral: 10 * 60)
        
        let searchableItem = CSSearchableItem(uniqueIdentifier:identifier, domainIdentifier: "timers", attributeSet: itemSet)
        searchableItems.append(searchableItem)
        
        // TODO: Add more timers programmatically
        
        CSSearchableIndex.default().indexSearchableItems(searchableItems) { (error) in
            if let error = error {
                // handle failure
                print(error)
            } else {
                print("Indexed: \(self.searchableItems)")
            }
        }
    }
    
    func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ notification: Notification) {
        addSearchableTerms()
    }
}

References:

1. Indexing content using Core Spotlight
2. CoreSpotlight indexing not working

Answer 1

I figured out how to get it work by setting the CSSearchableItemAttributeSet(contentType:) to something else. Both .application or .text seem to work. Thanks @ATV

import Cocoa
import CoreSpotlight

@main
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
    var searchableItems: [String : CSSearchableItem] = [:]
    
    func addSearchTerm(identifier: String, title: String, duration: Int, keywords: [String]) {
        let itemSet = CSSearchableItemAttributeSet(contentType: .application) // or use .text
        itemSet.title = title
        itemSet.contentDescription = title
        itemSet.keywords = keywords
        itemSet.identifier = identifier
        //        itemSet.textContent = title
        itemSet.duration = NSNumber(integerLiteral: duration)
        
        let searchableItem = CSSearchableItem(uniqueIdentifier:identifier, domainIdentifier: "timers", attributeSet: itemSet)
        searchableItems[identifier] = searchableItem
    }
    
    func addSearchableTerms() {
        addSearchTerm(identifier: "com.paulsolt.SpotlightTimer.10min", title: "10 minute timer", duration: 10 * 60, keywords: ["min"])
        addSearchTerm(identifier: "com.paulsolt.SpotlightTimer.3min", title: "3 minute timer", duration: 3 * 60, keywords: ["min"])
        addSearchTerm(identifier: "com.paulsolt.SpotlightTimer.4min", title: "4 minute timer", duration: 4 * 60, keywords: ["min"])
        // TODO: Add more timers programmatically
        
        CSSearchableIndex.default().indexSearchableItems(Array(searchableItems.values)) { (error) in
            if let error = error {
                // handle failure
                print(error)
            } else {
                print("Indexed: \(self.searchableItems)")
            }
        }
    }
    
    func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
        addSearchableTerms()
    }
    
    func application(_ application: NSApplication, continue userActivity: NSUserActivity, restorationHandler: @escaping ([any NSUserActivityRestoring]) -> Void) -> Bool {
        if userActivity.activityType == CSSearchableItemActionType,
           let identifier = userActivity.userInfo?[CSSearchableItemActivityIdentifier] as? String {
            handleSearchableItem(withIdentifier: identifier)
            return true
        }
        return false
    }
    
    func handleSearchableItem(withIdentifier identifier: String) {
        if let item = searchableItems[identifier],
           let duration = item.attributeSet.duration?.intValue {
            self.startTimer(duration: duration)
        } else {
            print("Duration not found in attributes")
        }
    }
    
    func startTimer(duration: Int) {
        // Your code to start the timer with the specified duration
        print("Starting timer for \(duration) seconds")
    }
}

The item will be lower in the list under Other or Documents, and only by interacting does it seem to get promoted.

I'm wondering if it makes more sense to use a NSUserActivity instead, but I haven't been able to get that to work.