testlib: Be more selective in choosing to show stacktraces on macOS

The built in crash reporter on macOS will by default not show the
dialog if the application is not one that will run in the foreground.

Change-Id: I0020520ae2f14a0e2f84fdca1d80ec6fe1247ffd
Reviewed-by: Simon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Timur Pocheptsov <timur.pocheptsov@qt.io>

src/testlib/qtestcase.cpp

@@ -180,20 +180,7 @@ static bool debuggerPresent()
 static bool hasSystemCrashReporter()
 {
 #if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
-    CFStringRef crashReporterType = static_cast<CFStringRef>(
-                CFPreferencesCopyAppValue(CFSTR("DialogType"), CFSTR("com.apple.CrashReporter")));
-    if (crashReporterType == nullptr)
-        return true;
-
-    auto equals = [](CFStringRef str1, CFStringRef str2) -> bool {
-        return CFStringCompare(str1, str2, kCFCompareCaseInsensitive) == kCFCompareEqualTo;
-    };
-
-    const bool createsStackTrace =
-            !equals(crashReporterType, CFSTR("server")) &&
-            !equals(crashReporterType, CFSTR("none"));
-    CFRelease(crashReporterType);
-    return createsStackTrace;
+    return QTestPrivate::macCrashReporterWillShowDialog();
 #else
     return false;
 #endif

src/testlib/qtestutil_macos.mm

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 
 #include "qtestutil_macos_p.h"
 
+#include "QtCore/private/qcore_mac_p.h"
+
 #import <AppKit/AppKit.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -55,6 +57,32 @@ namespace QTestPrivate {
         [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"ApplePersistenceIgnoreState"];
     }
 
+    bool macCrashReporterWillShowDialog()
+    {
+        auto dialogType = QCFType<CFStringRef>(CFPreferencesCopyAppValue(
+            CFSTR("DialogType"), CFSTR("com.apple.CrashReporter")));
+
+        auto stringCompare = [](CFStringRef str1, CFStringRef str2) -> bool {
+            return CFStringCompare(str1, str2, kCFCompareCaseInsensitive) == kCFCompareEqualTo;
+        };
+
+        if (!dialogType || stringCompare(dialogType, CFSTR("basic"))) {
+            // The default (basic) dialog type only shows up if the
+            // application is 'user visible', as indicated by the
+            // activation policy.
+            auto *runningApp = NSRunningApplication.currentApplication;
+            return runningApp && runningApp.activationPolicy == NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular;
+        } else if (stringCompare(dialogType, CFSTR("developer"))
+                || stringCompare(dialogType, CFSTR("crashreport"))) {
+            // While in developer mode the dialog will show for all
+            // crashed applications, including backgrounded ones.
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            // Finally, 'server' or 'none' will result in no dialog
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     /*! \internal
         \class AppNapDisabler
         \brief Disables App Nap by registereing a bacground activity.

src/testlib/qtestutil_macos_p.h

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace QTestPrivate {
     void disableWindowRestore();
+    bool macCrashReporterWillShowDialog();
 
     class AppNapDisabler
     {

src/testlib/testlib.pro

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ mac {
     macos {
         HEADERS += qtestutil_macos_p.h
         OBJECTIVE_SOURCES += qtestutil_macos.mm
-        LIBS += -framework Foundation -framework ApplicationServices -framework IOKit
+        LIBS += -framework Foundation -framework ApplicationServices -framework IOKit -framework AppKit
     }
 
     # XCTest support (disabled for now)