---
title: activeApplication()
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: appkit/nsworkspace/activeapplication()
---

# activeApplication()

Returns a dictionary with information about the current active app.

## Declaration

```swift
func activeApplication() -> [AnyHashable : Any]?
```

## Return Value

Return Value A dictionary with information about the app. The dictionary contains as many of the keys described in Deprecated Symbols as are available.

## See Also

### Methods

- [open(_:options:configuration:)](appkit/nsworkspace/open(_:options:configuration:).md)
- [open(_:withApplicationAt:options:configuration:)](appkit/nsworkspace/open(_:withapplicationat:options:configuration:).md)
- [openFile(_:)](appkit/nsworkspace/openfile(_:).md)
- [openFile(_:withApplication:)](appkit/nsworkspace/openfile(_:withapplication:).md)
- [openFile(_:withApplication:andDeactivate:)](appkit/nsworkspace/openfile(_:withapplication:anddeactivate:).md)
- [openFile(_:from:at:in:)](appkit/nsworkspace/openfile(_:from:at:in:).md)
- [launchApplication(_:)](appkit/nsworkspace/launchapplication(_:).md)
- [launchApplication(_:showIcon:autolaunch:)](appkit/nsworkspace/launchapplication(_:showicon:autolaunch:).md)
- [launchApplication(at:options:configuration:)](appkit/nsworkspace/launchapplication(at:options:configuration:).md)
- [performFileOperation(_:source:destination:files:tag:)](appkit/nsworkspace/performfileoperation(_:source:destination:files:tag:).md)
- [fullPath(forApplication:)](appkit/nsworkspace/fullpath(forapplication:).md)
- [absolutePathForApplication(withBundleIdentifier:)](appkit/nsworkspace/absolutepathforapplication(withbundleidentifier:).md)
- [launchApplication(withBundleIdentifier:options:additionalEventParamDescriptor:launchIdentifier:)](appkit/nsworkspace/launchapplication(withbundleidentifier:options:additionaleventparamdescriptor:launchidentifier:).md)
- [open(_:withAppBundleIdentifier:options:additionalEventParamDescriptor:launchIdentifiers:)](appkit/nsworkspace/open(_:withappbundleidentifier:options:additionaleventparamdescriptor:launchidentifiers:).md)
- [mountedRemovableMedia()](appkit/nsworkspace/mountedremovablemedia().md)