macOS Swift: How to properly add application as Login Item

Question

I have spent about one day (maybe a little more) on trying to add my application to Login Item in the order it starts up at macOS launch (user login).

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Answer 1

I also struggled with this a few years ago and ended up making a package for it that makes it much easier to add "launch at login" functionality for sandboxed apps.

Instead of lots of manual steps, you just need:

import LaunchAtLogin

LaunchAtLogin.isEnabled = true