App

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Object Hierarchy:

Description:

Content:

Properties:

• public bool is_running { get; }
  Whether another instance of the application is running.
• public string name { owned get; construct; }
  The unique name of the application.
• public Screen screen { owned get; set construct; }
  The Screen of the application.
• public string startup_id { owned get; construct; }
  The startup notification id, needed to complete the startup notification sequence.

Creation methods:

• public App (string name, string? startup_id)
  Creates a new App instance for name passing a start-up notification id startup_id.
• public App.with_commands (string name, string? startup_id, ...)
  Creates a new App instance, with name and startup_id, and registers a list of custom commands.

Methods:

• public void add_command (string command_name, int command_id)
  Adds command_name as a custom command that can be used by this.
• public Response send_message (int command_id, MessageData? message_data)
  Sends command to a running instance of this.
• public void watch_window (Window window)
  Makes this "watch" a window.

Signals:

• public virtual signal Response message_received (int command, MessageData message_data, uint time_)
  The message_received signal is emitted each time a second instance of App with the same name as app is launched and sends a message using send_message.

Inherited Members: