New Option: Start Hidden in Background about blanket

[rafaelmardojai]

I don't know how is the state of auto start in Flatpak.

But for now a will add the --hidden flag to launch the app hidden.

Thank you very much @rafaelmardojai 👍

I am using Archlinux and blanket is installed via AUR so i guess it will work.

[archisman-panigrahi]

blanket --hidden works with the daily builds PPA as well.

[bilelmoussaoui]

I don't know how is the state of auto start in Flatpak.

But for now a will add the --hidden flag to launch the app hidden.

Flatpak has a portal for autostart/running in the background.

[rafaelmardojai]

Flatpak has a portal for autostart/running in the background.

You know what is the best way to implement this? I have to call EnableAutostart directly with D-Bus?

[bilelmoussaoui]

You need to use the RequestBackground dbus call https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/portal-docs.html#gdbus-method-org-freedesktop-portal-Background.RequestBackground. One thing to be aware of is that the portals waits for a user interaction (approval/or not of the interaction). The way it's handled is that each portal request, sends you an object path (mostly a dbus path) that you can call and wait for a response signal. The response contains the result of the interaction (whether the user approved it or not)

[rafaelmardojai]

You need to use the RequestBackground dbus call https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/portal-docs.html#gdbus-method-org-freedesktop-portal-Background.RequestBackground. One thing to be aware of is that the portals waits for a user interaction (approval/or not of the interaction). The way it's handled is that each portal request, sends you an object path (mostly a dbus path) that you can call and wait for a response signal. The response contains the result of the interaction (whether the user approved it or not)

I see, I was looking to the wrong documentation.

You know if there are future plans to implement this at the toolkit level?