Application API

Features

• App info (via the desktop file)
• Visibility based on desktop environment (via the desktop file)
• Pinned apps (ability to pin/unpin apps from the app shelf)
• State (running, stopped, etc)
• Focused state (is one of the app's windows the active window?)
• Launch the app if it isn't running, or focus it if it is
• Associate windows with the app
  • Window previews
  • Spread animation
• Quit the application
• Action list

Architecture

• Launcher model of ApplicationInfo objects
  • desktopFile
  • isRunning
  • isFocused
  • isPinned
  • actions
  • launch()
  • quit()
• Focusing/unfocusing handled in QML by the model delegate
• Window previews handled in QML by the model delegate (this also covers associated windows for the spread animation)
• Green Island provides signals that notify when an app instance is launched/closed and focused/unfocused