AppInfoMonitor

Added in version 2.40.

class AppInfoMonitor(**properties: Any)

Superclasses: Object

GAppInfoMonitor monitors application information for changes.

GAppInfoMonitor is a very simple object used for monitoring the app info database for changes (newly installed or removed applications).

Call get to get a GAppInfoMonitor and connect to the changed signal. The signal will be emitted once when the app info database changes, and will not be emitted again until after the next call to get_all or another ``g_app_info_``*() function. This is because monitoring the app info database for changes is expensive.

The following functions will re-arm the changed signal so it can be emitted again:

  • get_all

  • get_all_for_type

  • get_default_for_type

  • get_fallback_for_type

  • get_recommended_for_type

  • `:func:`~gi.repository.Gio.DesktopAppInfo.get_implementations` <../gio-unix/type_func.DesktopAppInfo.get_implementation.html>`_

  • `:func:`~gi.repository.Gio.DesktopAppInfo.new` <../gio-unix/ctor.DesktopAppInfo.new.html>`_

  • `:func:`~gi.repository.Gio.DesktopAppInfo.new_from_filename` <../gio-unix/ctor.DesktopAppInfo.new_from_filename.html>`_

  • `:func:`~gi.repository.Gio.DesktopAppInfo.new_from_keyfile` <../gio-unix/ctor.DesktopAppInfo.new_from_keyfile.html>`_

  • `:func:`~gi.repository.Gio.DesktopAppInfo.search` <../gio-unix/type_func.DesktopAppInfo.search.html>`_

The latter functions are available if using `GDesktopAppInfo <../gio-unix/class.DesktopAppInfo.html>`_ from gio-unix-2.0.pc (GIR namespace GioUnix-2.0).

In the usual case, applications should try to make note of the change (doing things like invalidating caches) but not act on it. In particular, applications should avoid making calls to GAppInfo APIs in response to the change signal, deferring these until the time that the updated data is actually required. The exception to this case is when application information is actually being displayed on the screen (for example, during a search or when the list of all applications is shown). The reason for this is that changes to the list of installed applications often come in groups (like during system updates) and rescanning the list on every change is pointless and expensive.

Methods

class AppInfoMonitor
get() → AppInfoMonitor

Gets the AppInfoMonitor for the current thread-default main context.

The AppInfoMonitor will emit a “changed” signal in the thread-default main context whenever the list of installed applications (as reported by get_all()) may have changed.

The AppInfoMonitor::changed signal will only be emitted once until get_all() (or another ``g_app_info_``*() function) is called. Doing so will re-arm the signal ready to notify about the next change.

You must only call unref() on the return value from under the same main context as you created it.

Added in version 2.40.

Signals

class AppInfoMonitor.signals
changed() → None

Signal emitted when the app info database changes, when applications are installed or removed.

Added in version 2.40.