From 232c10bf5fe84aa26539550ef85a450a6566fbf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DJ2LS <75909252+DJ2LS@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 14:23:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] show splash screen for smoother startup
---
gui/main.js | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
gui/src/splash.html | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 gui/src/splash.html
diff --git a/gui/main.js b/gui/main.js
index 47e8f687..0b6c012d 100644
--- a/gui/main.js
+++ b/gui/main.js
@@ -168,10 +168,26 @@ let data = null;
let logViewer = null;
var daemonProcess = null;
+
+// create a splash screen
+function createSplashScreen(){
+ splashScreen = new BrowserWindow({
+ height: 250,
+ width: 250,
+ transparent: true,
+ frame: false,
+ alwaysOnTop: true
+ });
+ splashScreen.loadFile('src/splash.html');
+ splashScreen.center();
+}
+
+
function createWindow() {
win = new BrowserWindow({
width: config.screen_width,
height: config.screen_height,
+ show: false,
autoHideMenuBar: true,
icon: 'src/img/icon.png',
webPreferences: {
@@ -285,8 +301,19 @@ function createWindow() {
}
app.whenReady().then(() => {
+
+ // show splash screen
+ createSplashScreen();
+
+ // create main window
createWindow();
+ // wait some time, then close splash screen and show main windows
+ setTimeout(function() {
+ splashScreen.close();
+ win.show();
+ }, 3000);
+
// start daemon by checking os
mainLog.info('Starting freedata-daemon binary');
diff --git a/gui/src/splash.html b/gui/src/splash.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07bbe511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/splash.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
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+
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+
+ 
+
+
+