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Refresh icon view in App Drawer in real time

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      hankschwie
      last edited by hankschwie 15 Mar 2020, 16:36

      Hi!

      I was able to solve this. I noticed that anbox apps are displayed immediately after installation, as soon as the desktop file is placed in /home/phablet/.local/share/applications . So I tried to work with two desktop files which are moved back and forth between /home/phablet/.local/share/applications and /home/phablet/Downloads . The anboxtoggle.sh shovels those back and forth with each disable/enable run instead of the icons - they stay in place.

      anboxtoogle.sh looks like this:

      #!/bin/bash
      anboxtool=($(anbox-tool status)) 
      atenabled=${anboxtool[5]}
      
      if [ "$atenabled" == "YES" ]; then
            anbox-tool disable
      	mv /home/phablet/Downloads/anboxtoggleRED.desktop /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/anboxtoggleRED.desktop
      	mv /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/anboxtoggleGREEN.desktop /home/phablet/Downloads/anboxtoggleGREEN.desktop 
      else
            anbox-tool enable
      	mv /home/phablet/Downloads/anboxtoggleGREEN.desktop /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/anboxtoggleGREEN.desktop
      	mv /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/anboxtoggleRED.desktop /home/phablet/Downloads/anboxtoggleRED.desktop 
      fi
      

      The desktop file anboxtoggleGREEN.desktop:

      [Desktop Entry]
      Name=Anboxtoggle
      Type=Application
      Terminal=false
      Icon=/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/anbox-green.png
      Categories=Utility
      Comment=Switch between anbox enabled and disabled
      X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
      Exec=/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/anboxtoggle.sh 
      

      For anboxtoggleRED.desktop you just need to change the icon name in the Icon line to anbox-red.png. You need two different icon pictures, called anbox-red.png and anbox-green.png, as well (just grab some from the net, and change the colours with gimp or a similar program, if neccessary).
      Make the other files executable, and put the two icon files and one of the desktop files in /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/, the other desktop file in /home/phablet/Downloads/. (If Anbox currently is runnig, put anboxRed.desktop in .../applications, if not anboxtoggleGREEN.desktop.)

      Now there should be just one icon in the app drawer, indicating if anbox is enabled or not, changing is colour with every call.

      Have fun!

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        chrisse
        last edited by 15 Mar 2020, 18:37

        Hi,
        Everything works fine, thanks!

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          hankschwie
          last edited by hankschwie 15 Mar 2020, 18:50

          Hmmmm.... Don't know why, but the icons vanished from /home/phablet/.local/share/applications/ after a restart of Unity8. I put them back in, but renamed them to match the desktop files, so they now are called anboxtoggleGREEN.png and anboxtoggleRED.png; changed that in the desktop files, too. Hope this will work permanently,

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            chrisse
            last edited by 15 Mar 2020, 19:01

            You're right, I just restarted Unity8 and they vanished.
            Tell me if your solution works before I transfer them again.
            Otherwise, I will transfer them to Downloads and copy them to ../applications everytime I restart Unity8 (not often)...

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              hankschwie @chrisse
              last edited by 15 Mar 2020, 19:49

              @chrisse

              Well, the icons survived a couple of unity8 restarts, and two device restarts, so it looks like the name was important... For all anbox apps the names for the desktop files and their icons are identical except for the ending, so I thought that could do the trick.

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                chrisse
                last edited by 15 Mar 2020, 20:38

                Two Unity8 restarts and it still works! Thanks!

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                  Lakotaubp @chrisse
                  last edited by 16 Mar 2020, 05:14

                  @chrisse Two Lomiri restarts 😉

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                    TobsEnd
                    last edited by TobsEnd 27 Mar 2020, 21:58

                    Hi,
                    I tried to use the script, but it couldn't get it to work. I can see the red icon in the drawer but nothing happens when I push the button. Do I have to activate something so that the script can run properly?
                    Do I need to make script executable with root rights?

                    Pixel 2XL rc

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                      hankschwie @TobsEnd
                      last edited by 28 Mar 2020, 08:45

                      @TobsEnd
                      Yes, you need to make the script executable. It will run without r/w rights later on.

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                        TobsEnd @hankschwie
                        last edited by TobsEnd 28 Mar 2020, 09:55

                        @hankschwie I do i have to use chmod +x or ```
                        sudo chmod +x

                        Pixel 2XL rc

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                          hankschwie @TobsEnd
                          last edited by hankschwie 31 Mar 2020, 09:27

                          @TobsEnd
                          Sorry, I didn't use chmod, but used a nautilus function to set it executable

                          ls -la in the directory tells me:

                          rwxr-xr-x 1 heinrich heinrich 631 Mär 15 19:30 anboxtoggle.sh
                          for the skript, so I guess you would have to use the sudo version.

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