[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 752033] Re: Music player should not show its main window if it launches when play button is pressed

[Xavier Claessens]

Here is how I think it should be implemented:
1) rhythmbox should use GApplication to implement a few GAction like "play".
2) rhythmbox should install a .service file to be dbus-activatable
3) rhythmbox should install a org.gnome.Rhythmbox.desktop file that tells the actions it implements. See http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s07.html
4) Unity can then start rhythmbox and play by invoking the "play" action on rhythmbox, using g_desktop_app_info_launch_action().

Most of the work should be done upstream IMHO.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
CLI/Mono Uploaders, which is subscribed to banshee in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/752033

Title:
  Music player should not show its main window if it launches when play
  button is pressed

Status in Sound Menu:
  Triaged
Status in “indicator-sound” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: indicator-sound

  When my music player is not running, the sound menu still keeps its
  music controls to keep things tidy. However, when I press the Play
  button, the player's main window opens! This is improper, because it
  is inconsistent with pressing Play or Pause from the menu when the
  player is already running and it is inconsistent with our presentation
  of the music player as a service. A user pressing this button should
  not expect the player's main window to appear.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-sound/+bug/752033/+subscriptions