From ad5f0a484999df93240b9117c20a9049c7215160 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Davis <christopherdavis@gnome.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:15:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] action_entry: Add activate_async helper

This is a helper function in a similar vein to
gtk4-rs's `install_action_async ()` for widgets.
It allows applications to install actions
that use async/await without having to manually
create a glib::MainContext in the callback.
---
 gio/src/action_entry.rs | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gio/src/action_entry.rs b/gio/src/action_entry.rs
index 118d418a8748..e9a7ee63cc41 100644
--- a/gio/src/action_entry.rs
+++ b/gio/src/action_entry.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Take a look at the license at the top of the repository in the LICENSE file.
 
 use glib::{prelude::*, Variant, VariantTy, VariantType};
+use std::future::Future;
 
 use crate::{ActionMap, SimpleAction};
 
@@ -87,6 +88,25 @@ where
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn activate_async<Fut, F>(mut self, callback: F) -> Self
+    where
+        F: Fn(&O, &SimpleAction, Option<&Variant>) -> Fut + 'static + Clone,
+        Fut: Future<Output = ()>,
+    {
+        let future_cb = move |map: &O, action: &SimpleAction, variant: Option<&Variant>| {
+            let ctx = glib::MainContext::default();
+            let variant = variant.map(ToOwned::to_owned);
+            ctx.spawn_local(
+                glib::clone!(@strong callback, @strong map, @strong action => async move {
+                    callback(&map, &action, variant.as_ref()).await;
+                }),
+            );
+        };
+
+        self.0.activate = Some(Box::new(future_cb));
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn change_state<F: Fn(&O, &SimpleAction, Option<&Variant>) + 'static>(
         mut self,
         callback: F,