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simplex-chat/apps/multiplatform/desktop
sh c165663555 desktop: prevent duplicate launches (#6979)
* desktop: prevent duplicate launches

Acquires a file lock and listens on a loopback ServerSocket in dataDir.
A second launch signals the running instance to restore its window and
exits silently. See plans/2026-05-13-desktop-single-instance.md.

* desktop: un-minimize window in showWindow

toFront() does not un-minimize a JFrame on any AWT platform. Clear the
ICONIFIED bit so a minimized window restores; preserves MAXIMIZED_BOTH.
Also fixes the same case when restoring from the tray icon.

* desktop: move showWindow from DesktopTray to DesktopApp

It has callers outside the tray (single-instance signal) and belongs
next to simplexWindowState, which it operates on.

* simplify

* refactor

* desktop: start show-file watcher when choosing minimize from first-close dialog

The handleCloseRequest path already starts the watcher when minimizing to
tray; the Ask-dialog path did not, so the first-time user who picks
"Minimize to tray" got a hidden window with no signal handling — a
duplicate launch would not restore it.

* desktop: always watch for duplicate-launch signal, drop hung-instance alert

The watcher now runs for the JVM lifetime once the lock is acquired,
not only when minimized to tray. Duplicate launches always restore the
primary's window (un-minimize, un-tray-hide, toFront) instead of being
silently dropped when the primary is not minimized.

Drops the "may be hung, start anyway?" popup and the two strings — that
fallback was needed only because the watcher could miss signals. With
the always-on watcher there is no scenario where the primary fails to
consume simplex.show, so the escape hatch becomes dead code.

* desktop: alert when primary's watcher doesn't consume the show file

Restores the "another instance may be running" alert. Every duplicate
launch waits up to 1s for the primary's watcher to delete the show file
it just created. If the file is consumed within the window, the
duplicate exits silently. If still there after 1s the primary is hung
and the alert fires.

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Co-authored-by: Evgeny @ SimpleX Chat <259188159+evgeny-simplex@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-18 09:15:20 +01:00
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