gnome-online-accounts-gtk: add recipe

GNOME Online Accounts only provides the daemon and library that applications such as gnome-calendar, gnome-contacts and evolution use for their calendar, mail and contact accounts. The only user interface for adding accounts is the online-accounts panel of gnome-control-center, which pulls in gnome-shell and its settings daemon. Desktops built on wlroots compositors or other GTK environments have no way to configure these accounts at all. gnome-online-accounts-gtk from the xapp project is a standalone GTK4 and libadwaita application for exactly that job and works without GNOME Shell. GNOME applications open the accounts settings by activating the "launch-panel" action of org.gnome.Settings on the session bus. The included patch provides that name and action from gnome-online-accounts-gtk together with a D-Bus service file, so these buttons work here too. Since only one package can own the bus name, the package conflicts with gnome-control-center. Build tested on corei7-64. AI-Generated: Uses Claude Code (Claude Fable 5.1) Signed-off-by: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de> Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <khem.raj@oss.qualcomm.com>
2026-09-26 12:20:25 +00:00 · 2026-09-07 19:01:28 -07:00
parent ba483062c6
commit 824f6afda9
2 changed files with 290 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+From 08e3b37df99f89c8e36cea80304e2bc1f2986659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>
+Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 18:36:48 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Provide the org.gnome.Settings launch-panel interface
+
+GNOME applications such as gnome-calendar, gnome-contacts or evolution
+open the online accounts settings by activating the "launch-panel"
+action of org.gnome.Settings on the session bus, which is only provided
+by gnome-control-center. On desktops that ship gnome-online-accounts-gtk
+instead, these buttons silently do nothing.
+
+Export the application actions on /org/gnome/Settings as well, own the
+org.gnome.Settings name once the application has started and install a
+D-Bus service file so the application gets activated on demand. The
+"online-accounts" panel presents the main window; when an account id is
+passed as the first argument, the matching account is opened, mirroring
+the behaviour of the gnome-control-center panel. Other panel ids are
+ignored with a warning.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+AI-Generated: Uses Claude Code (Claude Fable 5.1)
+---
+ data/meson.build                   |   8 ++
+ data/org.gnome.Settings.service.in |   3 +
+ src/gnome-online-accounts-gtk.c    | 152 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ 3 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 data/org.gnome.Settings.service.in
+
+diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
+index deadf44..71e27aa 100644
+--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -24,4 +24,12 @@ i18n.merge_file(
+    install_dir: datadir / 'applications'
+ )
+ 
+configure_file(
+  input: 'org.gnome.Settings.service.in',
+  output: 'org.gnome.Settings.service',
+  configuration: bin_conf,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: datadir / 'dbus-1' / 'services',
+)
+
+ subdir('icons')
+\ No newline at end of file
+diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Settings.service.in b/data/org.gnome.Settings.service.in
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..ab4b5a1
+--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Settings.service.in
+@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[D-BUS Service]
+Name=org.gnome.Settings
+Exec=@bindir@/gnome-online-accounts-gtk --gapplication-service
+diff --git a/src/gnome-online-accounts-gtk.c b/src/gnome-online-accounts-gtk.c
+index 25bd116..60d3472 100644
+--- a/src/gnome-online-accounts-gtk.c
+++ b/src/gnome-online-accounts-gtk.c
+@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ struct _OaWindow
+     GtkWidget *accounts_label;
+ 
+     GtkWidget *offline_revealer;
+
+    gchar *pending_account_id;
+ };
+ 
+ G_DEFINE_TYPE (OaWindow, oa_window, GTK_TYPE_APPLICATION_WINDOW)
+@@ -102,6 +104,43 @@ show_account (OaWindow   *window,
+     }
+ }
+ 
+static void
+show_account_by_id (OaWindow    *window,
+                    const gchar *account_id)
+{
+    guint n_items;
+    guint i;
+
+    if (window->client == NULL)
+    {
+        g_free (window->pending_account_id);
+        window->pending_account_id = g_strdup (account_id);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    n_items = g_list_model_get_n_items (window->accounts_model);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < n_items; i++)
+    {
+        GoaObject *object;
+        GoaAccount *account;
+
+        object = g_list_model_get_item (window->accounts_model, i);
+        account = goa_object_peek_account (object);
+
+        if (g_strcmp0 (goa_account_get_id (account), account_id) == 0)
+        {
+            show_account (window, object);
+            g_object_unref (object);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        g_object_unref (object);
+    }
+
+    g_warning ("No account with id '%s'", account_id);
+}
+
+ static void
+ add_account_cb (GoaProvider *provider,
+                 GAsyncResult *res,
+@@ -418,6 +457,15 @@ new_client_cb (GObject *source_object, GAsyncResult *res, gpointer user_data)
+ 
+     populate_accounts (window);
+     goa_provider_get_all (get_all_providers_cb, window);
+
+    if (window->pending_account_id != NULL)
+    {
+        gchar *account_id;
+
+        account_id = g_steal_pointer (&window->pending_account_id);
+        show_account_by_id (window, account_id);
+        g_free (account_id);
+    }
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+@@ -440,6 +488,7 @@ oa_window_dispose (GObject *object)
+     }
+ 
+     g_clear_object (&window->client);
+    g_clear_pointer (&window->pending_account_id, g_free);
+ 
+     G_OBJECT_CLASS (oa_window_parent_class)->dispose (object);
+ }
+@@ -507,18 +556,112 @@ oa_window_new (void)
+     return g_object_new (oa_window_get_type (), NULL);
+ }
+ 
+static OaWindow *
+get_window (GtkApplication *app)
+{
+    OaWindow *window;
+    GList *l;
+
+    for (l = gtk_application_get_windows (app); l != NULL; l = l->next)
+    {
+        if (OA_IS_WINDOW (l->data))
+        {
+            return OA_WINDOW (l->data);
+        }
+    }
+
+    window = oa_window_new ();
+    gtk_window_set_application (GTK_WINDOW (window), app);
+
+    return window;
+}
+
+ static void
+ on_app_activate (GtkApplication *app, gpointer user_data)
+ {
+-    static OaWindow *window = NULL;
+    gtk_window_present (GTK_WINDOW (get_window (app)));
+}
+
+static void
+launch_panel_activated (GSimpleAction *action,
+                        GVariant      *parameter,
+                        gpointer       user_data)
+{
+    GtkApplication *app = GTK_APPLICATION (user_data);
+    OaWindow *window;
+    const gchar *panel_id;
+    GVariant *parameters;
+
+    g_variant_get (parameter, "(&s@av)", &panel_id, &parameters);
+ 
+-    if (window == NULL)
+    if (g_strcmp0 (panel_id, "online-accounts") != 0)
+     {
+-        window = oa_window_new ();
+-        gtk_window_set_application (GTK_WINDOW (window), app);
+        g_warning ("Panel '%s' is not provided by gnome-online-accounts-gtk", panel_id);
+        g_variant_unref (parameters);
+        return;
+     }
+ 
+    window = get_window (app);
+     gtk_window_present (GTK_WINDOW (window));
+
+    if (g_variant_n_children (parameters) > 0)
+    {
+        GVariant *value;
+
+        g_variant_get_child (parameters, 0, "v", &value);
+
+        if (g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING) &&
+            g_variant_get_string (value, NULL)[0] != '\0')
+        {
+            show_account_by_id (window, g_variant_get_string (value, NULL));
+        }
+
+        g_variant_unref (value);
+    }
+
+    g_variant_unref (parameters);
+}
+
+static const GActionEntry app_actions[] = {
+    { "launch-panel", launch_panel_activated, "(sav)", NULL, NULL, { 0 } },
+    { "launch-single-panel-mode", launch_panel_activated, "(sav)", NULL, NULL, { 0 } },
+};
+
+static void
+on_app_startup (GApplication *app, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    GDBusConnection *connection;
+    GError *error = NULL;
+
+    g_action_map_add_action_entries (G_ACTION_MAP (app),
+                                     app_actions,
+                                     G_N_ELEMENTS (app_actions),
+                                     app);
+
+    connection = g_application_get_dbus_connection (app);
+
+    if (connection == NULL)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (g_dbus_connection_export_action_group (connection,
+                                               "/org/gnome/Settings",
+                                               G_ACTION_GROUP (app),
+                                               &error) == 0)
+    {
+        g_warning ("Failed to export actions on /org/gnome/Settings: %s", error->message);
+        g_error_free (error);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_bus_own_name_on_connection (connection,
+                                  "org.gnome.Settings",
+                                  G_BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_NONE,
+                                  NULL,
+                                  NULL,
+                                  NULL,
+                                  NULL);
+ }
+ 
+ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+@@ -541,6 +684,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+ 
+     g_application_set_option_context_summary (G_APPLICATION (app), "gnome-online-accounts-gtk: A GTK Frontend for GNOME Online Accounts");
+ 
+    g_signal_connect (app, "startup", G_CALLBACK (on_app_startup), NULL);
+     g_signal_connect (app, "activate", G_CALLBACK (on_app_activate), NULL);
+ 
+     ret = g_application_run (G_APPLICATION (app), argc, argv);
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# AI-Generated: Uses Claude Code (Claude Fable 5.1)
+SUMMARY = "GTK frontend for configuring GNOME Online Accounts"
+DESCRIPTION = "Standalone GTK4/libadwaita application to add and manage \
+GNOME Online Accounts on desktops that do not ship gnome-control-center."
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/xapp-project/gnome-online-accounts-gtk"
+SECTION = "x11/gnome"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
+
+DEPENDS = " \
+    glib-2.0 \
+    glib-2.0-native \
+    gnome-online-accounts \
+    gtk4 \
+    libadwaita \
+    libxml2-native \
+"
+
+SRC_URI = " \
+    git://github.com/xapp-project/gnome-online-accounts-gtk.git;protocol=https;branch=master;tag=${PV} \
+    file://0001-Provide-the-org.gnome.Settings-launch-panel-interface.patch \
+"
+SRCREV = "b42482522bc9089c139ceda9b8a7d81a7a149cf9"
+
+inherit meson pkgconfig gettext gtk-icon-cache
+
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1/services"
+
+RCONFLICTS:${PN} += "gnome-control-center"