Playtime: Support standalone window mode on Windows (not enabled though)

main/src/infrastructure/ui/app/app_instance.rs

@@ -32,15 +32,40 @@ pub trait AppInstance: Debug {
 }
 
 pub fn create_app_instance(session: WeakSession) -> impl AppInstance {
+    // I was experimenting with 2 different ways of embedding the app GUI into REAPER:
+    //
+    // - Parented mode: We create a new SWELL window on ReaLearn side (HWND on Windows, NSView on
+    //   macOS) and the app renders its GUI *within* it.
+    // - Standalone mode: The app fires up its own window.
+    //
+    // Embedding the app in "parented" mode is in theory preferable because:
+    //
+    // 1. Only "parented" mode makes it possible to dock the app GUI (in case we want to do that
+    //    one day).
+    // 2. ReaLearn has full control over the window and can listen to its events.
+    // 3. We stop sending events when the app window is hidden, not wasting resources when the
+    //    app is not shown anyway. (However, with just a bit more effort, we could implement this
+    //    for standalone mode as well.)
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     {
+        // On Windows, parented mode works wonderfully. It needs some tricks (see View
+        // implementation) but it's worth it. That's why we use parented mode on Windows.
         let app_panel = AppPanel::new(session);
         ParentedAppInstance {
             panel: SharedView::new(app_panel),
         }
     }
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     {
+        // On macOS, parented mode is possible only by using Cocoa child windows (see app side
+        // embedding docs). This means that the app doesn't really render itself in the NSView
+        // provided by ReaLearn but places an NSWindow on top of the NSWindow provided by ReaLearn.
+        // It works but it needs a few keyboard tricks and - most importantly - it doesn't work
+        // well if the app itself wants to control its window (e.g. going full screen or changing
+        // the window opacity). It will try to control the child window, not the outer window.
+        // This could be solved on app side by navigating up the child/parent window chain, but
+        // it's not something I want to do now as long as we don't support docking anyway.
+        // Therefore: Standalone mode on macOS!
         StandaloneAppInstance {
             session,
             running_state: None,
@@ -355,19 +380,11 @@ impl View for AppPanel {
         true
     }
 
-    fn button_clicked(self: SharedView<Self>, resource_id: u32) {
-        match resource_id {
-            // Escape key
-            raw::IDCANCEL => self.close(),
-            _ => {}
-        }
-    }
-
     /// On Windows, this is necessary to resize contained app.
     ///
-    /// On macOS, this has no effect because the app window is not a child view (NSView) but a
-    /// child window (NSWindow). Resizing according to the parent window (the SWELL window) is done
-    /// on app side.
+    /// On macOS, this would have no effect because the app window is not a child view (NSView) but
+    /// a child window (NSWindow). Resizing according to the parent window (the SWELL window) is
+    /// done on app side.
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     fn resized(self: SharedView<Self>) -> bool {
         crate::infrastructure::ui::egui_views::on_parent_window_resize(self.view.require_window())

main/src/infrastructure/ui/app/app_library.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use playtime_clip_engine::proto::{
     MatrixProvider, Notification, NotificationKind, QueryReply, QueryResult, Reply, Request,
 };
 use prost::Message;
+use reaper_high::Reaper;
 use reaper_low::raw::HWND;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::{c_char, c_void, CString};
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ impl AppLibrary {
                     app_base_dir_c_string.as_ptr(),
                     invoke_host,
                     session_id_c_string.as_ptr(),
+                    Reaper::get().main_window().as_ptr(),
                 )
             };
             let Some(app_handle) = app_handle else {
@@ -222,11 +224,21 @@ fn process_request(matrix_id: String, request_value: request::Value) -> Result<(
 pub type AppHandle = NonNull<c_void>;
 
 /// Signature of the function that we use to start an app instance.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `parent_window` - Optional parent window handle. If you pass this, the app (if supported for
+///   the OS) will render itself *within* that parent window. On macOS, this is should be an NSView.
+/// * `app_base_dir_utf8_c_str`- Directory where the app is located
+/// * `host_callback` - Pointer to host callback function
+/// * `session_id` - Session ID of the ReaLearn instance associated with this new app instance.
+/// * `main_window` - Handle to REAPER's main window
 type StartAppInstance = unsafe extern "C" fn(
     parent_window: HWND,
     app_base_dir_utf8_c_str: *const c_char,
     host_callback: HostCallback,
     session_id: *const c_char,
+    main_window: HWND,
 ) -> Option<AppHandle>;
 
 /// Signature of the function that we use to show an app instance.