Public method to request opening of Progress Dialog

Author: scunz

Libs/libActivities/Manager.cpp

@@ -337,4 +337,20 @@ namespace Activities
         return result;
     }
 
+    void Manager::requestProgressDialog()
+    {
+        bool requireModal;
+
+        {
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(ManagerData::getLock());
+            ManagerData* d = ManagerData::instance();
+
+            // this ought to be false, if this method is used correctly. But timing could interfere
+            // here.
+            requireModal = d->isModalityRequired();
+        }
+
+        emit showProgressDialog(requireModal);
+    }
+
 }

Libs/libActivities/Manager.hpp

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ namespace Activities
         Activity createActivity(const QString& display);
 
     public:
+        void requestProgressDialog();
         Activity::Vector activities() const;
 
     signals:

Libs/libActivities/ManagerPrivate.hpp

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ namespace Activities
         static quint32 nextGeneration();
 
     public:
+        bool isModalityRequired() const;
         Activity newActivity(const QString &display);
 
     public:
@@ -121,7 +122,6 @@ namespace Activities
     private:
         bool maybeStartEventSending();
         void updateGlobalState();
-        bool isModalityRequired() const;
 
     public:
         Manager*                mOwner;