[Linux/Ubuntu] Application Indicators

[remi_meier]

Next release of Ubuntu, there will be no "Systray"
anymore. So if you want to be present up there
you may want to look at application indicators.

More info about AppIndicators:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperien ... Indicators

Bindings + Example:
http://remi.secretly.de/downloads/appindicator.zip

[idle]

thanks

[Programie]

Sorry for reopening this very old thread after 7 years. But I was searching for some alternative for the tray icons in PB applications since the PB SysTray does not work anymore with Ubuntu 18.10 and could only find this post.

So, I just wanted to try out adding tray icons using the AppIndicator (which is the preferred way for status icons in Gnome 3) and your provided bindings still work on Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome 3.30.1 after some minor tweaks.

But first, the download link to the zip file does not work anymore. Fortunately RSBasic has a backup of lots of files linked in the forums (see Backups on his website).

After that I just had to install "libappindicator3-1" (if not already installed) and modify the ImportC path to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libappindicator3.so.1 (on x64 systems). For x86 the path should be /usr/lib/libappindicator3.so.1.

And that's it, now it's working!

Thanks for the bindings and example how to use them!

btw: Are there already any plans for adding AppIndicator support in PB without having to fiddle with the library binding and it's callbacks?