Add flag to start the app hidden in the tray.

Closes #4990.

4 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/changes/feature-4990_start-hidden-flag b/changes/feature-4990_start-hidden-flag
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..807fe8fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/feature-4990_start-hidden-flag
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Add flag to allow the user to start the app hidden in the tray. Closes #4990.
diff --git a/src/leap/bitmask/app.py b/src/leap/bitmask/app.py
index 02e27123..ca1226de 100644
--- a/src/leap/bitmask/app.py
+++ b/src/leap/bitmask/app.py
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ def main():
     logfile = opts.log_file
     mail_logfile = opts.mail_log_file
     openvpn_verb = opts.openvpn_verb
+    start_hidden = opts.start_hidden
 
     #############################################################
     # Given how paths and bundling works, we need to delay the imports
@@ -307,7 +308,8 @@ def main():
     window = MainWindow(
         lambda: twisted_main.quit(app),
         openvpn_verb=openvpn_verb,
-        bypass_checks=bypass_checks)
+        bypass_checks=bypass_checks,
+        start_hidden=start_hidden)
 
     sigint_window = partial(sigint_handler, window, logger=logger)
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigint_window)
diff --git a/src/leap/bitmask/gui/mainwindow.py b/src/leap/bitmask/gui/mainwindow.py
index 5abfaa67..0cc6104b 100644
--- a/src/leap/bitmask/gui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/src/leap/bitmask/gui/mainwindow.py
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
 
     def __init__(self, quit_callback,
                  openvpn_verb=1,
-                 bypass_checks=False):
+                 bypass_checks=False,
+                 start_hidden=False):
         """
         Constructor for the client main window
 
@@ -136,6 +137,9 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                               first round of checks for CA
                               certificates at bootstrap
         :type bypass_checks: bool
+        :param start_hidden: Set to true if the app should not show the window
+                             but just the tray.
+        :type start_hidden: bool
         """
         QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
 
@@ -342,6 +346,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         self._logger_window = None
 
         self._bypass_checks = bypass_checks
+        self._start_hidden = start_hidden
 
         # We initialize Soledad and Keymanager instances as
         # transparent proxies, so we can pass the reference freely
@@ -666,9 +671,11 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         providers = self._settings.get_configured_providers()
         self._login_widget.set_providers(providers)
         self._show_systray()
-        self.show()
-        if IS_MAC:
-            self.raise_()
+
+        if not self._start_hidden:
+            self.show()
+            if IS_MAC:
+                self.raise_()
 
         self._hide_unsupported_services()
 
@@ -787,6 +794,12 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         self._mail_status.set_systray(self._systray)
         self._eip_status.set_systray(self._systray)
 
+        hello = lambda: self._systray.showMessage(
+            self.tr('Hello!'),
+            self.tr('Bitmask has started in the tray.'))
+        # we wait for the systray to be ready
+        reactor.callLater(1, hello)
+
     def _tray_activated(self, reason=None):
         """
         SLOT
diff --git a/src/leap/bitmask/util/leap_argparse.py b/src/leap/bitmask/util/leap_argparse.py
index 88267ff8..8aacc85d 100644
--- a/src/leap/bitmask/util/leap_argparse.py
+++ b/src/leap/bitmask/util/leap_argparse.py
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ def build_parser():
                         action="store_false", dest="api_version_check",
                         help='Skip the api version compatibility check with '
                         'the provider.')
+    parser.add_argument('-H', '--start-hidden', default=False,
+                        action="store_true", dest="start_hidden",
+                        help='Starts the application just in the taskbar.')
 
     # openvpn options
     parser.add_argument('--openvpn-verbosity', nargs='?',