From fd9996d729cad23f42b48dcffcca8f0752a86e07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Farstrike <thomasverstreken@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 12:07:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Subthread demo

Launching threads works fine, which is great.

When the main app gets killed because "Referenced object was deleted!",
the sub threads don't die, they stay active...
---
 appstore.py | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/appstore.py b/appstore.py
index 85ada50d..4c083a46 100644
--- a/appstore.py
+++ b/appstore.py
@@ -524,7 +524,22 @@ print("Child coroutine: Exiting")
 
 app2_script = """
 import time
-print("Child coroutine: Creating UI")
+import _thread
+print("App2 running")
+
+# Quit flag
+should_continue = True
+
+def app2_thread():
+	count=0
+	while should_continue:
+		print(f"app2_thread: thread_id {_thread.get_ident()} - {count}")
+		count+=1
+		time.sleep(4)
+
+_thread.start_new_thread(app2_thread, ())
+
+
 # Label
 label = lv.label(subwindow)
 label.set_text("App2: 0")
@@ -541,8 +556,6 @@ slider = lv.slider(subwindow)
 slider.set_range(0, 100)
 slider.set_value(50, lv.ANIM.OFF)
 slider.align(lv.ALIGN.BOTTOM_MID, 0, -30)
-# Quit flag
-should_continue = True
 # Button callback
 def button_cb(e):
     global should_continue
@@ -554,6 +567,9 @@ def slider_cb(e):
     value = slider.get_value()
     #print("Child slider value:", value)
 slider.add_event_cb(slider_cb, lv.EVENT.VALUE_CHANGED, None)
+
+
+
 # Update loop
 count = 0
 while should_continue: