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Port phrog to GTK4/libadwaita on top of #213’s Guido Phosh GTK4 dependency layer. main continues GTK3 stable releases while the parallel GTK4 series waits for the wider upstream migration. Remaining migration work is tracked in #215.

The stack is #211 → #186 → #213 → #209 (stack #214). Static embedding is an independent build option: plain Cargo dynamically links installed GTK4 libphosh, while cargo vendored-phosh <command> embeds the checked-in native sources. The two GTK4 layers remain draft; the lower GTK3 work can land separately.

  • Regenerate the GTK4 bindings, port widgets/templates, and reject accidentally selected GTK3 libphosh metadata. Keep the temporary GIR workaround confined to unnamed GtkPlain parent-instance fields.
  • Restore the emergency integration test: open the real dialler through the power menu, enter a fictional number with the virtual pointer, assert the exact outgoing request, and drive incoming-call Accept/Hangup and removal. All call traffic uses private D-Bus fixtures. The incoming fixture now uses state 5 (INCOMING), not 3 (DIALING).
  • Wait for observable state and settled click-target geometry. Correct the virtual pointer’s origin/centre calculations and prevent repeated configure events from resetting the single-user keypad; exercise that race in the login regression test.
  • Build shared Phosh from the same subtree as embedded Phosh, hash its sources into the CI image tag, and check the Rust/C ABI in CI. Keep branch checks independent of inherited PR-workflow concurrency. Provide a local Toolbox launcher and isolate GTK4 from stable release/package channels.

Validation at the current source: complete local Phoc suites pass in both modes (2 unit tests and 6 integration tests each), along with all-target builds, strict Clippy, formatting, and executable link-mode checks. The embedding source-refresh regression passes. The pinned ABI checks pass 21 size/alignment comparisons and 12 constants; they do not prove field offsets, vfunc behaviour, or future upstream compatibility. The final native CI image also builds locally. #213 contains the published #186 base and this PR has no phosh/ diff.

Remote validation: the matching image published successfully, and both system and bundled build/test jobs pass at 9787b781. The run includes the system test-recordings artifact. Demo-video generation is separate from these completed build/test checks. The inherited base PR workflow still selects a legacy Dockerfile-only image hash and fails before compilation; alignment with the GTK4 branch workflow remains tracked in #215 / #206.

Remaining gaps include automatic active-call page pinning (#100), call-error/cancellation coverage and GtkPlain teardown diagnostics, schema installation (#184), broader timing cleanup (#187), GTK4 packaging/snapshots, and final upstream ABI compatibility. See docs/gtk4.md for pins, local commands, and branch maintenance.

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  • New Features

    • Migrated the application interface from GTK 3/libhandy to GTK 4/libadwaita.
    • Added GTK4 support for lockscreen, quick settings, status icons, and user/session selection.
    • Added global application start and quit controls, including improved SIGTERM handling.
    • Added support for configuring shell log domains.
  • Documentation

    • Added comprehensive GTK4 development, build, dependency, and packaging guidance.
  • Chores

    • Updated bundled GTK/Phosh snapshots and the Rust toolchain for the GTK4 stack.
    • Refined automated build and release workflow conditions.

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The pull request migrates the application and libphosh bindings from GTK3/libhandy to GTK4/libadwaita. It updates pinned build inputs, regenerates bindings, changes runtime event-loop handling, converts UI resources, and adapts integration tests.

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GTK4 migration

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Build and development environment
.github/Dockerfile, .github/workflows/*, .packit.yaml, Cargo.toml, README.md, docs/gtk4.md, rust-toolchain.toml, libphosh-rs/.gitlab-ci.yml
The build uses pinned GTK and Phosh sources. Several release and packaging jobs are disabled. Cargo dependencies, branch documentation, CI commands, and the Rust toolchain now target the GTK4 development stack.
GTK4 and Phosh binding regeneration
libphosh-rs/Gcr-3.gir, libphosh-rs/GnomeBluetooth-3.0.gir, libphosh-rs/fix.sh, libphosh-rs/libphosh/**, libphosh-rs/generator.py, libphosh-rs/libphosh/sys/**
GIR metadata and generated bindings now describe GTK4 widget ancestry and Phosh layer-surface constants. Legacy GTK3 dependencies, APIs, and generation entries are removed. System builds validate GTK4 through pkg-config, and ABI tests cover the added constants and layouts.
Application runtime and UI migration
src/lib.rs, src/main.rs, src/lockscreen.rs, src/shell.rs, src/user.rs, src/user_session_page.rs, resources/*
Initialization now uses GTK4 and libadwaita. run and quit control a shared GLib main loop. SIGTERM handling forwards shutdown to that loop. Lock screen, session selection, widget subclassing, UI templates, CSS, and display APIs use GTK4-compatible forms.
GTK4 integration tests
tests/common/*, tests/emergency_calls.rs, tests/first_run.rs, tests/simple_flow.rs, tests/swedish_chef.rs, tests/trivial_flow.rs
Tests use the shared event loop, updated weak captures, GTK4 widget traversal, immutable lockscreen access, revised virtual-pointer coordinates, and updated emergency-menu checks.

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  participant BuildImage
  participant GTK4
  participant Phosh
  participant Libphosh
  participant Phrog
  participant IntegrationTests
  BuildImage->>GTK4: build and install pinned GTK
  BuildImage->>Phosh: build pinned Phosh with base-image phoc
  Libphosh->>GTK4: generate GTK4 Rust bindings
  Libphosh->>Phosh: validate GTK4 libphosh dependencies
  Phrog->>Libphosh: use local GTK4 bindings
  Phrog->>IntegrationTests: run GTK4 application flows
  IntegrationTests->>Phrog: call run and quit
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Emergency dialing no longer has meaningful end-to-end regression coverage, so a broken call path could pass CI. Restore the assertion or keep the test explicitly ignored before merging.

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RetriggerConfidence Score: 3/5

The PR is not safe to merge until the Alpine and Debian package definitions can build the new default static GTK4 configuration in clean packaging environments.

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  1. P1 Alpine Lacks Required GTK ▶
  2. P1 Debian Dependencies Remain Outdated ▶

Summary

This PR ports phrog and its vendored libphosh bindings to GTK4/libadwaita and makes a statically built vendored Phosh the default.

  • Adds the GTK4 Phosh and libphosh-rs source trees and internal Meson build integration.
  • Reworks application initialization, main-loop shutdown, lockscreen traversal, and GTK4 UI resources.
  • Updates CI and distribution packaging, but the Alpine and Debian package dependency declarations are not yet sufficient for the new build.
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flowchart LR
  Cargo["cargo build<br/>default static feature"] --> BuildRS["libphosh-sys build.rs"]
  BuildRS --> Meson["Meson builds vendored phosh/"]
  Meson --> GTK["GtkPlain-capable GTK4<br/>and native Phosh dependencies"]
  Meson --> Static["libphosh-0.45.a"]
  Static --> Phrog["phrog GTK4 binary"]
  APK["APKBUILD dependencies"] -. "missing custom GTK" .-> GTK
  Debian["debian/control dependencies"] -. "stale/incomplete metadata" .-> GTK
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P1 Alpine Lacks Required GTK

The package runs cargo auditable build without disabling default features, so the new static feature builds the vendored Phosh tree. That tree derives its layer surface from the fork-only GtkPlain type, but this dependency list provides stock GTK packages, including gtk+3.0-dev, and no custom GTK package or path. The internal Meson build therefore cannot compile, causing the APK build to fail. Provide the GtkPlain-capable GTK dependency or disable the static build until it is available.

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P1 Debian Dependencies Remain Outdated

The package metadata still declares the GTK3, glib 0.18, libhandy, and system-libphosh Rust packages, while the application now uses gtk4-rs 0.11, glib 0.22, libadwaita, signal-hook, and a vendored Phosh build. Because debian/rules runs plain cargo build, clean builders receive only this incomplete Build-Depends set and fail. The GitHub workflow hides part of the problem by separately running apt build-dep phosh; please update debian/control to declare the actual Rust and native build dependencies.

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Just as a heads up: once we landed https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/10387 it should be possible to rebase the GTK side

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@samcday samcday changed the title GTK4 phrog with statically linked vendored phosh-gtk4 GTK4 migration: development integration branch Sep 20, 2026
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samcday changed the base branch from main to back2static September 20, 2026 07:20
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580d6093 Merge branch 'doc' into 'main'
88f90864 doc: Build phosh as well
f1522a6c doc: Drop docsrs
b0296e83 doc: Update generator.py
cae4abcc Merge branch 'new-gir' into 'main'
4e76c931 fix: Drop filtering out doc:format

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🟠 Major · Use the GTK4 pixel-size property. · shuffle-keypad-quick-setting.ui:8

resources/shuffle-keypad-quick-setting.ui:8
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Use the GTK4 pixel-size property.

PhoshStatusIcon no longer defines icon-size. GTK4 reports an GTK_BUILDER_ERROR_INVALID_PROPERTY error for this unknown property, so the quick-setting template cannot load correctly. Existing Phosh quick-setting templates use pixel-size value 16.

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                 <property name="visible">True</property>
-                <property name="icon-size">1</property>
+                <property name="pixel-size">16</property>
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In `@resources/shuffle-keypad-quick-setting.ui` at line 8, Replace the unsupported
icon-size property on PhoshStatusIcon with the GTK4 pixel-size property, using
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In `@tests/emergency_calls.rs`:
- Around line 101-106: Update the emergency-call test around the power-menu
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the emergency menu and triggering the call action, then assert the expected
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In `@resources/shuffle-keypad-quick-setting.ui`:
- Line 8: Replace the unsupported icon-size property on PhoshStatusIcon with the
GTK4 pixel-size property, using the existing quick-setting convention of value
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