app: [API] remove Main

All platforms already allow the omission of the call to Main and running
Windows on the main goroutine. This change just gets rid of Main, and
documents the special requirement on Window.Event.

Signed-off-by: Elias Naur <mail@eliasnaur.com>

app/app.go

@@ -120,18 +120,6 @@ func DataDir() (string, error) {
 	return dataDir()
 }
 
-// Main must be called last from the program main function.
-// On most platforms Main blocks forever, for Android and
-// iOS it returns immediately to give control of the main
-// thread back to the system.
-//
-// Calling Main is necessary because some operating systems
-// require control of the main thread of the program for
-// running windows.
-func Main() {
-	osMain()
-}
-
 func (FrameEvent) ImplementsEvent() {}
 
 func init() {

app/doc.go

@@ -33,28 +33,12 @@ For example:
 A program must keep receiving events from the event channel until
 [DestroyEvent] is received.
 
-# Main
+# Main Thread
 
-The Main function must be called from a program's main function, to hand over
+Some GUI platform need access to the main thread of the program. To avoid a
-control of the main thread to operating systems that need it.
+deadlock on such platforms, at least one Window must have its Event method
-
+called by the main goroutine. It doesn't have to be any particular Window;
-Because Main is also blocking on some platforms, the event loop of a Window must run in a goroutine.
+even a destroyed Window suffices.
-
-For example, to display a blank but otherwise functional window:
-
-	package main
-
-	import "gioui.org/app"
-
-	func main() {
-		go func() {
-			w := app.NewWindow()
-			for {
-				w.Event()
-			}
-		}()
-		app.Main()
-	}
 
 # Permissions
 

app/os_android.go

@@ -1317,9 +1317,6 @@ func findClass(env *C.JNIEnv, name string) C.jclass {
 	return C.jni_FindClass(env, cn)
 }
 
-func osMain() {
-}
-
 func newWindow(window *callbacks, options []Option) {
 	mainWindow.in <- windowAndConfig{window, options}
 	<-mainWindow.windows

app/os_ios.go

@@ -388,9 +388,6 @@ func newWindow(win *callbacks, options []Option) {
 	<-mainWindow.windows
 }
 
-func osMain() {
-}
-
 //export gio_runMain
 func gio_runMain() {
 	runMain()

app/os_js.go

@@ -741,10 +741,6 @@ func (w *window) navigationColor(c color.NRGBA) {
 	theme.Set("content", fmt.Sprintf("#%06X", []uint8{rgba.R, rgba.G, rgba.B}))
 }
 
-func osMain() {
-	select {}
-}
-
 func translateKey(k string) (key.Name, bool) {
 	var n key.Name
 

app/os_macos.go

@@ -1012,15 +1012,6 @@ func (w *window) init() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func osMain() {
-	C.gio_initApp()
-	close(launched)
-	for {
-		C.dispatchEvent()
-		gio_dispatchMainFuncs()
-	}
-}
-
 func convertKey(k rune) (key.Name, bool) {
 	var n key.Name
 	switch k {

app/os_unix.go

@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ type WaylandViewEvent struct {
 func (WaylandViewEvent) implementsViewEvent() {}
 func (WaylandViewEvent) ImplementsEvent()     {}
 
-func osMain() {
-	select {}
-}
-
 type windowDriver func(*callbacks, []Option) error
 
 // Instead of creating files with build tags for each combination of wayland +/- x11

app/os_windows.go

@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ var resources struct {
 	cursor syscall.Handle
 }
 
-func osMain() {
-	select {}
-}
-
 func newWindow(win *callbacks, options []Option) {
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {

app/runmain.go

@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ func runMain() {
 		// Indirect call, since the linker does not know the address of main when
 		// laying down this package.
 		fn := mainMain
-		fn()
+		go fn()
 	})
 }

app/window.go

@@ -684,6 +684,13 @@ func (w *Window) processEvent(e event.Event) bool {
 
 // Event blocks until an event is received from the window, such as
 // [FrameEvent], or until [Invalidate] is called.
+//
+// Note: if more than one Window is active, at least one must have
+// its Event called from the main goroutine that runs the main
+// function. This is necessary because some operating system GUI
+// implementations require control of the main thread.
+// For this reason, it is allowed to call Event even after a
+// DestroyEvent has been received.
 func (w *Window) Event() event.Event {
 	w.init()
 	return w.basic.Event()