Use async-channel in the examples

glib's MainContext::channel was removed from glib-rs

examples/Cargo.toml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ authors = ["The gtk-rs Project Developers"]
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+async-channel = "2.0.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 futures = "0.3"
 futures-util = "0.3"

examples/cairo_threads/main.rs

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn build_ui(application: &gtk::Application) {
 
     // This is the channel for sending results from the worker thread to the main thread
     // For every received image, queue the corresponding part of the DrawingArea for redrawing
-    let (ready_tx, ready_rx) = glib::MainContext::channel(glib::Priority::default());
+    let (ready_tx, ready_rx) = async_channel::unbounded();
 
     let mut images = Vec::new();
     let mut origins = Vec::new();
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fn build_ui(application: &gtk::Application) {
                 });
 
                 // Send the finished image back to the GUI thread
-                let _ = ready_tx.send((thread_num, image));
+                let _ = ready_tx.send_blocking((thread_num, image));
             }
         }));
     }
@@ -117,18 +117,18 @@ fn build_ui(application: &gtk::Application) {
         }),
     );
 
-    ready_rx.attach(None, move |(thread_num, image)| {
-        let (ref images, ref origins, ref workers) = *workspace;
+    glib::MainContext::ref_thread_default().spawn_local(async move {
+        while let Ok((thread_num, image)) = ready_rx.recv().await {
+            let (ref images, ref origins, ref workers) = *workspace;
 
-        // Swap the newly received image with the old stored one and send the old one back to
-        // the worker thread
-        let tx = &workers[thread_num];
-        let image = images[thread_num].replace(image);
-        let _ = tx.send(image);
+            // Swap the newly received image with the old stored one and send the old one back to
+            // the worker thread
+            let tx = &workers[thread_num];
+            let image = images[thread_num].replace(image);
+            let _ = tx.send(image);
 
-        area.queue_draw_area(origins[thread_num].0, origins[thread_num].1, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
-
-        glib::ControlFlow::Continue
+            area.queue_draw_area(origins[thread_num].0, origins[thread_num].1, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
+        }
     });
 
     window.show_all();

examples/multi_threading_context/main.rs

@@ -28,27 +28,28 @@ fn build_ui(application: &gtk::Application) {
     scroll.set_policy(gtk::PolicyType::Automatic, gtk::PolicyType::Automatic);
     scroll.add(&text_view);
 
-    let (tx, rx) = glib::MainContext::channel(glib::Priority::default());
+    let (tx, rx) = async_channel::unbounded();
 
     thread::spawn(move || {
         for i in 1..100 {
             // do long work
             thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
             // send result to channel
-            tx.send(format!("#{i} Text from another thread."))
+            tx.send_blocking(format!("#{i} Text from another thread."))
                 .expect("Couldn't send data to channel");
             // receiver will be run on the main thread
         }
     });
 
-    // Attach receiver to the main context and set the text buffer text from here
     let text_buffer = text_view
         .buffer()
         .expect("Couldn't get buffer from text_view");
-    rx.attach(None, move |text| {
-        text_buffer.set_text(&text);
 
-        glib::ControlFlow::Continue
+    // Spawn a future on main context and set the text buffer text from here
+    glib::MainContext::ref_thread_default().spawn_local(async move {
+        while let Ok(text) = rx.recv().await {
+            text_buffer.set_text(&text);
+        }
     });
 
     window.add(&scroll);

examples/progress_tracker/main.rs

@@ -57,17 +57,19 @@ impl Application {
 
                 active.set(true);
 
-                let (tx, rx) = glib::MainContext::channel(glib::Priority::default());
+                let (tx, rx) = async_channel::unbounded();
+
                 thread::spawn(move || {
                     for v in 1..=10 {
-                        let _ = tx.send(Some(v));
+                        let _ = tx.send_blocking(Some(v));
                         thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
                     }
                     let _ = tx.send(None);
                 });
 
-                rx.attach(None, glib::clone!(@weak active, @weak widgets => @default-return glib::ControlFlow::Break, move |value| match value {
-                    Some(value) => {
+                let active = active.clone();
+                glib::MainContext::ref_thread_default().spawn_local(async move {
+                    while let Ok(Some(value)) = rx.recv().await {
                         widgets
                             .main_view
                             .progress
@@ -86,14 +88,10 @@ impl Application {
                                 glib::ControlFlow::Break
                             }));
                         }
-
-                        glib::ControlFlow::Continue
-                    }
-                    None => {
-                        active.set(false);
-                        glib::ControlFlow::Break
                     }
-                }));
+
+                    active.set(false);
+                });
             }),
         );
     }