Added an example of an application sending it's arguments to the primary instance

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/examples/sending_arguments/main.cpp b/examples/sending_arguments/main.cpp
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+++ b/examples/sending_arguments/main.cpp
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+#include <SingleApplication.h>
+#include "messagereceiver.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    // Allow secondary instances
+    SingleApplication app( argc, argv, true );
+
+    MessageReceiver msgReceiver;
+
+    // If this is a secondary instance
+    if( app.isSecondary() ) {
+        app.sendMessage( app.arguments().join(' ').toUtf8() );
+        return 0;
+    } else {
+        QObject::connect(
+            &app,
+            &SingleApplication::receivedMessage,
+            &msgReceiver,
+            &MessageReceiver::receivedMessage
+        );
+    }
+
+    return app.exec();
+}