Display overview of loaded plugins

sbapp/main.py

@@ -3822,12 +3822,14 @@ class SidebandApp(MDApp):
             self.bind_clipboard_actions(self.plugins_screen.ids)
 
             self.plugins_screen.ids.plugins_scrollview.effect_cls = ScrollEffect
-            info = "You can extend Sideband functionality with command and service plugins. This lets you to add your own custom functionality, or add community-developed features.\n\n"
+            info1 = "You can extend Sideband functionality with command and service plugins. This lets you to add your own custom functionality, or add community-developed features.\n"
-            info += "[b]Take extreme caution![/b]\nIf you add a plugin that you did not write yourself, make [b]absolutely[/b] sure you know what it is doing! Loaded plugins have full access to your Sideband application, and should only be added if you are completely certain they are trustworthy.\n\n"
+            info2 = "[b]Take extreme caution![/b]\nIf you add a plugin that you did not write yourself, make [b]absolutely[/b] sure you know what it is doing! Loaded plugins have full access to your Sideband application, and should only be added if you are completely certain they are trustworthy.\n\n"
-            info += "Command plugins allow you to define custom commands that can be carried out in response to LXMF command messages, and they can respond with any kind of information or data to the requestor (or to any LXMF address).\n\n"
+            info2 += "[i]Command Plugins[/i] allow you to define custom commands that can be carried out in response to LXMF command messages, and they can respond with any kind of information or data to the requestor (or to any LXMF address).\n\n"
-            info += "By using service plugins, you can start additional services or programs within the Sideband application context, that other plugins (or Sideband itself) can interact with."
+            info2 += "By using [i]Service Plugins[/i], you can start additional services or programs within the Sideband application context, that other plugins (or Sideband itself) can interact with.\n\n"
-            info += "Restart Sideband for changes to these settings to take effect."
+            info2 += "With [i]Telemetry Plugins[/i], you can add custom telemetry from external devices and services to the Sideband telemetry system.\n\n"
-            self.plugins_screen.ids.plugins_info.text = info
+            info2 += "Restart Sideband for changes to these settings to take effect."
+            self.plugins_screen.ids.plugins_info1.text = info1
+            self.plugins_screen.ids.plugins_info2.text = info2
 
             self.plugins_screen.ids.settings_command_plugins_enabled.active = self.sideband.config["command_plugins_enabled"]
             self.plugins_screen.ids.settings_service_plugins_enabled.active = self.sideband.config["service_plugins_enabled"]
@@ -3841,6 +3843,9 @@ class SidebandApp(MDApp):
             self.plugins_screen.ids.settings_service_plugins_enabled.bind(active=plugins_settings_save)
 
     def plugins_open(self, sender=None, direction="left", no_transition=False):
+        plugins_info_text = self.sideband.get_plugins_info()
+        self.plugins_screen.ids.plugins_loaded.text = plugins_info_text
+
         if no_transition:
             self.root.ids.screen_manager.transition = self.no_transition
         else:

sbapp/sideband/core.py

@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@ class SidebandCore():
         self.active_service_plugins = {}
         self.active_telemetry_plugins = {}
         if self.is_service or self.is_standalone:
-            self.__load_plugins()
+            def load_job():
+                time.sleep(1)
+                self.__load_plugins()
+
+            threading.Thread(target=load_job, daemon=True).start()
 
     def clear_tmp_dir(self):
         if os.path.isdir(self.tmp_dir):
@@ -685,6 +689,7 @@ class SidebandCore():
         
         if plugins_enabled:
             if plugins_path != None:
+                RNS.log("Loading Sideband plugins...", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
                 if os.path.isdir(plugins_path):
                     for file in os.listdir(plugins_path):
                         if file.lower().endswith(".py"):
@@ -1366,6 +1371,45 @@ class SidebandCore():
                             RNS.log("Error while retrieving state "+str(prop)+" over RPC: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
                             self.rpc_connection = None
                             return None
+
+    def _get_plugins_info(self):
+        np = 0
+        plugins_info_text = ""
+        for name in self.active_service_plugins:
+            np += 1
+            plugins_info_text += f"\n- Service Plugin [b]{name}[/b]"
+        for name in self.active_telemetry_plugins:
+            np += 1
+            plugins_info_text += f"\n- Telemetry Plugin [b]{name}[/b]"
+        for name in self.active_command_plugins:
+            np += 1
+            plugins_info_text += f"\n- Command Plugin [b]{name}[/b]"
+        if np == 0:
+            plugins_info_text = "[i]No plugins are currently loaded[/i]"
+        elif np == 1:
+            plugins_info_text = "Currently, 1 plugin is loaded and active:\n" + plugins_info_text
+        else:
+            plugins_info_text = f"Currently, {np} plugins are loaded and active:\n" + plugins_info_text
+        return plugins_info_text
+
+    def get_plugins_info(self):
+        if not RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_android():
+            return self._get_plugins_info()
+        else:
+            if self.is_service:
+                return self._get_plugins_info()
+            else:
+                try:
+                    if self.rpc_connection == None:
+                        self.rpc_connection = multiprocessing.connection.Client(self.rpc_addr, authkey=self.rpc_key)
+                    self.rpc_connection.send({"get_plugins_info": True})
+                    response = self.rpc_connection.recv()
+                    return response
+                except Exception as e:
+                    ed = "Error while getting plugins info over RPC: "+str(e)
+                    RNS.log(ed, RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                    return ed
+
     
     def __start_rpc_listener(self):
         try:
@@ -1404,6 +1448,10 @@ class SidebandCore():
                                 elif "set_debug" in call:
                                     self.service_rpc_set_debug(call["set_debug"])
                                     connection.send(True)
+                                elif "get_plugins_info" in call:
+                                    connection.send(self._get_plugins_info())
+                                else:
+                                    return None
 
                         except Exception as e:
                             RNS.log("Error on client RPC connection: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)

sbapp/ui/layouts.py

@@ -1162,13 +1162,19 @@ MDScreen:
                 height: self.minimum_height
                 padding: [dp(35), dp(35), dp(35), dp(35)]
 
+                MDLabel:
+                    padding: [0,dp(0),dp(0),dp(0)]
+                    text: "Plugin Settings"
+                    id: plugins_active_heading
+                    font_style: "H6"
+                    size_hint_y: None
+                    height: self.texture_size[1]
 
                 MDLabel:
-                    id: plugins_info
+                    id: plugins_info1
                     markup: True
                     text: ""
                     size_hint_y: None
-                    text_size: self.width, None
                     height: self.texture_size[1]
 
                 MDBoxLayout:
@@ -1210,6 +1216,29 @@ MDScreen:
                     font_size: dp(16)
                     size_hint: [1.0, None]
                     on_release: root.app.plugins_select_directory_action(self)
+
+                MDLabel:
+                    id: plugins_info2
+                    markup: True
+                    text: ""
+                    size_hint_y: None
+                    text_size: self.width, None
+                    height: self.texture_size[1]
+
+                MDLabel:
+                    padding: [0,dp(14),dp(0),dp(0)]
+                    text: "Active Plugins"
+                    id: plugins_active_heading
+                    font_style: "H6"
+                    size_hint_y: None
+                    height: self.texture_size[1]
+
+                MDLabel:
+                    id: plugins_loaded
+                    markup: True
+                    text: ""
+                    size_hint_y: None
+                    height: self.texture_size[1]
 """
 
 layout_settings_screen = """