initial scaffolding for inverted, custom message list

src/application/kordophone-application.vala

@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ public class KordophoneApp : Adw.Application
         Object (application_id: "net.buzzert.kordophone2", flags: ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE);
     }
     
+    protected override void startup () {
+        base.startup ();
+        
+        // Load CSS from resources
+        var provider = new Gtk.CssProvider ();
+        provider.load_from_resource ("/net/buzzert/kordophone2/style.css");
+        Gtk.StyleContext.add_provider_for_display (
+            Gdk.Display.get_default (),
+            provider,
+            Gtk.STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION
+        );
+    }
+    
     protected override void activate () {
         window = new MainWindow ();
         window.set_default_size (1200, 1000);

src/application/main-window.vala

@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ public class MainWindow : Adw.ApplicationWindow
 
         var conversation_list_page = new NavigationPage (new ConversationListView (), "Conversations");
         split_view.sidebar = conversation_list_page;
+
+        var message_list_page = new NavigationPage (new MessageListView (new MessageListModel ("123")), "Messages");
+        split_view.content = message_list_page;
     }
 }

src/conversation-list/conversation-row.vala

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ public class ConversationRow : Adw.ActionRow {
         subtitle = conversation.last_message_preview;
         subtitle_lines = 1;
 
+        add_css_class("conversation-row");
+
         unread_badge = new Label(conversation.unread_count.to_string());
         unread_badge.add_css_class("badge");
         unread_badge.add_css_class("accent");

src/meson.build

@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ dependencies = [
     dependency('gio-unix-2.0', required : true)
 ]
 
+gnome = import('gnome')
+resources = gnome.compile_resources(
+    'kordophone-resources',
+    'resources/kordophone.gresource.xml',
+    source_dir: 'resources'
+)
+
 sources = [
     'application/kordophone-application.vala',
     'application/main-window.vala',
@@ -17,11 +24,16 @@ sources = [
     'conversation-list/conversation-list-model.vala',
     'conversation-list/conversation-row.vala',
 
+    'message-list/message-list-view.vala',
+    'message-list/message-list-model.vala',
+
     'models/conversation.vala',
+    'models/message.vala',
 ]
 
 executable('kordophone',
     sources,
+    resources,
     dependencies : dependencies,
     vala_args: ['--pkg', 'posix'],
     install : true

src/message-list/message-list-model.vala

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+using GLib;
+using Gee;
+
+public class MessageListModel : Object, ListModel 
+{
+    public SortedSet<Message> messages {
+        owned get { return _messages.read_only_view; }
+    }
+
+    private string _conversation_guid;
+    private SortedSet<Message> _messages;
+    
+    public MessageListModel(string conversation_guid) {
+        _messages = new TreeSet<Message>((a, b) => {
+            // Sort by date in descending order (newest first)
+            return (int)(b.date - a.date);
+        });
+
+        Repository.get_instance().messages_updated.connect(got_messages_updated);
+        _conversation_guid = conversation_guid;
+    }
+    
+    public void load_messages() {
+        try {
+            Message[] messages = Repository.get_instance().get_messages(_conversation_guid);
+            
+            // Clear existing set
+            uint old_count = _messages.size;
+            _messages.clear();
+            
+            // Notify of removal
+            if (old_count > 0) {
+                items_changed(0, old_count, 0);
+            }
+            
+            // Process each conversation
+            uint position = 0;
+            
+            for (int i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) {
+                var message = messages[i];
+                _messages.add(message);
+                position++;
+            }
+            
+            // Notify of additions
+            if (position > 0) {
+                items_changed(0, 0, position);
+            }
+        } catch (Error e) {
+            warning("Failed to load messages: %s", e.message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void got_messages_updated(string conversation_guid) {
+        if (conversation_guid == _conversation_guid) {
+            load_messages();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    // ListModel implementation
+    public Type get_item_type() {
+        return typeof(Message);
+    }
+    
+    public uint get_n_items() {
+        return _messages.size;
+    }
+    
+    public Object? get_item(uint position) {
+        return _messages.to_array()[position];
+    }
+}

src/message-list/message-list-view.vala

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+using Adw;
+using Gtk;
+
+public class MessageListView : Adw.Bin
+{
+    private Adw.ToolbarView container;
+
+    private MessageDrawingArea message_drawing_area = new MessageDrawingArea();
+    private ScrolledWindow scrolled_window = new ScrolledWindow();
+
+    public MessageListView(MessageListModel model) {
+        container = new Adw.ToolbarView();
+        set_child(container);
+
+        scrolled_window.set_child(message_drawing_area);
+        scrolled_window.add_css_class("message-list-scroller");
+        container.set_content(scrolled_window);
+
+        var header_bar = new Adw.HeaderBar();
+        header_bar.set_title_widget(new Label("Messages"));
+        container.add_top_bar(header_bar);
+    }
+}
+
+
+private class MessageDrawingArea : Widget {
+    public MessageDrawingArea() {
+    }
+
+    public override SizeRequestMode get_request_mode() {
+        return SizeRequestMode.HEIGHT_FOR_WIDTH;
+    }
+    
+    public override void measure(Orientation orientation, int for_size, out int minimum, out int natural, out int minimum_baseline, out int natural_baseline) {
+        GLib.message("Measure orientation: %s, for_size: %d", orientation.to_string(), for_size);
+
+        if (orientation == Orientation.HORIZONTAL) {
+            // Horizontal, so we take up the full width provided
+            minimum = 0;
+            natural = for_size;
+        } else {
+            GLib.message("Vertical measure for width: %d", for_size);
+            minimum = 1500;
+            natural = 1500;
+        }
+        
+        minimum_baseline = -1;
+        natural_baseline = -1;
+    }
+    
+    public override void snapshot(Snapshot snapshot) {
+        var width = get_width();
+        var height = get_height();
+
+        GLib.message("Snapshot width: %d, height: %d", width, height);
+
+        var rect = Graphene.Rect().init(0, 0, width, height);
+        snapshot.append_color({1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f}, rect);
+
+        // Create a text layout
+        var layout = create_pango_layout("Hello World!");
+        layout.set_width(width * Pango.SCALE);
+        
+        // Set text attributes
+        var font_desc = Pango.FontDescription.from_string("Sans 14");
+        layout.set_font_description(font_desc);
+
+        // Draw the text in white
+        snapshot.append_layout(layout, Gdk.RGBA() { red = 1.0f, green = 1.0f, blue = 1.0f, alpha = 1.0f });
+    }
+}
+
+

src/models/message.vala

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using GLib;
+
+public class Message : Object 
+{
+    public string guid { get; set; default = ""; }
+    public string content { get; set; default = ""; }
+    public int64 date { get; set; default = 0; }
+    public string?sender { get; set; default = null; }
+
+    public Message.from_hash_table(HashTable<string, Variant> message_data) {
+        guid = message_data["guid"].get_string();
+        content = message_data["content"].get_string();
+        date = message_data["date"].get_int64();
+        sender = message_data["sender"].get_string();
+    }
+}

src/resources/kordophone.gresource.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<gresources>
+  <gresource prefix="/net/buzzert/kordophone2">
+    <file>style.css</file>
+  </gresource>
+</gresources>

src/resources/style.css

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* Kordophone application styles */
+
+.conversation-row {
+    padding: 8px 12px;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid alpha(#000, 0.1);
+}
+
+.conversation-row:selected {
+    background-color: alpha(@accent_bg_color, 0.50);
+}
+
+.message-list-scroller {
+    /* Invert the y-axis, so the messages are drawn bottom-to-top */
+    /* Individual messages are drawn upside down in the custom renderer */
+    transform: scale(1, -1);
+}

src/service/repository.vala

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Gee;
 public class Repository : Object 
 {
     public signal void conversations_updated();
+    public signal void messages_updated(string conversation_guid);
 
     public static Repository get_instance() {
         if (instance == null) {
@@ -44,6 +45,21 @@ public class Repository : Object
         return returned_conversations;
     }
 
+    public Message[] get_messages(string conversation_guid, string last_message_id = "") throws Error {
+        if (dbus_repository == null) {
+            throw new Error(1337, 1, "Repository not connected");
+        }
+        
+        var messages = dbus_repository.get_messages(conversation_guid, last_message_id);
+        Message[] returned_messages = new Message[messages.length];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) {
+            returned_messages[i] = new Message.from_hash_table(messages[i]);
+        }
+
+        return returned_messages;
+    }
+    
     private async void connect_to_dbus() {
         bool connected = false;
         const string path = "/net/buzzert/kordophonecd/daemon";
@@ -66,6 +82,10 @@ public class Repository : Object
                 conversations_updated();
             });
 
+            dbus_repository.messages_updated.connect((conversation_guid) => {
+                messages_updated(conversation_guid);
+            });
+            
             // Initial load
             conversations_updated();
         } catch (Error e) {