the title on the player menu item can now be dynamically changed using the Identity prop on the root MPRIS interface

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/mpris2-controller.vala b/src/mpris2-controller.vala
index 03571e6..b9e7551 100644
--- a/src/mpris2-controller.vala
+++ b/src/mpris2-controller.vala
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ public class Mpris2Controller : GLib.Object
       this.fetch_playlists.begin();
       this.fetch_active_playlist();
     }
+    Variant? identity_v = changed_properties.lookup("Identity");
+    if (identity_v != null){
+      TitleMenuitem title = this.owner.custom_items[PlayerController.widget_order.TITLE] as TitleMenuitem;
+      title.alter_label (identity_v.get_string());
+    }
   }
   
   private bool ensure_correct_playback_status(){
@@ -144,15 +149,20 @@ public class Mpris2Controller : GLib.Object
   public void initial_update()
   {
     TransportMenuitem.state update;
+    
     if(this.player.PlaybackStatus == null){
       update = TransportMenuitem.state.PAUSED;
     }
-
-    update = determine_play_state(null);
-   
-    (this.owner.custom_items[PlayerController.widget_order.TRANSPORT] as TransportMenuitem).change_play_state(TransportMenuitem.state.PAUSED);
+    else{
+      update = determine_play_state (this.player.PlaybackStatus);
+    }
+    if (this.mpris2_root.Identity != null){
+      TitleMenuitem title = this.owner.custom_items[PlayerController.widget_order.TITLE] as TitleMenuitem;
+      title.alter_label (this.mpris2_root.Identity);
+    }
+    (this.owner.custom_items[PlayerController.widget_order.TRANSPORT] as TransportMenuitem).change_play_state (update);
     GLib.HashTable<string, Value?>? cleaned_metadata = this.clean_metadata();
-    this.owner.custom_items[PlayerController.widget_order.METADATA].update(cleaned_metadata,
+    this.owner.custom_items[PlayerController.widget_order.METADATA].update (cleaned_metadata,
                                                                             MetadataMenuitem.attributes_format());
 
     if ( this.owner.use_playlists == true ){
diff --git a/src/title-menu-item.vala b/src/title-menu-item.vala
index 6ed24d8..fd81f65 100644
--- a/src/title-menu-item.vala
+++ b/src/title-menu-item.vala
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ public class TitleMenuitem : PlayerItem
   public TitleMenuitem(PlayerController parent)
   {
     Object(item_type: MENUITEM_TYPE, owner: parent);
-    this.property_set(MENUITEM_NAME, parent.app_info.get_name());    
-    this.property_set(MENUITEM_ICON, parent.icon_name);    
+  }
+
+  construct
+  {  
+    this.property_set(MENUITEM_NAME, this.owner.app_info.get_name());    
+    this.property_set(MENUITEM_ICON, this.owner.icon_name);    
     this.property_set_bool(MENUITEM_RUNNING, false);        
   }
 
@@ -42,6 +46,12 @@ public class TitleMenuitem : PlayerItem
     }   
   }
 
+  public void alter_label (string new_title)
+  {
+    if (new_title != null) return;
+    this.property_set(MENUITEM_NAME, new_title);        
+  }
+
   public void toggle_active_triangle(bool update)
   {
     this.property_set_bool(MENUITEM_RUNNING, update);