From 40fc108a45975363e034890b6739b25351ba1721 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wpkelso <wpkelso+github@posteo.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:51:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Move boilerplate to application subclass

---
 lib/Widgets/Application.vala | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/Widgets/Application.vala

diff --git a/lib/Widgets/Application.vala b/lib/Widgets/Application.vala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aca1120c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Widgets/Application.vala
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+/**
+ * A {@link Gtk.Application} subclass that includes Granite initialization and
+ * setup for common accelerator actions. 
+ * 
+ * @since 7.7.0
+ */
+
+[Version (since = "7.7.0")]
+public class Granite.Application : Gtk.Application {
+
+    public Application () {
+        Object (
+            flags: ApplicationFlags.DEFAULT_FLAGS
+        );
+    }
+
+    construct {
+        Intl.setlocale (LocaleCategory.ALL, "");
+        Intl.bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+        Intl.bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+        Intl.textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+    }
+
+    public override void startup () {
+        Granite.init ();
+        base.startup ();
+
+        // Respond to user theme preferences
+        var granite_settings = Granite.Settings.get_default ();
+        var gtk_settings = Gtk.SEttings.get_default ();
+
+        gtk_settings.gtk_application_prefer_dark_theme = (
+                granite_settings.prefers_color_scheme == DARK
+        );
+
+        granite_settings.noftify["prefers-color-scheme"].connect (() => {
+                gtk_settings.gtk_application_prefer_dark_theme = (
+                        granite_settings.prefers_color_scheme == DARK
+                );
+        });
+
+        // Set up common actions
+        var quit_action = new SimpleAction ("quit", null);
+        add_action (quit_action);
+        set_accels_for_action ("app.quit", {"<Control>q"});
+        quit_action.activate.connect (quit);
+    }
+}