working version of tray_icon events

src/main.rs

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ fn main() {
     let mut state = StreamState::new();
     //until control_c is caught, check the queue of incoming
     //requests from the socket handler.
+    let stop_flag = control_c_called_flag_rx.clone();
+    let messages = tray_icon.message_channel.clone();
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
         while !control_c_called_flag_rx.get() {
             match from_socket_rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(100)) {
                 Ok(message) => {
@@ -65,12 +68,16 @@ fn main() {
 
             let tick_update = state.tick();
             handle_instructions(tick_update, &mut state, &socket, &hotkeys);
-
+            println!("{:?}", messages.recv());
+        }
+        socket.close();
+    });
+    while !stop_flag.get() {
         tray_icon.process_tray_messages();
+        //tray_icon.check_tray_messages();
     }
     
     println!("closing main thread");
-    socket.close();
     hotkey_handle.join().unwrap();
 }
 

src/modules/tray_icon.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub enum Events {
 
 pub struct TrayIcon {
     tray_icon: trayicon::TrayIcon<Events>,
-    message_channel: crossbeam_channel::Receiver<Events>,
+    pub message_channel: crossbeam_channel::Receiver<Events>,
 }
 
 impl TrayIcon {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl TrayIcon {
         let first_icon = Icon::from_buffer(icon1, None, None).unwrap();
 
         // Needlessly complicated tray icon with all the whistles and bells
-        let mut tray_icon = TrayIconBuilder::new()
+        let tray_icon = TrayIconBuilder::new()
             .sender_crossbeam(s)
             .icon_from_buffer(icon1)
             .tooltip("Cool Tray 👀 Icon")
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl TrayIcon {
     pub fn process_tray_messages(&self) {
         unsafe {
             let mut msg = MaybeUninit::uninit();
-            let bret = winuser::PeekMessageW(msg.as_mut_ptr(), 0 as _, 0, 0, 1);
+            let bret = winuser::GetMessageA(msg.as_mut_ptr(), 0 as _, 0, 0);
 
             if bret > 0 {
                 winuser::TranslateMessage(msg.as_ptr());
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ impl TrayIcon {
                 return;
             }
         }
+    }
+
+    pub fn check_tray_messages(&self){
 
         let message = self.message_channel.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(10));
         match message {