From 1854e469f41112f8b8eb5bca665c3ba16427e273 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luiz Sardinha <luizin@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:39:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: making core a QApplication (so it runs cocoa loop
 on macOS)

---
 src/apps/deskflow-core/CMakeLists.txt    |  1 +
 src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp | 11 +++++------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/apps/deskflow-core/CMakeLists.txt
index eac71bd08..2b4d990be 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   platform
   server
   app
+  Qt6::Widgets
   ${libs})
 
 install(
diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp b/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp
index 143b41ccb..993dd7eb7 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 #include "arch/win32/ArchMiscWindows.h"
-#include <QCoreApplication>
 #endif
 
-#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QApplication>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QSharedMemory>
 #include <QTextStream>
@@ -102,17 +101,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
   App *coreApp = createApp(parser, events, processName);
 
-  QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
-  QCoreApplication::setApplicationName(QStringLiteral("%1 Core").arg(kAppName));
+  QApplication app(argc, argv);
+  QApplication::setApplicationName(QStringLiteral("%1 Core").arg(kAppName));
 
   const auto ipcServer = new deskflow::core::ipc::CoreIpcServer(&app); // NOSONAR - Qt managed
   ipcServer->listen();
 
   QThread coreThread;
-  QObject::connect(&coreThread, &QThread::finished, &app, &QCoreApplication::quit);
+  QObject::connect(&coreThread, &QThread::finished, &app, &QApplication::quit);
   coreApp->run(coreThread);
 
-  const auto exitCode = QCoreApplication::exec();
+  const auto exitCode = QApplication::exec();
   coreThread.wait();
 
   LOG_DEBUG("core exited, code: %d", exitCode);