sdk/fidl/fuchsia.app.sessionshell/session_shell.fidl

// Copyright 2019 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

library fuchsia.app.sessionshell;

using fuchsia.app;
using fuchsia.ui.views;

// This interface is implemented by a session shell and is used by the
// sessionmgr to hand to the session shell views of stories, or to notify that
// the view of a story is about to be closed.
[Discoverable]
protocol SessionShell {
    /// Attaches |view_holder_token| as the view for |story_id|. Session
    /// shells are expected to compose the view into the session UI. Metadata
    /// about the story are available through SessionObserver/WatchStories() for the same
    /// StoryId.
    ///
    /// It is customary for the session shell to display a placeholder before a
    /// the first call to AttachView() for a given view_id.
    AttachView(fuchsia.app.StoryId story_id, fuchsia.ui.views.ViewHolderToken view_holder_token);

    /// Instructs the session shell to detach from the shell UI the view
    /// for |story_id|.  The view will be closed soon after
    /// DetachView() returns, or after a timeout is reached.
    ///
    /// If the story identified by |story_id| is being deleted, the
    /// shell will observe the story's removal in a future call to
    /// SessionObserver/WatchStories().
    ///
    /// If the session for which this session shell is responsible for is being
    /// terminated, the shell should expect to be terminated without observing
    /// individual calls to DetachView() for each story.
    ///
    /// It is customary for the session shell to display a placeholder after a
    /// call to DetachView().
    DetachView(fuchsia.app.StoryId story_id) -> ();

    /// Instructs the shell that another client (such as a session controller)
    /// is requesting a specific story be brought into focus. The shell should
    /// return true if it will honor the request and false otherwise.
    ///
    /// Returning true has the same behavior as returning false and calling
    /// SessionController/FocusStory(id).
    HandleFocusStoryRequest(fuchsia.app.StoryId id) -> (bool did_focus);
};