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Class AppBase

Provides a base implementation for the Meadow App. Use this class for Meadow applications to get strongly-typed access to the current device information.

Assembly: Meadow.dll
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Declaration
public abstract class AppBase : IApp

Derived:
Meadow.App<D>

Implements:
Meadow.IApp

Properties

CancellationToken

A cancellation token that is canceled when the application is signaled to shut down

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Declaration
public CancellationToken CancellationToken { get; }

Settings

Settings parsed from the app.config.yaml at startup

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Declaration
public Dictionary<string, string> Settings { get; }

Abort

The app cancellation token

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Declaration
public static CancellationToken Abort { get; protected set; }

Methods

InvokeOnMainThread(Action<object?>, object?)

Invokes an action in the context of the applications main thread

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Declaration
public virtual void InvokeOnMainThread(Action<object?> action, object? state = null)
Parameters
TypeNameDescription
System.Action<System.Object>actionThe action to call
System.ObjectstateAn optional state object to pass to the Action

Run()

Called by MeadowOS when everything is ready for the App to run

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Declaration
public virtual Task Run()
Returns

System.Threading.Tasks.Task

Initialize()

Called by MeadowOS to initialize the App

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Declaration
public virtual Task Initialize()
Returns

System.Threading.Tasks.Task

OnShutdown()

Called when a request to shut down the App occurs

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Declaration
public virtual Task OnShutdown()
Returns

System.Threading.Tasks.Task

OnError(Exception)

Called when the MeadowOS encounters an error

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Declaration
public virtual Task OnError(Exception e)
Returns

System.Threading.Tasks.Task

Parameters
TypeNameDescription
System.ExceptioneThe exception from MeadowOS

OnUpdate(Version, out bool)

Called when the application is about to update itself.

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Declaration
public void OnUpdate(Version newVersion, out bool approveUpdate)
Parameters
TypeName
System.VersionnewVersion
System.BooleanapproveUpdate

OnUpdateComplete(Version, out bool)

Called when the application has updated itself.

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Declaration
public void OnUpdateComplete(Version oldVersion, out bool rollbackUpdate)
Parameters
TypeName
System.VersionoldVersion
System.BooleanrollbackUpdate

DisposeAsync()

Virtual method provided for App implementations to clean up resources on Disposal

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Declaration
public virtual ValueTask DisposeAsync()
Returns

System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask

Implements