Consider supporting Ayatana app indicator

[dlukes]

It looks like Ayatana is where new development of application indicator functionality is happening. On my distro (Solus), I managed to get the ProtonVPN GUI app indicator working with Ayatana with just this patch:

--- a/protonvpn_gui/view/indicator.py	2021-08-31 15:47:14.420742423 +0200
+++ b/protonvpn_gui/view/indicator.py	2021-08-31 15:47:33.515563589 +0200
@@ -103,8 +103,12 @@
     ERROR_PATH = os.path.join(ICON_DIR_PATH, VPN_TRAY_ERROR)
 
     def __init__(self, application):
-        gi.require_version("AppIndicator3", "0.1")
-        from gi.repository import AppIndicator3 as appindicator
+        try:
+            gi.require_version("AppIndicator3", "0.1")
+            from gi.repository import AppIndicator3 as appindicator
+        except ValueError:
+            gi.require_version("AyatanaAppIndicator3", "0.1")
+            from gi.repository import AyatanaAppIndicator3 as appindicator
         self.setup_reply_subject()
         self.__application = application
         self.__generate_menu()

Maybe worth upstreaming as a way of future-proofing the app as distros move towards Ayatana?

[calexandru2018]

Hey @dlukes

It is indeed a good suggestion. We'll look into it, thank you.

[mkmaslov]

@dlukes, thank you for the solution!

@calexandru2018, are there any plans to implement this suggestion? As of today, ProtonVPN indicator does not function in Debian 11 by default.

To everyone, who stumbles across this thread. In Debian 11, one needs to implement the aforementioned change in: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protonvpn_gui/view/indicator.py