success in GetProfiles: rework profiles manager view, pull profiles to FlwtchState and rework init a lot

android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/flutter_app/MainActivity.kt

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class MainActivity: FlutterActivity() {
                 Log.i("MainActivity.kt", "  appDir: '" + appDir + "' torPath: '" + torPath + "'")
                 Cwtch.startCwtch(appDir, torPath)
             }
+            "GetProfiles" -> result.success(Cwtch.getProfiles())
             else -> result.notImplemented()
         }
     }

lib/cwtch/cwtch.dart

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 abstract class Cwtch {
-  void Start();
+  Future<void> Start();
 
   void SelectProfile(String onion);
 

lib/cwtch/ffi.dart

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class CwtchFfi implements Cwtch {
     library = DynamicLibrary.open("libCwtch.so");
   }
 
-  void Start() {
+  Future<void> Start() {
     String home = "";
     Map<String, String> envVars = Platform.environment;
     if (Platform.isLinux) {

lib/cwtch/gomobile.dart

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
 import 'dart:async';
@@ -18,31 +20,20 @@ class CwtchGomobile implements Cwtch {
   static const appInfoPlatform = const MethodChannel('test.flutter.dev/applicationInfo');
   static const cwtchPlatform = const MethodChannel('cwtch');
 
-  var androidLibraryDir = "";
-  var androidHomeDirectory = "";
+  Future<String> androidLibraryDir;
+  Future<Directory> androidHomeDirectory;
 
   CwtchGomobile() {
-    print("CwtchGomobile()");
-    /*getApplicationDocumentsDirectory().then((directory) =>
-    {
-        print("androidHomeDir = $directory"),
-        androidHomeDirectory = directory.path
-    });
-
-    appInfoPlatform.invokeMethod('getNativeLibDir').then((value) =>
-    {
-        print("nativeLibraryDir = $value"),
-        androidLibraryDir = value
-    });*/
+    print("gomobile.dart: CwtchGomobile()");
+    androidHomeDirectory = getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
+    androidLibraryDir = appInfoPlatform.invokeMethod('getNativeLibDir');
   }
 
-  void Start() async {
-    var androidHome = getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
-    var androidLibDir = appInfoPlatform.invokeMethod('getNativeLibDir');
-
-    var cwtchDir = path.join((await androidHome).path, ".cwtch/dev/");
-    String torPath = path.join(await androidLibDir, "libtor.so");
-    print("gomobile.dart: Start($cwtchDir, $torPath)");
+  Future<void> Start() async {
+    print("gomobile.dart: Start()...");
+    var cwtchDir = path.join((await androidHomeDirectory).path, ".cwtch/dev/");
+    String torPath = path.join(await androidLibraryDir, "libtor.so");
+    print("gomobile.dart: Start invokeMethod Start($cwtchDir, $torPath)...");
     cwtchPlatform.invokeMethod("Start", {"appDir": cwtchDir, "torPath": torPath});
   }
 
@@ -58,6 +49,7 @@ class CwtchGomobile implements Cwtch {
   }
 
   Future<String> GetProfiles() {
+    print("gomobile.dart: GetProfiles()");
     return cwtchPlatform.invokeMethod("GetProfiles");
   }
 

lib/main.dart

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import 'dart:collection';
+import 'dart:convert';
+
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_app/cwtch/ffi.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_app/cwtch/gomobile.dart';
@@ -5,6 +8,7 @@ import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
 import 'cwtch/cwtch.dart';
 import 'model.dart';
 import 'views/profilemgrview.dart';
+import 'views/splashView.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'dart:io' show Platform;
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
@@ -23,50 +27,81 @@ class FlwtchState extends State<Flwtch> {
   final TextStyle biggerFont = const TextStyle(fontSize: 18);
 
   Cwtch cwtch;
+  bool cwtchInit = false;
   AppModel appStatus;
-
+  HashMap<String, ProfileModel> profiles;
 
 
   @override
   initState() {
     super.initState();
+    cwtchInit = false;
+    profiles = new HashMap<String, ProfileModel>();
+
+    print("FlwtchState.initState()");
 
     if (Platform.isAndroid) {
       cwtch = CwtchGomobile();
     } else {
       cwtch = CwtchFfi();
     }
+    cwtch.Start().then((val) {
+      setState(() {
+        cwtchInit = true;
+        loadProfiles();
+      });
+    });
+
+    appStatus = AppModel(cwtch: cwtch);
+    // Timing issue? Start may not have inited cwtch yet when we ask for getProfiles...
+  }
+
+  void loadProfiles() {
+    cwtch.GetProfiles().then((jsonProfiles) {
+      print("got profiles: $jsonProfiles");
+      setState(() {
+        Map<String, dynamic> _profiles = jsonDecode(jsonProfiles);
+        _profiles.forEach((onion, nick) {
+          print("  profile $nick $onion");
+          ProfileModel profile1 = new ProfileModel();
+          profile1.onion = onion;
+          profile1.nickname = nick;
+          profile1.creationDate = "4 jan 2020";
+          profile1.contacts = new HashMap<String, ContactModel>();
+
+          profiles.putIfAbsent(profile1.onion, () => profile1);
+        });
+      });
+    });
   }
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    appStatus = AppModel(cwtch: cwtch);
-    cwtch.Start();
-
-    return Provider<FlwtchState>(
-        create: (_) => this,
-        child: MaterialApp(
-          title: 'Flutter Demo',
-          theme: ThemeData(
-            // This is the theme of your application.
-            //
-            // Try running your application with "flutter run". You'll see the
-            // application has a blue toolbar. Then, without quitting the app, try
-            // changing the primarySwatch below to Colors.green and then invoke
-            // "hot reload" (press "r" in the console where you ran "flutter run",
-            // or simply save your changes to "hot reload" in a Flutter IDE).
-            // Notice that the counter didn't reset back to zero; the application
-            // is not restarted.
-            primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
-            // This makes the visual density adapt to the platform that you run
-            // the app on. For desktop platforms, the controls will be smaller and
-            // closer together (more dense) than on mobile platforms.
-            visualDensity: VisualDensity.adaptivePlatformDensity,
-            primaryColor: Color(0xFF4B3557),
-            canvasColor: Color(0xFFB09CBC),
-            accentColor: Color(0xFFD01972),
-          ),
-          home: ProfileMgrView(),
-      ));
+    print("FlwtchState.build() cwtchInit: $cwtchInit");
+      return Provider<FlwtchState>(
+          create: (_) => this,
+          child: MaterialApp(
+            title: 'Flutter Demo',
+            theme: ThemeData(
+              // This is the theme of your application.
+              //
+              // Try running your application with "flutter run". You'll see the
+              // application has a blue toolbar. Then, without quitting the app, try
+              // changing the primarySwatch below to Colors.green and then invoke
+              // "hot reload" (press "r" in the console where you ran "flutter run",
+              // or simply save your changes to "hot reload" in a Flutter IDE).
+              // Notice that the counter didn't reset back to zero; the application
+              // is not restarted.
+              primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
+              // This makes the visual density adapt to the platform that you run
+              // the app on. For desktop platforms, the controls will be smaller and
+              // closer together (more dense) than on mobile platforms.
+              visualDensity: VisualDensity.adaptivePlatformDensity,
+              primaryColor: Color(0xFF4B3557),
+              canvasColor: Color(0xFFB09CBC),
+              accentColor: Color(0xFFD01972),
+            ),
+            home: cwtchInit == true ? ProfileMgrView() : SplashView(),
+          ));
   }
 }

lib/views/profilemgrview.dart

@@ -15,31 +15,10 @@ class ProfileMgrView extends StatefulWidget {
 }
 
 class _ProfileMgrViewState extends State<ProfileMgrView> {
-  HashMap<String, ProfileModel> _profiles;
-
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    if (_profiles == null) {
-      _profiles = new HashMap<String, ProfileModel>();
-    }
-
-    if (_profiles.length < 1) {
-
-      String jsonProfiles = Provider.of<FlwtchState>(context).cwtch.GetProfiles();
-      print(jsonProfiles);
-
-      Map<String, dynamic> profiles = jsonDecode(jsonProfiles);
-
-      profiles.forEach((onion,nick) {
-        ProfileModel profile1 = new ProfileModel();
-        profile1.onion = onion;
-        profile1.nickname = nick;
-        profile1.creationDate = "4 jan 2020";
-        profile1.contacts = new HashMap<String, ContactModel>();
-
-        _profiles.putIfAbsent(profile1.onion, () => profile1);
-      });
-    }
+    print("ProfileMgrViewState.build()");
+    //HashMap<String, ProfileModel> _profiles = Provider.of<FlwtchState>(context).profiles;
 
     return Scaffold (
       appBar: AppBar(
@@ -66,11 +45,11 @@ class _ProfileMgrViewState extends State<ProfileMgrView> {
   }
 
   String getNick(String profile, String contact) {
-    return contact == profile ? "me" : _profiles[profile].contacts[contact].nickname;
+    return contact == profile ? "me" : Provider.of<FlwtchState>(context).profiles[profile].contacts[contact].nickname;
   }
 
   Widget _buildProfileManager() {
-    final tiles = _profiles.values.map(
+    final tiles = Provider.of<FlwtchState>(context).profiles.values.map(
           (ProfileModel profile) {
         return ListTile(
           title: Text(