initialize viuer supports in the main thread to avoid deadlock

Author: aome510

spotify_player/src/main.rs

@@ -133,6 +133,17 @@ fn init_logging(cache_folder: &std::path::Path) -> Result<()> {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn start_app(state: state::SharedState, is_daemon: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    if !is_daemon {
+        #[cfg(feature = "image")]
+        {
+            // initialize `viuer` supports for kitty, iterm2, and sixel
+            viuer::get_kitty_support();
+            viuer::is_iterm_supported();
+            #[cfg(feature = "sixel")]
+            viuer::is_sixel_supported();
+        }
+    }
+
     // client channels
     let (client_pub, client_sub) = flume::unbounded::<event::ClientRequest>();
 

spotify_player/src/ui/mod.rs

@@ -12,15 +12,6 @@ mod utils;
 
 /// run the application UI
 pub fn run(state: SharedState) -> Result<()> {
-    #[cfg(feature = "image")]
-    {
-        // initialize viuer supports for kitty and iterm2
-        viuer::get_kitty_support();
-        viuer::is_iterm_supported();
-        #[cfg(feature = "sixel")]
-        viuer::is_sixel_supported();
-    }
-
     let mut terminal = init_ui().context("failed to initialize the application's UI")?;
 
     let ui_refresh_duration =