Application indicator icon only changes after mouse click

[Bernmeister]

I have an application indicator which shows the moon phase/orientation as its icon (along with a text label). When the indicator does an update (several times per hour), the icon is recreated (as an SVG file) and so the icon changes over time.

Recently, the icon is not showing any change unless I mouse click the icon (or label). I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit and my indicator uses Python 3 and Appindicator3.

I have attached a sample script which is representative of the issue and shows an icon which should change every three seconds. The icon itself is an SVG file and shows a numerical count, starting from zero and increments every three seconds.

I have tested on Ubuntu 12.04 and Xubuntu 12.04 (via VirtualBox) and the icon DOES change on each three second update.

Testing on Ubuntu 14.04, the icon does NOT change UNLESS I click on it. If I change the label text on each update, the icon WILL also change, but only if I don't repeat the SAME text for the label.

FYI: I initially asked this at http://askubuntu.com/questions/490634/application-indicator-icon-not-changing-until-clicked but have had no response.

Thanks in advance,

Bernmeister.

[Ignius Drake (elespector)]

I confirm except that I am on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS and the icon is not changing in either the indicator-lunar or in the test script. My indicator-lunar icon does not change even on clicking though it used to in the past. Now it changes only if I quit the app and restart. Great little app, btw.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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[Bernmeister (thebernmeister)]

Had to choose a package - not sure if this is the most appropriate but it's a start!

[Bernmeister (thebernmeister)]

FWIW, attached is a workaround. Simply put, I alternate the name of the icon which is written out (appending a 1 or 2 depending on each alternate) and that fools the set_icon method to update the icon.