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[Daniel d'Andrada <daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a very old issue.
On surface creation a mir callback is called where qtmir can modify the parameters of a surface about to be created, such as its size. Gerry tried in the past to connect this callback to unity8 so the latter could set the size properly, but it led to some horrible threading-related crashes and thus pulled out.

If I'm not mistaken nowadays that callback
(MirWindowManagerImpl::add_surface I tink) simply defaults to the screen
size, which is a fine default for phone but evidently not for desktop.

And this old issue was made more evident now that we no longer stretch
windows in shell, so on desktop you see a fullscreen window for a
splitsecond before the app responds to the resize.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1532974

Title:
  large window flicker on ubuntu apps launching in window mode

Status in The Avila project:
  New
Status in Canonical System Image:
  Triaged
Status in canonical-pocket-desktop:
  New
Status in qtmir package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I don't recall ever seeing this, and I believe i would have noticed, so I think this is a regression
  This only seems to occur for ubuntu apps (not puritine/xmir apps)
  This is probably best demonstrated with the Clock app because of the trusted prompt - which in the clock app case actually holds the large window on screen

  steps to repro
  1) connect bt mouse
  2) connect slimport to device
  3) launch clock app (or any other ubuntu app and keep your eyes on the screen for the flicker)

  also, tested this on both n7 and n4, it occurs on both

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