From e416e31bc733999f20c39dc303ecf74263e540c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Kelley <jkelleyrtp@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 17:22:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: new spawn_forever for tasks that never die

---
 packages/core/src/scopes.rs | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/scopes.rs b/packages/core/src/scopes.rs
index 7d50fd2a5..7e415801b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/scopes.rs
+++ b/packages/core/src/scopes.rs
@@ -773,6 +773,20 @@ impl ScopeState {
         self.push_future(fut);
     }
 
+    /// Spawn a future that Dioxus will never clean up
+    ///
+    /// This is good for tasks that need to be run after the component has been dropped.
+    pub fn spawn_forever(&self, fut: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static) -> TaskId {
+        // wake up the scheduler if it is sleeping
+        self.tasks
+            .sender
+            .unbounded_send(SchedulerMsg::NewTask(self.our_arena_idx))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // The root scope will never be unmounted so we can just add the task at the top of the app
+        self.tasks.spawn(ScopeId(0), fut)
+    }
+
     /// Informs the scheduler that this task is no longer needed and should be removed
     /// on next poll.
     pub fn remove_future(&self, id: TaskId) {