From f147f89dda275a1103d920b3dbc1e726a1609d5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Danielle=20For=C3=A9?= <danielle@elementary.io>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:36:55 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Send feedback on uninstall

Fix notification body text

DRY toast sending

Add user feedback issue to appcenter metadata
---
 data/appcenter.metainfo.xml.in |  1 +
 src/Application.vala           | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/MainWindow.vala            | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/appcenter.metainfo.xml.in b/data/appcenter.metainfo.xml.in
index 8a83bd907..ed5c487ab 100644
--- a/data/appcenter.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/data/appcenter.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
       <issues>
         <issue url="https://github.com/elementary/appcenter/issues/1379">AppCenter still shows number of updates on the icon if updated through the terminal</issue>
         <issue url="https://github.com/elementary/appcenter/issues/2371">Revert change from list/flowbox activate to click controller</issue>
+        <issue url="https://github.com/elementary/appcenter/issues/2393">User feedback on "Uninstall"</issue>
       </issues>
     </release>
 
diff --git a/src/Application.vala b/src/Application.vala
index 39d091a05..3ed46d2e2 100644
--- a/src/Application.vala
+++ b/src/Application.vala
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class AppCenter.App : Gtk.Application {
                     if (package.get_can_launch ()) {
                         // Check if window is focused
                         if (active_window != null && active_window.is_active) {
-                            ((MainWindow) active_window).send_installed_toast (package);
+                            ((MainWindow) active_window).send_toast (package, INSTALLING);
                             break;
                         }
 
@@ -322,6 +322,31 @@ public class AppCenter.App : Gtk.Application {
                     dialog.present ();
                 }
 
+                break;
+            case REMOVING:
+                if (error != null) {
+                    // Check if permission was denied or the operation was cancelled
+                    if (error.matches (IOError.quark (), 19)) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    var dialog = new UninstallFailDialog (package, (owned) error.message);
+                    dialog.present ();
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // Check if window is focused
+                if (active_window != null && active_window.is_active) {
+                    ((MainWindow) active_window).send_toast (package, REMOVING);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                var notification = new Notification (_("The app has been uninstalled"));
+                notification.set_body (_("“%s” has been uninstalled").printf (package.name));
+                notification.set_icon (new ThemedIcon ("process-completed"));
+
+                send_notification ("uninstalled", notification);
+
                 break;
             default:
                 break;
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.vala b/src/MainWindow.vala
index ca7b64d5b..e3bce4161 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.vala
+++ b/src/MainWindow.vala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class AppCenter.MainWindow : Gtk.ApplicationWindow {
     private Adw.NavigationView navigation_view;
     private Granite.OverlayBar overlaybar;
 
+    // Launchable package set when installed
     private AppCenterCore.Package? last_installed_package;
 
     private Views.AppListUpdateView? installed_view;
@@ -212,20 +213,34 @@ public class AppCenter.MainWindow : Gtk.ApplicationWindow {
         navigation_view.push (search_view);
     }
 
-    public void send_installed_toast (AppCenterCore.Package package) {
-        last_installed_package = package;
-
+    public void send_toast (AppCenterCore.Package package, AppCenterCore.Package.State state) {
         // Only show a toast when we're not on the installed app's page
-        if (navigation_view.visible_page is Views.AppInfoView && ((Views.AppInfoView) navigation_view.visible_page).package == package) {
+        if (
+            navigation_view.visible_page is Views.AppInfoView &&
+            ((Views.AppInfoView) navigation_view.visible_page).package == package
+        ) {
             return;
         }
 
-        toast.title = _("“%s” has been installed").printf (package.name);
-        // Show Open only when a desktop app is installed
-        if (package.component.get_kind () == AppStream.ComponentKind.DESKTOP_APP) {
-            toast.set_default_action (_("Open"));
-        } else {
-            toast.set_default_action (null);
+        switch (state) {
+            case INSTALLING:
+                toast.title = _("“%s” has been installed").printf (package.name);
+                // Show Open only when a desktop app is installed
+                if (package.component.get_kind () == DESKTOP_APP) {
+                    last_installed_package = package;
+                    toast.set_default_action (_("Open"));
+                } else {
+                    last_installed_package = null;
+                    toast.set_default_action (null);
+                }
+
+                break;
+            case REMOVING:
+                toast.title = _("“%s” has been uninstalled").printf (package.name);
+                toast.set_default_action (null);
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
         }
 
         toast.send_notification ();