lovr.system.openConsole;

src/api/l_system.c

@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ static int l_lovrSystemGetCoreCount(lua_State* L) {
   return 1;
 }
 
+static int l_lovrSystemOpenConsole(lua_State* L) {
+  lovrSystemOpenConsole();
+  return 0;
+}
+
 static int l_lovrSystemRequestPermission(lua_State* L) {
   Permission permission = luax_checkenum(L, 1, Permission, NULL);
   lovrSystemRequestPermission(permission);
@@ -307,6 +312,7 @@ static int l_lovrSystemWasMouseReleased(lua_State* L) {
 static const luaL_Reg lovrSystem[] = {
   { "getOS", l_lovrSystemGetOS },
   { "getCoreCount", l_lovrSystemGetCoreCount },
+  { "openConsole", l_lovrSystemOpenConsole },
   { "requestPermission", l_lovrSystemRequestPermission },
   { "openWindow", l_lovrSystemOpenWindow },
   { "isWindowOpen", l_lovrSystemIsWindowOpen },

src/core/os_android.c

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ uint32_t os_get_core_count(void) {
 // To make regular printing work, a thread makes a pipe and redirects stdout and stderr to the write
 // end of the pipe.  The read end of the pipe is forwarded to __android_log_write.
 static struct {
+  bool attached;
   int handles[2];
   pthread_t thread;
 } log;
@@ -221,8 +222,11 @@ static void* log_main(void* data) {
 }
 
 void os_open_console(void) {
-  pthread_create(&log.thread, NULL, log_main, log.handles);
-  pthread_detach(log.thread);
+  if (!log.attached) {
+    pthread_create(&log.thread, NULL, log_main, log.handles);
+    pthread_detach(log.thread);
+    log.attached = true;
+  }
 }
 
 #define NS_PER_SEC 1000000000ULL

src/modules/system/system.c

@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ const char* lovrSystemGetOS(void) {
   return os_get_name();
 }
 
+void lovrSystemOpenConsole(void) {
+  os_open_console();
+}
+
 uint32_t lovrSystemGetCoreCount(void) {
   return os_get_core_count();
 }

src/modules/system/system.h

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ bool lovrSystemInit(void);
 void lovrSystemDestroy(void);
 const char* lovrSystemGetOS(void);
 uint32_t lovrSystemGetCoreCount(void);
+void lovrSystemOpenConsole(void);
 void lovrSystemRequestPermission(Permission permission);
 void lovrSystemOpenWindow(struct os_window_config* config);
 bool lovrSystemIsWindowOpen(void);