Splashscreen

.gitignore

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 *.asv
 *.avi
 *.png
-!pulsewaves_logo_temp.png
+!pulsewave_logo_temp.png
 # Prerequisites
 *.d
 

displaySplashScreen.m

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+function displaySplashScreen()
+% Displays the splash screen during the app launch pausing for a short time
+% and displaying git info
+s = SplashScreen( 'Splashscreen', 'pulsewave_logo_temp.png','ProgressBar', 'on','ProgressPosition', 5,'ProgressRatio', 0.4 );
+s.addText( 30, 50, 'Git info :', 'FontSize', 15, 'Color', [0 0 0.0] , 'Shadow','off')
+
+gitBranchCommand = 'git symbolic-ref --short HEAD';
+[statusBranch, resultBranch] = system(gitBranchCommand);
+
+if statusBranch == 0
+    resultBranch = strtrim(resultBranch);
+    MessBranch = 'Current branch : ';
+else
+    MessBranch = 'Error getting current branch name. Git command output: ';
+end
+
+gitHashCommand = 'git rev-parse HEAD';
+[statusHash, resultHash] = system(gitHashCommand);
+
+if statusHash == 0 %hash command was successful
+    resultHash = strtrim(resultHash);
+    MessHash = 'Latest Commit Hash : ';
+else
+    MessHash = 'Error getting latest commit hash. Git command output: ';
+end
+
+% display git info
+s.addText( 30, 80, [MessBranch, resultBranch], 'FontSize', 10, 'Color', [0 0 0] , 'Shadow','off')
+s.addText( 30, 100, [MessHash, resultHash], 'FontSize', 10, 'Color', [0 0 0], 'Shadow','off' )
+
+t = timer;
+t.StartDelay = 3;
+t.TimerFcn = @(~,~)delete(s);
+start(t);
+
+end