Index: sources/ApplicationController.cpp
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diff -u -ra3030123e885fb9f22dea5839c4e988896a257e4 -r821bf955d0ba7e028bccfee7c04ca77cf80a0bd4
--- sources/ApplicationController.cpp	(.../ApplicationController.cpp)	(revision a3030123e885fb9f22dea5839c4e988896a257e4)
+++ sources/ApplicationController.cpp	(.../ApplicationController.cpp)	(revision 821bf955d0ba7e028bccfee7c04ca77cf80a0bd4)
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@
  * THIS CODE MAY NOT BE COPIED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM, IN PART OR IN
  * WHOLE, WITHOUT THE EXPLICIT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER.
  *
- * \file ApplicationController.cpp
- * \author (last) Peter Lucia
- * \date (last) 15-Oct-2020
- * \author (original) Behrouz NematiPour
- * \date (original) 26-Aug-2020
+ * \file    ApplicationController.cpp
+ * \author  (last)      Behrouz NematiPour
+ * \date    (last)      29-Mar-2021
+ * \author  (original)  Behrouz NematiPour
+ * \date    (original)  29-Mar-2021
  *
  */
 #include "ApplicationController.h"
 
 // Qt
+#include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrent>
 
 // Project
 #include "MainTimer.h"
@@ -23,7 +24,10 @@
 #include "DriveWatcher.h"
 #include "FileHandler.h"
 #include "GuiController.h"
+#include "Settings.h"
+#include "MSettings.h"
 
+
 /*!
  * \brief   ApplicationController::ApplicationController
  * \details Constructor
@@ -119,8 +123,14 @@
             this            ,   SLOT( onExportLog()));
 
     connect(&_Logger        , SIGNAL(didExportLogs()),
-            this            ,   SLOT( onExport()));
+            this            ,   SLOT( onExport    ()));
 
+    // Settings - move to application thread
+    connect(this, SIGNAL(didSettingsInit()),
+            this,   SLOT( onSettingsInit()));
+    connect(&_settingsWatcher, SIGNAL(finished         ()),
+            this             , SIGNAL(didSettingsUpdate()));
+
     // ---- Signal/Slots
     ADJUST_TRANSMT_MODEL_BRIDGE_CONNECTIONS(_GuiController    )
     ACTION_RECEIVE_MODEL_BRIDGE_CONNECTIONS(_MessageDispatcher)
@@ -441,3 +451,46 @@
     }
 }
 // coco end
+
+/*!
+ * \brief   ApplicationController::initSettings
+ * \details The external method available to request for initializing the settings
+ *          To start the task in Application Tread, emits a signal which will call a slot to take care of the execution.
+ */
+void ApplicationController::initSettings()
+{
+    PRINT_THREAD_NAME // Main Thread
+
+    // this emit guaranties that the slot will be called in the application thread
+    // also the signal is private so it will be used internally only.
+    emit didSettingsInit({});
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief   ApplicationController::onSettingsInit
+ * \details The slot which will be called to start the settings initialization in Application thread.
+ *          This method also initializes the Settings model singleton object to let it live in the Application thread.
+ *          To start the setting initialization QConcurrent is used with QFuture to signal the Application when it's done.
+ */
+void ApplicationController::onSettingsInit()
+{
+    PRINT_THREAD_NAME
+
+    // has been used here to create the object in the thread that Settings is leaving in,
+    // which currently is Application_Thread, since the Settings is created in that thread.
+    Q_UNUSED(_SettingModel)
+
+    QFuture<void> mFuture = QtConcurrent::run(this, &ApplicationController::settingsInit);
+    _settingsWatcher.setFuture(mFuture);
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief   ApplicationController::settingsInit
+ * \details The Settings read function is called in this method.
+ *          This callback function for the QCuncurrnent run.
+ */
+void ApplicationController::settingsInit()
+{
+    Storage::Settings settings;
+    settings.read();
+}