+/**
+ * modest_platform_show_search_messages:
+ * @parent_window: window the dialog will be child of
+ *
+ * shows the search messages dialog
+ **/
+void modest_platform_show_search_messages (GtkWindow *parent_window);
+
+/**
+ * modest_platform_show_addressbook:
+ * @parent_window: window the dialog will be child of
+ *
+ * shows the addressbook
+ **/
+void modest_platform_show_addressbook (GtkWindow *parent_window);
+
+
+GtkWidget* modest_platform_create_folder_view (TnyFolderStoreQuery *query);
+
+void modest_platform_information_banner (GtkWidget *widget,
+ const gchar *icon_name,
+ const gchar *text);
+
+GtkWidget *
+modest_platform_animation_banner (GtkWidget *parent,
+ const gchar *annimation_name,
+ const gchar *text);
+
+/* TODO: This isn't platform-dependent, so this isn't the best place for this. */
+/* Return TRUE immediately if the account is already online,
+ * otherwise check every second for NUMBER_OF_TRIES seconds and return TRUE as
+ * soon as the account is online, or FALSE if the account does
+ * not become online in the NUMBER_OF_TRIES seconds.
+ * This is useful when the D-Bus method was run immediately after
+ * the application was started (when using D-Bus activation),
+ * because the account usually takes a short time to go online.
+ * The return value is maybe not very useful.
+ */
+gboolean modest_platform_check_and_wait_for_account_is_online(TnyAccount *account);
+