postpone connecting to I2P after the main frame has been shown

core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/Core.groovy

@@ -237,8 +237,7 @@ public class Core {
             router = new Router(routerProps)
             router.getContext().setLogManager(new MuWireLogManager())
             router.runRouter()
-            while(!router.isRunning())
-                Thread.sleep(100)
+            Thread.sleep(5000)
         }
 
         log.info("initializing I2P socket manager")
@@ -559,11 +558,11 @@ public class Core {
             it.init(this)
         }
 
-        i2pConnector.connect()
         watchedDirectoryConverter.convert()
         hasherService.start()
         trustService.start()
         trustService.waitForLoad()
+        i2pConnector.connect()
         contentManager.start()
         hostCache.start({connectionManager.getConnections().collect{ it.endpoint.destination }} as Supplier)
         connectionManager.start()

gui/griffon-app/lifecycle/Ready.groovy

@@ -108,13 +108,17 @@ class Ready extends AbstractLifecycleHandler {
             Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook({
                 core.shutdown()
             })
-            core.startServices()
             application.context.put("core",core)
             application.getPropertyChangeListeners("core").each {
                 it.propertyChange(new PropertyChangeEvent(this, "core", null, core))
             }
 
             core.eventBus.publish(new UILoadedEvent())
+            
+            def initer = {core.startServices()} as Runnable
+            initer = new Thread(initer, "core initializer")
+            initer.setDaemon(true)
+            initer.start()
         } catch (Exception bad) {
             log.log(Level.SEVERE,"couldn't initialize core",bad)