On Windows, the creation of MainWindow renders it in the display without calling show()

[rmartin16]

Describe the bug

On Windows, the MainWindow for an app is shown when it is instantiated instead of when show() is called.

Steps to reproduce

MRE:

import toga


class MyApp(toga.App):
    def startup(self):
        self.main_window = toga.MainWindow(title=self.formal_name)


MyApp("MyApp", "www.example.org").main_loop()

Expected behavior

The window should be shown only after show() is called; at least, this is the behavior on Linux, so everything should at least be consistent.

Screenshots

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Environment

• Operating System: Windows 11
• Python version: 3.10.14
• Software versions:
  • Briefcase: 0.3.19
  • Toga: 0.4.5.dev159+g0d736a41c

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Additional context

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[freakboy3742]

It looks like displaying the form is a side effect of setting the MainForm of the ApplicationContext (see App.set_main_window()).

This was historically required because the Winforms async proactor was bound to the main form; however, this hasn't been true since we merged #2112. I'm in the process of reworking main window handling as allowing background and session-based apps (#2651); I'll fix it there.