Accessing application state after iced::run ends

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Hi, I was wondering if the state of the applicaiton can be accessed outside the context of it. I’m planning create some pop-ups that should return the value based on the user input see proof of concept bellow:

use iced::widget::{button, column, text, Column};

#[derive(Default)]
struct App {
    last_pressed: String,
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
enum Message {
    Button1,
    Button2,
    Button3,
}

impl App {
    pub fn update(&mut self, message: Message) {
        self.last_pressed = match message {
            Message::Button1 => "Button 1".to_string(),
            Message::Button2 => "Button 2".to_string(),
            Message::Button3 => "Button 3".to_string(),
        };
        
    }

    pub fn view(&self) -> Column<Message> {
        column![
            button("Button 1").on_press(Message::Button1),
            button("Button 2").on_press(Message::Button2),
            button("Button 3").on_press(Message::Button3),
            text(format!("Last pressed: {}", self.last_pressed)).size(30)
        ]
        .spacing(20)
    }
    
    pub fn new() -> Self{
        App { last_pressed: "".to_string() }
    }
}

fn main() -> iced::Result {
let _window = iced::application("Three Button App", 
    //updater
    App::update, 
    App::view)
    .window_size(iced::Size::new(300.0, 400.0));
    //.exit_on_close_request(false);
    

    let result: Result<(), iced::Error> = _window.run(); //the window gets consumed by run and no state can be accessed
    //accessing the state (in this case self.last_pressed) and returning it. 
    println!("User selected: {:?}", &result);
    result
}

I need the main function to have the return value of the string which was a part of the state of the application that closed (self.last_pressed in this example). I’m fairly new to rust so maybe there is a solution that I’m not seeing? Thanks in advance!