Auto-(De-)Activate 'The Events Calendar' with 'The Events Calendar Pro' + hide 'The Events Calendar' from plugins.php listing

tribe-events-activation-connector-oop.php

<?php
class EventsConnector {

	var $events_calendar;

	public function __construct() {

		$this->events_calendar = 'the-events-calendar/the-events-calendar.php';
		$events_calendar_pro   = WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/events-calendar-pro/events-calendar-pro.php';

		add_filter( 'all_plugins', array( $this, 'hide_plugin' ) );

		// activation
		register_activation_hook(   $events_calendar_pro, array( $this, 'test_activation' ) );
		register_deactivation_hook( $events_calendar_pro, array( $this, 'test_deactivation' ) );

	} // END __construct

	public function hide_plugin( $plugins ) {

		unset( $plugins[ $this->events_calendar ] );

		return $plugins;
	}


	public function test_activation() {

		if ( is_plugin_inactive( $this->events_calendar ) ) {
			add_action('update_option_active_plugins', array( $this, 'test_activate_dep' ) );
		}

	}

	public function test_activate_dep(){
		activate_plugin( $this->events_calendar );
	}

	public function test_deactivation(){

		if ( is_plugin_active( $this->events_calendar ) ) {
			add_action( 'update_option_active_plugins', array( $this, 'test_deactivate_dep' ) );
		}

	}

	public function test_deactivate_dep(){
		deactivate_plugins( $this->events_calendar );
	}

}
new EventsConnector();

tribe-events-activation-connector.php

<?php 
// When this plugin activate, activate another plugin too.
$events_calendar_pro = WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/events-calendar-pro/events-calendar-pro.php';

add_filter( 'all_plugins', 'test_hide_plugin' );

function test_hide_plugin( $plugins ) {
	
	unset( $plugins[ 'the-events-calendar/the-events-calendar.php' ] );

	return $plugins;
	
}

// activation
register_activation_hook( $events_calendar_pro, 'test_activation' );

function test_activation() {
    $events_calendar = 'the-events-calendar/the-events-calendar.php';
    if ( is_plugin_inactive( $events_calendar ) ) {
        add_action('update_option_active_plugins', 'test_activate_dep');
    }
}

function test_activate_dep(){
	activate_plugin('the-events-calendar/the-events-calendar.php');
}

// deactivation
register_deactivation_hook( $events_calendar_pro, 'test_deactivation' );

function test_deactivation(){
    $events_calendar = 'the-events-calendar/the-events-calendar.php';
    if ( is_plugin_active( $events_calendar ) ) {
        add_action( 'update_option_active_plugins', 'test_deactivate_dep' );
    }
}

function test_deactivate_dep(){
	deactivate_plugins('the-events-calendar/the-events-calendar.php');
}