Ah, in fact this works in an X session, but not under Wayland. This is because the file that adds that path to XDG_DATA_DIRS is /etc/X11/Xsession.d/65snappy.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718026 Title: Applications from installed snaps don't appear in activities overview Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Under Unity, by specifying desktop files for apps in snapcraft.yaml, the apps would show up in the dash when installed, and could be launched from there. This doesn't appear to work in gnome-shell. Try e.g. the libreoffice snap. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1718026/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp