I did get a ".desktop" file to work by manually copying it from ~/Desktop to ~/.local/share/applications, on Ubuntu 18.04.
I experimented with making the Exec= paths that didn't include a hard- coded version. I tried "/snap/bin/chromium", "chrome", "chromium" and "/snap/chromium/821/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chrome". Well, "chrome" just doesn't work because it's not a binary in $PATH. Both "chromium" and "/snap/bin/chromium" will cause new instances of the web app to launch every time. Only if I use the "/snap/chromium/821/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chrome" will the app work as expected: The first click on the icon in the Gnome dock will launch it and the second click will switch to it if it's running already. I'm glad I got something to work today but it seems like a bug that this feature only works when hard-coded version is included in the path of .desktop files. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1732482 Title: [snap] doesn't properly save desktop files for "create shortcuts" action Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: For chrome apps, the create shortcuts action should create desktop files but it doesn't. I suspect it has something to do with paths.  tracking: candidate installed: 62.0.3202.94 (123) 246MB - To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1732482/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
