Public bug reported:

I'm trying to use the snap package for Filebot
(https://www.filebot.net). The author of this program provides both DEB
packages
(https://sourceforge.net/projects/filebot/files/filebot/FileBot_4.7.9/)
and Snap packages (snap install filebot).

The problem is that when using the Snap package in KDE5 (Kubuntu 16.04) the 
program uses an ancient and broken version of the GTK file dialog, see 
screenshot:
https://imagebin.ca/v/3RX5AxfCcloc
This file dialog is broken in that it doesn't show some mounted Btrfs 
subvolumes, even when installed with --devmode so it has permission to see 
everything. It's also not nice to look at and doesn't match the KDE desktop.

When using the DEB package the program correctly brings up the modern KDE file 
dialog:
https://imagebin.ca/v/3RX55eaNU3dm

I first asked the program's developer about this, but he thinks this
must be a bug in Snap packaging, see
https://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5161&p=29159

Steps to reproduce:
- Install Kubuntu 16.04 LTS, run all updates
- snap install filebot
- Start filebot and click 'Load'

Please fix snap so that programs can use the native file select dialog
of the desktop they're running in, and not the lowest-common denominator
default of that ancient GTK one.

** Affects: snapd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  snap packaged Java program shows broken old-style GTK file select
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