Flatpak applications won't be shown in Launcher

[foresee-io]

After installing org.mozilla.firefox via Flatpak and restarting, Firefox icon won't be shown in Launcher.

$ # Check if environment variables are properly configured
$ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
/home/**/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
$ ls -A /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications
com.visualstudio.code.desktop  mimeinfo.cache  org.mozilla.firefox.desktop

Freedesktop.org specification(s):
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/ar01s02.html
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/

Issue(s): #1

[Karim1105]

Hey I have the same problem did u find out a solution

[chaudharyjatin115]

same problem here altho you could open the app from snap store

[foresee-io]

CutefishOS launcher scans /usr/share/applications/ only, however Flatpak and Snap apps create .desktop file in other directories. Other DEs such as GNOME scan all directories listed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS and $XDG_DATA_HOME. @Karim1105 @chaudharyjatin115

[vitorgouveia]

like, @foresee-io said, the launcher only scans a specific folder, in my case, i'm using snap, so i'll just copy your apps to the folder it scans

sudo cp /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/brave_brave.desktop /usr/share/applications/

[chaudharyjatin115]

CutefishOS launcher scans /usr/share/applications/ only, however Flatpak and Snap apps create .desktop file in other directories. Other DEs such as GNOME scan all directories listed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS and $XDG_DATA_HOME. @Karim1105 @chaudharyjatin115

hey great hope they fix it in new build

[HtetWaiAung]

same problem here.

[Garwinium]

I am also having this problem, is it possible to manually add a .desktop file to the launcher?