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I installed scrcpy snap in my ubuntu 20.04. but I can't find such application in my applications menu. I have to open the terminal for running it. Is it possible to create a launcher for running it? Please help

Arjun VK
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    Please **[edit]** your question and the output of he following 2 commands in Terminal: `ls /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/` and `echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS` – pomsky May 14 '20 at 08:49
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    Does this answer your question? [Adding custom applications to GNOME launcher](https://askubuntu.com/questions/79583/adding-custom-applications-to-gnome-launcher) – Kulfy May 20 '20 at 05:56

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Create a .desktop file (you could use nano instead of vim.tiny or whatever you like):

sudo vim.tiny /usr/share/applications/scrcpy.desktop

Add the following contents.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=scrcpy
GenericName=scrcpy
Comment=Screen mirroring application
Exec=scrcpy %F
Icon=phone-symbolic
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Categories=Development;GTK;
StartupNotify=true

It should be available just after creation.

Archisman Panigrahi
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