How to run my snap application on startup

Question

I have a snapcraft application build on top of electronJs. I would like that application to run on startup.

I tried to directly drop a app_name.desktop file inside the current user config/autostart path but I was not able to do it from within my code, I got a right access issue which means I am not allowed to perform such action. I noticed inside the snap folder there is a .config. I thought that dropping my .desktop file there should work but nothing.

Is there a way to run my snap application on startup? Is there a command I should add to my .yml file or is there a way to do it directly from my code?

Here is my config

[Desktop Entry]
 Type=Application
 Terminal=false
 Exec=/snap/bin/rightplayer
 X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
 StartupNotify=false
 Name=myapp

Solution

• Get the exact path of the snap location you wish to execute. You can do that by executing the following in the Terminal -

  which nameOfSnap
  /usr/bin/nameOfSnap    #copy this path
  

• Search for "Startup Applications" from the Launcher

• Click on add. Paste the path in the command textbox. You can provide any name, comment.

• Click on "Add" at the bottom and the snap will be added to your startup applications.

Reference - How do I start applications automatically on login?

Comments

[Ulrich Dohou]

@pomsky i just did it

[pomsky]

Try changing Exec=snap run myapp to Exec=/full/path/to/the/executable.

[Ulrich Dohou]

Doesnt work. That was the first thing I did. In fact I tried that command manually and it works. But When I try to do it whithin my code I get a right access issue. Seems I cant do it. Then I decided to add that config inside snap config itself but it doesnt work either

[doug]

Maybe read thru here, see what's up forum.snapcraft.io/t/…