How to start Viber minimized on system startup?

Question

I use ViberIndicator to start Viber with correctly display tray icon on Ubuntu 15.10. Then I added viberIndiator to startups applications Viber start with displaying last dialog window.

How to start Viber minimized on system startup ?

Solution 1

Configure your linux startup commands (Properties - Startup - Viber) for Viber:

/opt/viber/Viber StartMinimized

Solution 2

I think you should combine @zon and @yavor-dobrev solutions with a bit of tricks.

I use this startup script:

#!/bin/bash
set -e

export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
/opt/viber/Viber StartMinimized &

while ! wmctrl -xc Viber.ViberPC; do
    sleep .5
done

Details:

• export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 to avoiding huge display on my XFCE4
• Viber StartMinimized to starting Viber hidden as possible
• wmctrl -xc Viber.ViberPC to closing the Viber window only avoid closing others
• while ! wmctrl ... to close the windows as fast it can

Solution 3

Install wmctrl and use the following script to start viber:

#!/bin/bash
/opt/viber/Viber &
sleep 3
wmctrl -c "Viber"

Adjust the sleep time if necessary.

Comments

[Zon]

Added details .

[Zon]

At least it is minimized as window.