Desktop App support - Qt4

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For Qt4 applications currently the recommended way to snap them is via the use of the desktop-qt4 part provided by the Snapcraft Desktop Helpers project.

Merge the definition the desktop-qt4 part from https://github.com/ubuntu/snapcraft-desktop-helpers/blob/master/snapcraft.yaml into your Snapcraft recipe, with the source property changed to https://github.com/ubuntu/snapcraft-desktop-helpers.git

parts
  desktop-qt4:
    source: https://github.com/ubuntu/snapcraft-desktop-helpers.git

        ...stripped...

NOTE: In order to keep the integration up-to-date for the best user experience, you should check if the definition has been changed periodically.

Insert ${SNAP}/bin/desktop-launch (or desktop-launch if the command search PATHs allows) into the app’s command chain:

apps:
  qt4app:
    command: desktop-launch qt4app-launch qt4app

If you’re using the full adapter, insert the bin/desktop-launch launcher into the list of the command-chain key of the apps._app_name_ property instead:

apps:
  qt4app:
    adapter: full
    command: bin/qt4app
    command-chain:
    - bin/desktop-launch
    - bin/qt4app-launch

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