GitKraken icon missing

#1

Hi All

The app icon for GitKraken doesn’t appear (see a grey gear cog instead) after installing it via Snap.

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OS: Elementary OS 5.0 Juno
gitkraken 5.0.4

After doing a bit of research, I added ‘StartupWMClass’ to the desktop file /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/gitkraken_gitkraken.desktop and rebooted - however the proper icon still doesn’t show. Here are the contents of the entire desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
X-SnapInstanceName=gitkraken
Name=GitKraken
Comment=Unleash your repo
GenericName=Git Client
Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/gitkraken_gitkraken.desktop /snap/bin/gitkraken %U
Icon=gitkraken
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Development;RevisionControl;
MimeType=text/plain;
StartupWMClass=gitkraken

Has anyone else come across this issue? Would be nice to see it working properly.

Thanks

Regards

Sumeet

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#2

Same here in Kubuntu 18.04 and 19.04

#3

Same issue on ubuntu 19.04

#4

Is there any guarantee that GItkraken developer see this issue?

#5

I got it working on Ubuntu 18.04, GitKraken 6.0.0

I modified the .desktop file to point to the GitKraken icon in the installation folder, which for me was /snap/gitkraken/139/usr/share/gitkraken/gitkraken.png

The modified .desktop file located at /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/gitkraken_gitkraken.desktop now looks like -

[Desktop Entry]
X-SnapInstanceName=gitkraken
Name=GitKraken
Comment=Unleash your repo
GenericName=Git Client
Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/gitkraken_gitkraken.desktop /snap/bin/gitkraken %U
Icon=/snap/gitkraken/139/usr/share/gitkraken/gitkraken.png
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Development;RevisionControl;
MimeType=text/plain;

Rebooting wasn’t necessary.

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#6

I ran into the same issue, and corrected it the same way before seeing this post.

I used the current symbolic link instead of the specific version number:

Icon=/snap/gitkraken/current/usr/share/gitkraken/gitkraken.png

Works well on Ubuntu 19.04

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#7

Ubuntu 18.04

sed "s#.*Icon=.*#Icon=/snap/gitkraken/current/usr/share/gitkraken/gitkraken.png#g" /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/gitkraken_gitkraken.desktop

#8

It might be best to contanct GitKraken about this. They are the ones publishing the snap, and I can’t find the source anywhere online, so it’s not possible for us to help them fix it.

#9

I got a response from them:

The icon missing not showing up on snap install is a known issue that our team is looking into. I will +1 the bug report to notate your interest in the fix.

#10

It works for me (Ubuntu 19.04).

Thanks!

#11

The fixes on this post still works for ubuntu 19.10
Everytime snap updates gitkraken the icon messed up so i have to come back to this post.

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#12

This solution works for me but I need to update the file after every update.

I think I found the solution this morning on ubuntu 18.04, Gnome Shell 3.28.4

Add the icon to hicolor theme

sudo cp /snap/gitkraken/current/usr/share/gitkraken/gitkraken.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/

Update the icon cache

sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/

Reload the desktop

nautilus -q