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Cool One small drawback is that scrcpy uses the terminal to output info and error, and there is no terminal when started from the menu (but it's like on Windows then). |
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| executable('scrcpy', src, dependencies: dependencies, include_directories: src_dir, install: true, c_args: c_args, link_args: link_args) | |||
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| # Desktop entry file for application launchers | |||
| if host_machine.system() == 'linux' | |||
| # -> /usr/share/applications/scrcpy.desktop | |||
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rom1v
Oct 14, 2018
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(by default /usr/local/share/applications/scrcpy.desktop, but you can keep this comment as is, it's explicit enough)
| GenericName=Android Remote Control | ||
| Comment=Display and control your Android device | ||
| Exec=scrcpy | ||
| Icon=gparted |
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rom1v
Oct 14, 2018
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gparted icon does not really fit scrcpy. Unfortunately, I didn't find any existing icon that could fit. Maybe we should add an Android icon?
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srevinsaju
Aug 27, 2019
You can use this icon 
, which I created for guiscrcpy. I licensed it under Creative Commons Attributions 4.0, so you can easily reuse it.
| Name=scrcpy | ||
| GenericName=Android Remote Control | ||
| Comment=Display and control your Android device | ||
| Exec=scrcpy |
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rom1v
Oct 14, 2018
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At first, it did not work for me.
To get the error, I changed to:
Exec=bash -c "scrcpy &> /tmp/log"
And /tmp/log contained:
exec: No such file or directory
ERROR: 'adb' command not found (make it accessible from your PATH or define its full path in the ADB environment variable)
ERROR: Could not execute "adb push"
In fact, the adb directory is added in PATH in my .bashrc, so it's not in PATH when the session is started, so starting it for the menu does not work in that case.
In practice, do you use the android-tools-adb package, or did you put your adb directory in PATH from somewhere else?
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npes87184
Jan 19, 2019
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I add the file in /usr/share/applications/scrcpy.desktop with content:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=scrcpy
GenericName=Android Remote Control
Comment=Display and control your Android device
Exec=scrcpy
Icon=gparted
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;RemoteAccess;
StartupNotify=false
After it, click the icon from menu. Scrcpy starts as expected.
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npes87184
Jan 24, 2019
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Maybe you can try to change Exec to echo $PATH > /tmp/path_out and execute again to get more info for debugging.
srevinsaju
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Aug 27, 2019
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If you add this code as This is the one I used for the Windows version of guiscrcpy Hope it helps.. |
unclehowell
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Oct 16, 2019
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In my experience its better to have the .Desktop run a script which resets network adaptors and establishes connection with the android first. In the script the correct screen size and connection speed can be set and appropriate sleep times between commands |
asnelling commentedOct 14, 2018
Adds the ability to launch scrcpy using your preferred application launcher on Linux.
See: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html