The linux snap configaration - autoStart already supported string as a value

[nojsja]

• Electron-Builder Version: 23.0.3

• Node Version: 14.17.6

• Electron Version: 18.0.3
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: linux - snap

The linux snap configaration - autoStart shows that it must be a boolean value, but snap already supported string value as a auto launch desktop conf such as app-name.desktop.

autoStart = false Boolean - Whether or not the snap should automatically start on login.

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{
...
"snap": {
    "summary": "Shadowsocks GUI with cross-platform desktop support",
    "autoStart": "shadowsocks-elecron.desktop",
    "grade": "stable"
  }
}

I tried it and the build task will failed with a warning:

⨯ Invalid configuration object. electron-builder 23.0.3 has been initialized using a configuration object that does not match the API schema.
 - configuration.snap.autoStart should be a boolean.
   -> Whether or not the snap should automatically start on login.

[joshua-redmond]

I did a test.

After installing a snap generated with the "autoStart": true, option, the snap.yaml file contained: autostart: packagename.desktop

You can find the snap.yaml at: /snap/packagename/current/meta/snap.yaml

For what it's worth, I still needed to create a ~/snap/packagename/current/.config/autostart/packagename.desktop file for autostart to work.

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