How to add my application to quick launch Ubuntu

Question

I write java application and get the jar file, it work from command line

java -jar program.jar

I want to write installer program to put my application in Unity Launcher (quicklaunch) in Ubuntu.

can anyone give my how can I start?

Answer 1

create a simple .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/

vim ~/.local/share/applications/application_name.desktop

add these entries to file

[Desktop Entry]
Name= your application name
Comment=
Exec=java -jar program.jar
Icon=/path/to/icon
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true

you will need to log off and back in for the change to take effect.