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I have installed in Ubuntu -> Outlook and Youtube using Progressive Web Apps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oCyfcHSeDc

However, I cannot find my new PWAs between my old apps, I restarted Ubuntu but unfortunately is not shown in "Show Applications"

In other distros PWA are added automatically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0wi7yecUdc

Probably I'm missing something, any help would be really appreciated!

Update: I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

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This seems to work in Ubuntu 22.10, with some caveats. I have tried the following, for the Microsoft Teams PWA:

  • Installing from Chromium, where Chromium is installed as a snap package. This does not work. The PWA launches, but Ubuntu just sees it as a second Chromium window. It is grouped under Chromium in the Dash, and Teams is not added to the app drawer, so there is no way to start it after closing it (except going through Chromium again, which kind of defeats the purpose).
  • Installing from Chrome, where Chrome is installed as an apt package (google-chrome-stable). This works :). After clicking install from Chrome, Ubuntu initially treats it as a second Chrome window. However, I closed the window, checked the app drawer, and there it was, with the Teams icon and everything. I started the application and this time, Ubuntu correctly considered it a separate application that I could pin to my Dash.

I did not try installing a Chromium apt package, so I don't know whether snap was the reason it didn't work with my Chromium installation. I suspect it is. I did not try with Firefox either, because unfortunately, Teams does not fully support Firefox.

Some screenshots showing the end result:

The app Drawer:

app drawer

The Dash (left) and PWA (right):

dash PWA

The error in the screenshot is due to the uMatrix browser extension (yes, your browser extensions run in the the PWA as well) blocking some things.

The PWA is added under a Chrome Apps menu in your applications, as shown in the screenshot below. (If you're using the default Ubuntu desktop, you won't notice, as the app drawer doesn't show menus, only their contents). enter image description here

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For anyone else stumbling on this question, this answer almost covered the question. If you open the app list inside Chromium you can right-click an app and re-establish the shortcuts which should generate the .desktop file(s) needed for these desktop environment shortcuts.

Screenshot

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Open chrome, click the Apps icon below the url bar. your installed PWA app should be there.

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