## GAppInfo GAppInfo — Application information and launch contexts |

## Functions

GAppInfo * | g_app_info_create_from_commandline ()
GAppInfo * | g_app_info_dup ()
gboolean | g_app_info_equal ()
const char * | g_app_info_get_id ()
const char * | g_app_info_get_name ()
const char * | g_app_info_get_display_name ()
const char * | g_app_info_get_description ()
const char * | g_app_info_get_executable ()
const char * | g_app_info_get_commandline ()
GIcon * | g_app_info_get_icon ()
gboolean | g_app_info_launch ()
gboolean | g_app_info_supports_files ()
gboolean | g_app_info_supports_uris ()
gboolean | g_app_info_launch_uris ()
void | g_app_info_launch_uris_async ()
gboolean | g_app_info_launch_uris_finish ()
gboolean | g_app_info_should_show ()
gboolean | g_app_info_can_delete ()
gboolean | g_app_info_delete ()
void | g_app_info_reset_type_associations ()
gboolean | g_app_info_set_as_default_for_type ()
gboolean | g_app_info_set_as_default_for_extension ()
gboolean | g_app_info_set_as_last_used_for_type ()
gboolean | g_app_info_add_supports_type ()
gboolean | g_app_info_can_remove_supports_type ()
gboolean | g_app_info_remove_supports_type ()
const char ** | g_app_info_get_supported_types ()
GList * | g_app_info_get_all ()
GList * | g_app_info_get_all_for_type ()
GAppInfo * | g_app_info_get_default_for_type ()
GAppInfo * | g_app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme ()
GList * | g_app_info_get_fallback_for_type ()
GList * | g_app_info_get_recommended_for_type ()
gboolean | g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri ()
void | g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri_async ()
gboolean | g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri_finish ()
void | g_app_launch_context_setenv ()
void | g_app_launch_context_unsetenv ()
char ** | g_app_launch_context_get_environment ()
char * | g_app_launch_context_get_display ()
char * | g_app_launch_context_get_startup_notify_id ()
void | g_app_launch_context_launch_failed ()
GAppLaunchContext * | g_app_launch_context_new ()

## Signals

void | launch-failed | Run Last
void | launched | Run Last

## Types and Values

enum | GAppInfoCreateFlags
| GAppInfo
struct | GAppInfoIface
| GAppLaunchContext

## Object Hierarchy

        GFlags
        ╰── GAppInfoCreateFlags
        GInterface
        ╰── GAppInfo
        GObject
        ╰── GAppLaunchContext

## Prerequisites

GAppInfo requires GObject.

## Known Implementations

GAppInfo is implemented by GDesktopAppInfo.

## Includes

    #include <gio/gio.h>

## Description

GAppInfo and GAppLaunchContext are used for describing and launching applications installed on the system.

As of GLib 2.20, URIs will always be converted to POSIX paths (using `g_file_get_path()`) when using `g_app_info_launch()` even if the application requested an URI and not a POSIX path. For example for a desktop-file based application with Exec key `totem %U` and a single URI, `sftp://foo/file.avi`, then `/home/user/.gvfs/sftp on foo/file.avi` will be passed. This will only work if a set of suitable GIO extensions (such as gvfs 2.26 compiled with FUSE support), is available and operational; if this is not the case, the URI will be passed unmodified to the application. Some URIs, such as `mailto:`, of course cannot be mapped to a POSIX path (in gvfs there's no FUSE mount for it); such URIs will be passed unmodified to the application.

Specifically for gvfs 2.26 and later, the POSIX URI will be mapped back to the GIO URI in the GFile constructors (since gvfs implements the GVfs extension point). As such, if the application needs to examine the URI, it needs to use `g_file_get_uri()` or similar on GFile. In other words, an application cannot assume that the URI passed to e.g. `g_file_new_for_commandline_arg()` is equal to the result of `g_file_get_uri()`. The following snippet illustrates this:

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    GFile *f;
    char *uri;

    file = g_file_new_for_commandline_arg (uri_from_commandline);

    uri = g_file_get_uri (file);
    strcmp (uri, uri_from_commandline) == 0;
    g_free (uri);

    if (g_file_has_uri_scheme (file, "cdda"))
      {
        // do something special with uri
      }
    g_object_unref (file);

This code will work when both `cdda://sr0/Track 1.wav` and `/home/user/.gvfs/cdda on sr0/Track 1.wav` is passed to the application. It should be noted that it's generally not safe for applications to rely on the format of a particular URIs. Different launcher applications (e.g. file managers) may have different ideas of what a given URI means.

## Functions

### g_app_info_create_from_commandline ()

    GAppInfo *
    g_app_info_create_from_commandline (const char *commandline,
                                        const char *application_name,
                                        GAppInfoCreateFlags flags,
                                        GError **error);

Creates a new GAppInfo from the given information.

Note that for `commandline` , the quoting rules of the Exec key of the freedesktop.org Desktop Entry Specification are applied. For example, if the `commandline` contains percent-encoded URIs, the percent-character must be doubled in order to prevent it from being swallowed by Exec key unquoting. See the specification for exact quoting rules.

#### Parameters

commandline | the commandline to use. | [type filename]
application_name | the application name, or `NULL` to use `commandline` . | [nullable]
flags | flags that can specify details of the created GAppInfo |
error | a GError location to store the error occurring, `NULL` to ignore. |

#### Returns

new GAppInfo for given command.

[transfer full]

### g_app_info_dup ()

    GAppInfo *
    g_app_info_dup (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Creates a duplicate of a GAppInfo.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

a duplicate of `appinfo` .

[transfer full]

### g_app_info_equal ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_equal (GAppInfo *appinfo1,
                      GAppInfo *appinfo2);

Checks if two GAppInfos are equal.

Note that the check <emphasis>may not</emphasis> compare each individual field, and only does an identity check. In case detecting changes in the contents is needed, program code must additionally compare relevant fields.

#### Parameters

appinfo1 | the first GAppInfo. |
appinfo2 | the second GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if `appinfo1` is equal to `appinfo2` . `FALSE` otherwise.

### g_app_info_get_id ()

    const char *
    g_app_info_get_id (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Gets the ID of an application. An id is a string that identifies the application. The exact format of the id is platform dependent. For instance, on Unix this is the desktop file id from the xdg menu specification.

Note that the returned ID may be `NULL`, depending on how the `appinfo` has been constructed.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

a string containing the application's ID.

### g_app_info_get_name ()

    const char *
    g_app_info_get_name (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Gets the installed name of the application.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

the name of the application for `appinfo` .

### g_app_info_get_display_name ()

    const char *
    g_app_info_get_display_name (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Gets the display name of the application. The display name is often more descriptive to the user than the name itself.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

the display name of the application for `appinfo` , or the name if no display name is available.

Since: 2.24

### g_app_info_get_description ()

    const char *
    g_app_info_get_description (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Gets a human-readable description of an installed application.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

a string containing a description of the application `appinfo` , or `NULL` if none.

### g_app_info_get_executable ()

    const char *
    g_app_info_get_executable (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Gets the executable's name for the installed application.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo |

#### Returns

a string containing the `appinfo` 's application binaries name.

[type filename]

### g_app_info_get_commandline ()

    const char *
    g_app_info_get_commandline (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Gets the commandline with which the application will be started.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo |

#### Returns

a string containing the `appinfo` 's commandline, or `NULL` if this information is not available.

[type filename]

Since: 2.20

### g_app_info_get_icon ()

    GIcon *
    g_app_info_get_icon (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Gets the icon for the application.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

the default GIcon for `appinfo` or `NULL` if there is no default icon.

[transfer none]

### g_app_info_launch ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_launch (GAppInfo *appinfo,
                       GList *files,
                       GAppLaunchContext *context,
                       GError **error);

Launches the application. Passes `files` to the launched application as arguments, using the optional `context` to get information about the details of the launcher (like what screen it is on). On error, `error` will be set accordingly.

To launch the application without arguments pass a `NULL` `files` list.

Note that even if the launch is successful the application launched can fail to start if it runs into problems during startup. There is no way to detect this.

Some URIs can be changed when passed through a GFile (for instance unsupported URIs with strange formats like mailto:), so if you have a textual URI you want to pass in as argument, consider using `g_app_info_launch_uris()` instead.

The launched application inherits the environment of the launching process, but it can be modified with `g_app_launch_context_setenv()` and `g_app_launch_context_unsetenv()`.

On UNIX, this function sets the `GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE` environment variable with the path of the launched desktop file and `GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID` to the process id of the launched process. This can be used to ignore `GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE`, should it be inherited by further processes. The `DISPLAY` and `DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID` environment variables are also set, based on information provided in `context` .

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo |
files | a GList of GFile objects. | [nullable][element-type GFile]
context | a GAppLaunchContext or `NULL`. | [nullable]
error | a GError |

#### Returns

`TRUE` on successful launch, `FALSE` otherwise.

### g_app_info_supports_files ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_supports_files (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Checks if the application accepts files as arguments.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the `appinfo` supports files.

### g_app_info_supports_uris ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_supports_uris (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Checks if the application supports reading files and directories from URIs.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the `appinfo` supports URIs.

### g_app_info_launch_uris ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_launch_uris (GAppInfo *appinfo,
                            GList *uris,
                            GAppLaunchContext *context,
                            GError **error);

Launches the application. This passes the `uris` to the launched application as arguments, using the optional `context` to get information about the details of the launcher (like what screen it is on). On error, `error` will be set accordingly.

To launch the application without arguments pass a `NULL` `uris` list.

Note that even if the launch is successful the application launched can fail to start if it runs into problems during startup. There is no way to detect this.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo |
uris | a GList containing URIs to launch. | [nullable][element-type utf8]
context | a GAppLaunchContext or `NULL`. | [nullable]
error | a GError |

#### Returns

`TRUE` on successful launch, `FALSE` otherwise.

### g_app_info_launch_uris_async ()

    void
    g_app_info_launch_uris_async (GAppInfo *appinfo,
                                  GList *uris,
                                  GAppLaunchContext *context,
                                  GCancellable *cancellable,
                                  GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                  gpointer user_data);

Async version of `g_app_info_launch_uris()`.

The `callback` is invoked immediately after the application launch, but it waits for activation in case of D-Bus–activated applications and also provides extended error information for sandboxed applications, see notes for `g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri_async()`.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo |
uris | a GList containing URIs to launch. | [nullable][element-type utf8]
context | a GAppLaunchContext or `NULL`. | [nullable]
cancellable | a GCancellable. | [nullable]
callback | a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is done. | [nullable]
user_data | data to pass to `callback` . | [nullable]

Since: 2.60

### g_app_info_launch_uris_finish ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_launch_uris_finish (GAppInfo *appinfo,
                                   GAsyncResult *result,
                                   GError **error);

Finishes a `g_app_info_launch_uris_async()` operation.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo |
result | a GAsyncResult |
error | a GError. | [nullable]

#### Returns

`TRUE` on successful launch, `FALSE` otherwise.

Since: 2.60

### g_app_info_should_show ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_should_show (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Checks if the application info should be shown in menus that list available applications.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the `appinfo` should be shown, `FALSE` otherwise.

### g_app_info_can_delete ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_can_delete (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Obtains the information whether the GAppInfo can be deleted. See `g_app_info_delete()`.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if `appinfo` can be deleted

Since: 2.20

### g_app_info_delete ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_delete (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Tries to delete a GAppInfo.

On some platforms, there may be a difference between user-defined GAppInfos which can be deleted, and system-wide ones which cannot. See `g_app_info_can_delete()`.

Virtual: do_delete

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if `appinfo` has been deleted

Since: 2.20

### g_app_info_reset_type_associations ()

    void
    g_app_info_reset_type_associations (const char *content_type);

Removes all changes to the type associations done by `g_app_info_set_as_default_for_type()`, `g_app_info_set_as_default_for_extension()`, `g_app_info_add_supports_type()` or `g_app_info_remove_supports_type()`.

#### Parameters

content_type | a content type |

Since: 2.20

### g_app_info_set_as_default_for_type ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_set_as_default_for_type (GAppInfo *appinfo,
                                        const char *content_type,
                                        GError **error);

Sets the application as the default handler for a given type.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |
content_type | the content type. |
error | a GError. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` on success, `FALSE` on error.

### g_app_info_set_as_default_for_extension ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_set_as_default_for_extension
                                   (GAppInfo *appinfo,
                                    const char *extension,
                                    GError **error);

Sets the application as the default handler for the given file extension.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |
extension | a string containing the file extension (without the dot). | [type filename]
error | a GError. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` on success, `FALSE` on error.

### g_app_info_set_as_last_used_for_type ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_set_as_last_used_for_type (GAppInfo *appinfo,
                                          const char *content_type,
                                          GError **error);

Sets the application as the last used application for a given type. This will make the application appear as first in the list returned by `g_app_info_get_recommended_for_type()`, regardless of the default application for that content type.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |
content_type | the content type. |
error | a GError. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` on success, `FALSE` on error.

### g_app_info_add_supports_type ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_add_supports_type (GAppInfo *appinfo,
                                  const char *content_type,
                                  GError **error);

Adds a content type to the application information to indicate the application is capable of opening files with the given content type.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |
content_type | a string. |
error | a GError. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` on success, `FALSE` on error.

### g_app_info_can_remove_supports_type ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_can_remove_supports_type (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Checks if a supported content type can be removed from an application.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if it is possible to remove supported content types from a given `appinfo` , `FALSE` if not.

### g_app_info_remove_supports_type ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_remove_supports_type (GAppInfo *appinfo,
                                     const char *content_type,
                                     GError **error);

Removes a supported type from an application, if possible.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo. |
content_type | a string. |
error | a GError. |

#### Returns

`TRUE` on success, `FALSE` on error.

### g_app_info_get_supported_types ()

    const char **
    g_app_info_get_supported_types (GAppInfo *appinfo);

Retrieves the list of content types that `app_info` claims to support. If this information is not provided by the environment, this function will return `NULL`. This function does not take in consideration associations added with `g_app_info_add_supports_type()`, but only those exported directly by the application.

#### Parameters

appinfo | a GAppInfo that can handle files |

#### Returns

a list of content types.

[transfer none][array zero-terminated=1][element-type utf8]

Since: 2.34

### g_app_info_get_all ()

    GList *
    g_app_info_get_all (void);

Gets a list of all of the applications currently registered on this system.

For desktop files, this includes applications that have `NoDisplay=true` set or are excluded from display by means of `OnlyShowIn` or `NotShowIn`. See `g_app_info_should_show()`. The returned list does not include applications which have the `Hidden` key set.

#### Returns

a newly allocated GList of references to GAppInfos.

[element-type GAppInfo][transfer full]

### g_app_info_get_all_for_type ()

    GList *
    g_app_info_get_all_for_type (const char *content_type);

Gets a list of all GAppInfos for a given content type, including the recommended and fallback GAppInfos. See `g_app_info_get_recommended_for_type()` and `g_app_info_get_fallback_for_type()`.

#### Parameters

content_type | the content type to find a GAppInfo for |

#### Returns

GList of GAppInfos for given `content_type` or `NULL` on error.

[element-type GAppInfo][transfer full]

### g_app_info_get_default_for_type ()

    GAppInfo *
    g_app_info_get_default_for_type (const char *content_type,
                                     gboolean must_support_uris);

Gets the default GAppInfo for a given content type.

#### Parameters

content_type | the content type to find a GAppInfo for |
must_support_uris | if `TRUE`, the GAppInfo is expected to support URIs |

#### Returns

GAppInfo for given `content_type` or `NULL` on error.

[transfer full]

### g_app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme ()

    GAppInfo *
    g_app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme (const char *uri_scheme);

Gets the default application for handling URIs with the given URI scheme. A URI scheme is the initial part of the URI, up to but not including the ':', e.g. "http", "ftp" or "sip".

#### Parameters

uri_scheme | a string containing a URI scheme. |

#### Returns

GAppInfo for given `uri_scheme` or `NULL` on error.

[transfer full]

### g_app_info_get_fallback_for_type ()

    GList *
    g_app_info_get_fallback_for_type (const gchar *content_type);

Gets a list of fallback GAppInfos for a given content type, i.e. those applications which claim to support the given content type by MIME type subclassing and not directly.

#### Parameters

content_type | the content type to find a GAppInfo for |

#### Returns

GList of GAppInfos for given `content_type` or `NULL` on error.

[element-type GAppInfo][transfer full]

Since: 2.28

### g_app_info_get_recommended_for_type ()

    GList *
    g_app_info_get_recommended_for_type (const gchar *content_type);

Gets a list of recommended GAppInfos for a given content type, i.e. those applications which claim to support the given content type exactly, and not by MIME type subclassing. Note that the first application of the list is the last used one, i.e. the last one for which `g_app_info_set_as_last_used_for_type()` has been called.

#### Parameters

content_type | the content type to find a GAppInfo for |

#### Returns

GList of GAppInfos for given `content_type` or `NULL` on error.

[element-type GAppInfo][transfer full]

Since: 2.28

### g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri (const char *uri,
                                       GAppLaunchContext *context,
                                       GError **error);

Utility function that launches the default application registered to handle the specified uri. Synchronous I/O is done on the uri to detect the type of the file if required.

The D-Bus–activated applications don't have to be started if your application terminates too soon after this function. To prevent this, use `g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri_async()` instead.

#### Parameters

uri | the uri to show |
context | an optional GAppLaunchContext. | [nullable]
error | return location for an error, or `NULL`. | [nullable]

#### Returns

`TRUE` on success, `FALSE` on error.

### g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri_async ()

    void
    g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri_async
                                   (const char *uri,
                                    GAppLaunchContext *context,
                                    GCancellable *cancellable,
                                    GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                    gpointer user_data);

Async version of `g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri()`.

This version is useful if you are interested in receiving error information in the case where the application is sandboxed and the portal may present an application chooser dialog to the user.

This is also useful if you want to be sure that the D-Bus–activated applications are really started before termination and if you are interested in receiving error information from their activation.

#### Parameters

uri | the uri to show |
context | an optional GAppLaunchContext. | [nullable]
cancellable | a GCancellable. | [nullable]
callback | a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is done. | [nullable]
user_data | data to pass to `callback` . | [nullable]

Since: 2.50

### g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri_finish ()

    gboolean
    g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri_finish
                                   (GAsyncResult *result,
                                    GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous launch-default-for-uri operation.

#### Parameters

result | a GAsyncResult |
error | return location for an error, or `NULL`. | [nullable]

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the launch was successful, `FALSE` if `error` is set

Since: 2.50

### g_app_launch_context_setenv ()

    void
    g_app_launch_context_setenv (GAppLaunchContext *context,
                                 const char *variable,
                                 const char *value);

Arranges for `variable` to be set to `value` in the child's environment when `context` is used to launch an application.

#### Parameters

context | a GAppLaunchContext |
variable | the environment variable to set. | [type filename]
value | the value for to set the variable to. | [type filename]

Since: 2.32

### g_app_launch_context_unsetenv ()

    void
    g_app_launch_context_unsetenv (GAppLaunchContext *context,
                                   const char *variable);

Arranges for `variable` to be unset in the child's environment when `context` is used to launch an application.

#### Parameters

context | a GAppLaunchContext |
variable | the environment variable to remove. | [type filename]

Since: 2.32

### g_app_launch_context_get_environment ()

    char **
    g_app_launch_context_get_environment (GAppLaunchContext *context);

Gets the complete environment variable list to be passed to the child process when `context` is used to launch an application. This is a `NULL`-terminated array of strings, where each string has the form `KEY=VALUE`.

#### Parameters

context | a GAppLaunchContext |

#### Returns

the child's environment.

[array zero-terminated=1][element-type filename][transfer full]

Since: 2.32

### g_app_launch_context_get_display ()

    char *
    g_app_launch_context_get_display (GAppLaunchContext *context,
                                      GAppInfo *info,
                                      GList *files);

Gets the display string for the `context` . This is used to ensure new applications are started on the same display as the launching application, by setting the `DISPLAY` environment variable.

#### Parameters

context | a GAppLaunchContext |
info | a GAppInfo |
files | a GList of GFile objects. | [element-type GFile]

#### Returns

a display string for the display.

### g_app_launch_context_get_startup_notify_id ()

    char *
    g_app_launch_context_get_startup_notify_id
                                   (GAppLaunchContext *context,
                                    GAppInfo *info,
                                    GList *files);

Initiates startup notification for the application and returns the `DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID` for the launched operation, if supported.

Startup notification IDs are defined in the FreeDesktop.Org Startup Notifications standard.

#### Parameters

context | a GAppLaunchContext |
info | a GAppInfo |
files | a GList of of GFile objects. | [element-type GFile]

#### Returns

a startup notification ID for the application, or `NULL` if not supported.

### g_app_launch_context_launch_failed ()

    void
    g_app_launch_context_launch_failed (GAppLaunchContext *context,
                                        const char *startup_notify_id);

Called when an application has failed to launch, so that it can cancel the application startup notification started in `g_app_launch_context_get_startup_notify_id()`.

#### Parameters

context | a GAppLaunchContext. |
startup_notify_id | the startup notification id that was returned by `g_app_launch_context_get_startup_notify_id()`. |

### g_app_launch_context_new ()

    GAppLaunchContext *
    g_app_launch_context_new (void);

Creates a new application launch context. This is not normally used, instead you instantiate a subclass of this, such as GdkAppLaunchContext.

#### Returns

a GAppLaunchContext.

## Types and Values

### enum GAppInfoCreateFlags

Flags used when creating a GAppInfo.

#### Members

G_APP_INFO_CREATE_NONE | No flags. |
G_APP_INFO_CREATE_NEEDS_TERMINAL | Application opens in a terminal window. |
G_APP_INFO_CREATE_SUPPORTS_URIS | Application supports URI arguments. |
G_APP_INFO_CREATE_SUPPORTS_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION | Application supports startup notification. Since 2.26 |

### GAppInfo

    typedef struct _GAppInfo GAppInfo;

Information about an installed application and methods to launch it (with file arguments).

### struct GAppInfoIface

    struct GAppInfoIface {
      GTypeInterface g_iface;

      /* Virtual Table */

      GAppInfo *   (* dup)                          (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      gboolean     (* equal)                        (GAppInfo           *appinfo1,
                                                     GAppInfo           *appinfo2);
      const char * (* get_id)                       (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      const char * (* get_name)                     (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      const char * (* get_description)              (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      const char * (* get_executable)               (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      GIcon *      (* get_icon)                     (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      gboolean     (* launch)                       (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                     GList              *files,
                                                     GAppLaunchContext  *context,
                                                     GError            **error);
      gboolean     (* supports_uris)                (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      gboolean     (* supports_files)               (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      gboolean     (* launch_uris)                  (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                     GList              *uris,
                                                     GAppLaunchContext  *context,
                                                     GError            **error);
      gboolean     (* should_show)                  (GAppInfo           *appinfo);

      /* For changing associations */
      gboolean     (* set_as_default_for_type)      (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                     const char         *content_type,
                                                     GError            **error);
      gboolean     (* set_as_default_for_extension) (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                     const char         *extension,
                                                     GError            **error);
      gboolean     (* add_supports_type)            (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                     const char         *content_type,
                                                     GError            **error);
      gboolean     (* can_remove_supports_type)     (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      gboolean     (* remove_supports_type)         (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                     const char         *content_type,
                                                     GError            **error);
      gboolean     (* can_delete)                   (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      gboolean     (* do_delete)                    (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      const char * (* get_commandline)              (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      const char * (* get_display_name)             (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      gboolean     (* set_as_last_used_for_type)    (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                     const char         *content_type,
                                                     GError            **error);
      const char ** (* get_supported_types)         (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
      void         (* launch_uris_async)            (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                     GList              *uris,
                                                     GAppLaunchContext  *context,
                                                     GCancellable       *cancellable,
                                                     GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                     gpointer            user_data);
      gboolean     (* launch_uris_finish)           (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                     GAsyncResult       *result,
                                                     GError            **error);
    };

Application Information interface, for operating system portability.

#### Members

`dup` () | Copies a GAppInfo. |
`equal` () | Checks two GAppInfos for equality. |
`get_id` () | Gets a string identifier for a GAppInfo. |
`get_name` () | Gets the name of the application for a GAppInfo. |
`get_description` () | Gets a short description for the application described by the GAppInfo. |
`get_executable` () | Gets the executable name for the GAppInfo. |
`get_icon` () | Gets the GIcon for the GAppInfo. |
`launch` () | Launches an application specified by the GAppInfo. |
`supports_uris` () | Indicates whether the application specified supports launching URIs. |
`supports_files` () | Indicates whether the application specified accepts filename arguments. |
`launch_uris` () | Launches an application with a list of URIs. |
`should_show` () | Returns whether an application should be shown (e.g. when getting a list of installed applications). FreeDesktop.Org Startup Notification Specification. |
`set_as_default_for_type` () | Sets an application as default for a given content type. |
`set_as_default_for_extension` () | Sets an application as default for a given file extension. |
`add_supports_type` () | Adds to the GAppInfo information about supported file types. |
`can_remove_supports_type` () | Checks for support for removing supported file types from a GAppInfo. |
`remove_supports_type` () | Removes a supported application type from a GAppInfo. |
`can_delete` () | Checks if a GAppInfo can be deleted. Since 2.20 |
`do_delete` () | Deletes a GAppInfo. Since 2.20 |
`get_commandline` () | Gets the commandline for the GAppInfo. Since 2.20 |
`get_display_name` () | Gets the display name for the GAppInfo. Since 2.24 |
`set_as_last_used_for_type` () | Sets the application as the last used. See `g_app_info_set_as_last_used_for_type()`. |
`get_supported_types` () | Retrieves the list of content types that `app_info` claims to support. |
`launch_uris_async` () | Asynchronously launches an application with a list of URIs. (Since: 2.60) |
`launch_uris_finish` () | Finishes an operation started with `launch_uris_async` . (Since: 2.60) |

### GAppLaunchContext

    typedef struct _GAppLaunchContext GAppLaunchContext;

Integrating the launch with the launching application. This is used to handle for instance startup notification and launching the new application on the same screen as the launching window.

## Signal Details

### The `“launch-failed”` signal

    void
    user_function (GAppLaunchContext *context,
                   gchar             *startup_notify_id,
                   gpointer           user_data)

The ::launch-failed signal is emitted when a GAppInfo launch fails. The startup notification id is provided, so that the launcher can cancel the startup notification.

#### Parameters

context | the object emitting the signal |
startup_notify_id | the startup notification id for the failed launch |
user_data | user data set when the signal handler was connected. |

Flags: Run Last

Since: 2.36

### The `“launched”` signal

    void
    user_function (GAppLaunchContext *context,
                   GAppInfo          *info,
                   GVariant          *platform_data,
                   gpointer           user_data)

The ::launched signal is emitted when a GAppInfo is successfully launched. The `platform_data` is an GVariant dictionary mapping strings to variants (ie a{sv}), which contains additional, platform-specific data about this launch. On UNIX, at least the "pid" and "startup-notification-id" keys will be present.

#### Parameters

context | the object emitting the signal |
info | the GAppInfo that was just launched |
platform_data | additional platform-specific data for this launch |
user_data | user data set when the signal handler was connected. |

Flags: Run Last

Since: 2.36

## See Also

GAppInfoMonitor