[Bug]: XDG Desktop Portal Support

[YamiYukiSenpai]

What happened?

Please add support for desktop portals, so that the file-picker is using the native one, as opposed to the default GNOME one.

What should have happened?

Native file-picker

Output of snap info discord

$ snap info discord
name:      discord
summary:   All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers
publisher: Snapcrafters
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/discord
contact:   https://github.com/snapcrafters/discord/issues
license:   unset
description: |
  All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that's free, secure, and works on both your desktop and
  phone.
  
  Snaps are confined, as such Discord may be unable to perform some of the tasks it typically does
  when unconfined. This may result in the system log getting spammed with apparmor errors. Granting
  access to the system-observe interface when in the snap will enable the features, and thus reduce
  the logging.
  
      snap connect discord:system-observe
  
  
  This snap is maintained by the Snapcrafters community, and is not necessarily endorsed or
  officially maintained by the upstream developers.
commands:
  - discord
snap-id:      qHVefGEBezeuCeSfTND40uoUD6GRw8BO
tracking:     latest/stable
refresh-date: 49 days ago, at 06:34 EST
channels:
  latest/stable:    0.0.17 2022-02-18 (132) 86MB -
  latest/candidate: ↑                            
  latest/beta:      0.0.17 2022-02-18 (132) 86MB -
  latest/edge:      0.0.17 2022-02-18 (132) 86MB -
installed:          0.0.17            (132) 86MB -

Output of snap connections discord

$ snap connections discord
Interface                 Plug                            Slot                             Notes
audio-playback            discord:audio-playback          :audio-playback                  -
audio-record              discord:audio-record            :audio-record                    manual
browser-support           discord:browser-support         :browser-support                 -
camera                    discord:camera                  :camera                          -
content[gnome-3-28-1804]  discord:gnome-3-28-1804         gnome-3-28-1804:gnome-3-28-1804  -
content[gtk-3-themes]     discord:gtk-3-themes            gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes   -
content[icon-themes]      discord:icon-themes             gtk-common-themes:icon-themes    -
content[sound-themes]     discord:sound-themes            gtk-common-themes:sound-themes   -
desktop                   discord:desktop                 :desktop                         -
desktop-legacy            discord:desktop-legacy          :desktop-legacy                  -
gsettings                 discord:gsettings               :gsettings                       -
home                      discord:home                    :home                            -
mount-observe             discord:mount-observe           -                                -
network                   discord:network                 :network                         -
network-observe           discord:network-observe         :network-observe                 manual
opengl                    discord:opengl                  :opengl                          -
process-control           discord:process-control         :process-control                 manual
pulseaudio                discord:pulseaudio              :pulseaudio                      -
removable-media           discord:removable-media         :removable-media                 manual
screen-inhibit-control    discord:screen-inhibit-control  :screen-inhibit-control          -
system-observe            discord:system-observe          :system-observe                  manual
unity7                    discord:unity7                  :unity7                          -
wayland                   discord:wayland                 :wayland                         -
x11                       discord:x11                     :x11                             -

Output of snap version

$ snap version
snap    2.54.4
snapd   2.54.4
series  16
ubuntu  21.10
kernel  5.13.0-39-generic

Relevant log output

No response

Teminal output of app

No response

[kenvandine]

I've updated the snap to include everything necessary for portals, but discord itself doesn't appear to be using the proper file picker API to trigger the portal.

[YamiYukiSenpai]

Darn. Hopefully Discord will fix that.

[YamiYukiSenpai]

Not sure if it's related, but I tried to upload from ~/.steam, but I got a "permission denied" error.

[merlijn-sebrechts]

Thanks for reporting this! This seems to be fixed now. Discord now uses portals. Please comment if this is not the case in your install.

[PavanLuca]

In Zorin OS Core 17.1 when I attach something the first time Portal appears in the foreground (correctly) but from the second time Portal is loaded behind Discord, is this related to this issue report or not?

[kenvandine]

No, that is focus stealing prevention in GNOME which is a bit buggy

[PavanLuca]

So can't be fixed in the snap version but only from GNOME?

[kenvandine]

Yes, it's on the GNOME side, nothing to do with the snap.