bash - Qmlscene from Launcher Icon

I'm currently developing an application just for myself on Ubuntu desktop using Ubuntu SDK. I've been trying to make an executable on the desktop/launcher to start the application from the desktop.

I've created an icon that can be run as an executable and on the command under Properties->Command on the launcher I've put:

qmlscene ~/file/path/main.qml

When entered into the terminal this same way, the application starts how I would like it to. But when launched from the desktop icon, only qmlscene pops up that I then have to manually follow the path to main.qml

Does anyone know how to correctly launch an application from the launcher icon?

You need to use $HOME instead of ~ (tilde).

Tilde is bash specific. In bash tilde automatically expands to the $HOME value.

It has no special meaning, except for bash. See the bash manual for further details about tilde expansion.

Your launcher Exec command should be:

Exec=bash -c "qmlscene $HOME/file/path/main.qml"

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Edit: My test launcher

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Myapp
Comment=Myapp
Exec=bash -c "qmlscene $HOME/foo.qml"
Terminal=false

Type=Application
Categories=Qt;
TargetEnvironment=Unity
StartupWMClass=do-not-directly-run-firestorm-bin
StartupNotify=true