Cannot auto-start Java application upon X session login

Question

I am reading this answer, and I edited /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart, by appending the following line:

@sudo java -jar /home/pi/Documents/devel/MyProject/MyProject.jar

But nothing happens when I reboot the Pi, the program does not get started. I will also want to have a terminal window if possible.

Answer 1

I have packaged my app now with a shell script that runs the java command. Then I have a my-app.desktop file like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=lxterminal -e "my-app-script"

And this goes into .config/autostart.