to avoid potential name collisions and ease D-Bus integration.
The application ID is set in the desktop entry file itself for
-[graphical applications](/04_Developer_Guides/03_Creating_a_New_Application/#graphical-applications):
+[graphical applications](/04_Developer_Guides/03_Creating_a_New_Application_Dbus/#graphical-applications):
it is the value of the `StartupWMClass` field, which must be identical to the `app-id`
advertised through the Wayland XDG toplevel protocol. In case this field is missing
(as is usually the case for non-graphical application), the application ID will be the
---
-title: Creating a New Application
+title: Creating a New Application with D-bus activation
---
+*Note: The that the D-Bus interface is in deprecation phase and for the time
+being only available for application & services that still rely on them. Once
+we migrate everything to gRPC, we will remove D-Bus IPC support.*
+
Applications are:
- Software designed to perform a specific task during a limited amount of time.
- Graphical interface allowing user to interact with.
Applications are executed by `applaunchd`, the AGL
-[application launcher service](../01_Application_Framework/02_Application_Startup/).
+[application launcher service](../01_Application_Framework/02_Application_Startup_Dbus/).
# Basic requirements