Initial manifest file for flatpak creation

.gitignore

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ prime/
 jabref_source.tar.bz2
 snap/.snapcraft/
 
+# flatpak
+flatpak/.buildconfig
+flatpak/JabRef-portable_linux.tar.gz
+
 # Gradle
 # generated when `gradlew --gui` is called
 ui/
@@ -443,4 +447,4 @@ gradle-app.setting
 -!/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jabref/build
 -
 -# do not ignore JabRef icons (they are ignored by the macos setting above)
--!src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon
+-!src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon

flatpak/jabref.desktop

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=JabRef
+GenericName=BibTeX Editor
+Comment=JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.
+Type=Application
+Terminal=false
+Icon=org.deisi.jabref
+Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run org.deisi.jabref @@u %U @@
+Keywords=bibtex;biblatex;latex;bibliography
+Categories=Office;
+StartupWMClass=org-jabref-JabRefMain
+MimeType=text/x-bibtex;

flatpak/org.jabref.jabref.json

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+    "app-id" : "org.jabref.jabref",
+    "runtime" : "org.freedesktop.Platform",
+    "runtime-version" : "18.08",
+    "sdk" : "org.freedesktop.Sdk",
+    "command" : "JabRef",
+    "modules" : [
+        {
+            "name" : "JabRef",
+            "buildsystem" : "simple",
+            "build-commands" : [
+                "tar -xvzf flatpak/JabRef-portable_linux.tar.gz -C /app/"
+            ],
+            "sources" : [
+                {
+                    "type" : "archive",
+                    "path": "JabRef-portable_linux.tar.gz"
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "finish-args" : [
+        "--env=PATH=/usr/bin:/app/JabRef/bin",
+        "--socket=wayland",
+        "--socket=fallback-x11",
+        "--share=network",
+        "--filesystem=home"
+    ],
+    "build-options" : {
+        "env" : {
+        }
+    }
+}