Apps not showing in the dock

[Ezra Sharp]

Some apps like Piviti and Snap do not show up in the dock, but they do show up in the alt-tab effects and Window and Workspace overviews.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.3
Package: elementary-desktop 1.349+393~ubuntu0.3.1 [origin: LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-33.58-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: elementary_meta
CurrentDesktop: Pantheon
Date: Wed Aug 13 08:42:31 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-12 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.3 "Freya" - Daily amd64 (20140810)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:

ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[shantanu saha (shantanucse18-gmail)]

plank failed to show the app without .desktop file. Same problem happens with eclipse also.

[AlphaDelta (alpha-delta)]

Still affects me on Loki.