I just managed to enable the tray icon permanently.
I had to change
client at the end of the following line to
always.
Code:
gsettings set org.gnome.Vino icon-visibility client
But changing this doesn't make sense, because if you click that icon, you get a menu where you can access the settings GUI of vino.
But this GUI has been removed from Ubuntu 18.04 and has been replaced by the
gsettings
which are only accessible through the terminal.
Therefore, this GUI is not available in BL 5 either.
Let me add, the guide I mentioned in #1, does work for BL5, too.
You just have to make sure you do the command right above section 5 of the guide.
Then you can navigate to the start-up apps (see your settings console) and enable the entry for "Desktop Sharing".
You may also chose another port than the default one, which is 5900, in order to make the connection more secure.
This is easier to do by using the dconf-editor.