How to create System Tray icon in Java

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The system tray is a specialized area of the desktop where users can access currently running programs. This area may be referred to differently on various operating systems. On Microsoft Windows, the system tray is referred to as the Taskbar Status Area, while on the GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME) Desktop it is referred to as the Notification Area. On K Desktop Environment (KDE) this area is referred to as the System Tray.

Below is the java code to put icon and menu on system tray


//Check the SystemTray support
if (!SystemTray.isSupported()) {
System.out.println("SystemTray is not supported");
return;
}
final PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu();
final TrayIcon trayIcon =
new TrayIcon(createImage("images/bulb.gif", "tray icon"));
final SystemTray tray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();

// Create a popup menu components
MenuItem aboutItem = new MenuItem("About");
CheckboxMenuItem cb1 = new CheckboxMenuItem("Set auto size");
CheckboxMenuItem cb2 = new CheckboxMenuItem("Set tooltip");
Menu displayMenu = new Menu("Display");
MenuItem errorItem = new MenuItem("Error");
MenuItem warningItem = new MenuItem("Warning");
MenuItem infoItem = new MenuItem("Info");
MenuItem noneItem = new MenuItem("None");
MenuItem exitItem = new MenuItem("Exit");

//Add components to popup menu
popup.add(aboutItem);
popup.addSeparator();
popup.add(cb1);
popup.add(cb2);
popup.addSeparator();
popup.add(displayMenu);
displayMenu.add(errorItem);
displayMenu.add(warningItem);
displayMenu.add(infoItem);
displayMenu.add(noneItem);
popup.add(exitItem);

trayIcon.setPopupMenu(popup);

try {
tray.add(trayIcon);
} catch (AWTException e) {
System.out.println("TrayIcon could not be added.");
return;
}





1 comments:

Kahimyang Kauswagan said...

I a have written a complete and working tutorial in this subject.

http://kahimyang.info/kauswagan/HowtoBlogs.xhtml?b=655

In a nutshell what is does is check if system tray is supported, create the tray icon with menu add to system tray. Tray icons are also updatable and bubble message can be attached to the icon.

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