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Tips, Tricks, and Hidden Knowledge of Java PackagerBOF1747

Chris Bensen Principal Member of Technical Staff Java Client Deployment and Performance September 09, 2016

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Layout of Bundled Application

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Layout of Bundled Windows ApplicationMyAwesomeApp\ app\ MyAwesomeApp.cfg MyAwesomeApp.jar Packager.jar

MyAwesomeApp.exe packager.dll msvcr120.dll msvcp120.dll runtime\jre

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Layout of Bundled OS X ApplicationMyAwesomeApp.app/Contents Java/ MyAwesomeApp.cfg MyAwesomeApp.jar Packager.jar

MacOS/ MyAwesomeApp libpackager.dylib

Plugins/Java.jre

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Layout of Bundled Linux ApplicationMyAwesomeApp/ app/ MyAwesomeApp.cfg MyAwesomeApp.jar Packager.jar

MyAwesomeApp libpackager.so runtime/jre

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App Data• Mac ~/Library/Application Support/[app.preferences.id]/packager/jvmuserargs.cfg

• Windows C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\[app.preferences.id]\packager\jvmuserargs.cfg

• Linux ~/.local/[app.preferences.id]/packager/jvmuserargs.cfg

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Tricks• Some of these tricks are dependent on internal implementation or

are experimental features and are subject to change. They are not part of any API but they may be useful.

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Trick #1• Create a Simple DMG bundle • Mac DMG bundler automates Finder • -Bmac.dmg.simple=true

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Trick #2

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• Bundle with all of Java SE • Example: javapackager -deploy --add-modules java.se …


Trick #3• Convert high resolution PNG to Mac .icns • http://chrisbensen.blogspot.com/2015/12/convert-png-to-icns-for-mac-app-bundle.html

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#!/bin/bash

INFILE=$1OUTFILE=$2

mkdir $OUTFILE.iconsetsips -z 16 16 $INFILE --out $OUTFILE.iconset/icon_16x16.pngsips -z 32 32 $INFILE --out $OUTFILE.iconset/[email protected] -z 32 32 $INFILE --out $OUTFILE.iconset/icon_32x32.pngsips -z 64 64 $INFILE --out $OUTFILE.iconset/[email protected] -z 128 128 $INFILE --out $OUTFILE.iconset/icon_128x128.pngsips -z 256 256 $INFILE --out $OUTFILE.iconset/[email protected] -z 256 256 $INFILE --out $OUTFILE.iconset/icon_256x256.pngsips -z 512 512 $INFILE --out $OUTFILE.iconset/[email protected] -z 512 512 $INFILE --out $OUTFILE.iconset/icon_512x512.pngcp $INFILE $OUTFILE.iconset/[email protected] -c icns $OUTFILE.iconsetrm -R $OUTFILE.iconset

http://chrisbensen.blogspot.com/2015/12/convert-png-to-icns-for-mac-app-bundle.html

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