Demonstrate using the System Tray (AWT) to control a JavaFX application.

JavaFXTrayIconSample.java

import javafx.application.*;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.*;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.layout.*;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.*;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

// Java 8 code
public class JavaFXTrayIconSample extends Application {

    // one icon location is shared between the application tray icon and task bar icon.
    // you could also use multiple icons to allow for clean display of tray icons on hi-dpi devices.
    private static final String iconImageLoc =
            "http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/scafer31000/bubble-circle-3/16/GameCenter-icon.png";

    // application stage is stored so that it can be shown and hidden based on system tray icon operations.
    private Stage stage;

    // a timer allowing the tray icon to provide a periodic notification event.
    private Timer notificationTimer = new Timer();

    // format used to display the current time in a tray icon notification.
    private DateFormat timeFormat = SimpleDateFormat.getTimeInstance();

    // sets up the javafx application.
    // a tray icon is setup for the icon, but the main stage remains invisible until the user
    // interacts with the tray icon.
    @Override public void start(final Stage stage) {
        // stores a reference to the stage.
        this.stage = stage;

        // instructs the javafx system not to exit implicitly when the last application window is shut.
        Platform.setImplicitExit(false);

        // sets up the tray icon (using awt code run on the swing thread).
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(this::addAppToTray);

        // out stage will be translucent, so give it a transparent style.
        stage.initStyle(StageStyle.TRANSPARENT);

        // create the layout for the javafx stage.
        StackPane layout = new StackPane(createContent());
        layout.setStyle(
                "-fx-background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);"
        );
        layout.setPrefSize(300, 200);

        // this dummy app just hides itself when the app screen is clicked.
        // a real app might have some interactive UI and a separate icon which hides the app window.
        layout.setOnMouseClicked(event -> stage.hide());

        // a scene with a transparent fill is necessary to implement the translucent app window.
        Scene scene = new Scene(layout);
        scene.setFill(Color.TRANSPARENT);

        stage.setScene(scene);
    }

    /**
     * For this dummy app, the (JavaFX scenegraph) content, just says "hello, world".
     * A real app, might load an FXML or something like that.
     *
     * @return the main window application content.
     */
    private Node createContent() {
        Label hello = new Label("hello, world");
        hello.setStyle("-fx-font-size: 40px; -fx-text-fill: forestgreen;");
        Label instructions = new Label("(click to hide)");
        instructions.setStyle("-fx-font-size: 12px; -fx-text-fill: orange;");

        VBox content = new VBox(10, hello, instructions);
        content.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);

        return content;
    }

    /**
     * Sets up a system tray icon for the application.
     */
    private void addAppToTray() {
        try {
            // ensure awt toolkit is initialized.
            java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();

            // app requires system tray support, just exit if there is no support.
            if (!java.awt.SystemTray.isSupported()) {
                System.out.println("No system tray support, application exiting.");
                Platform.exit();
            }

            // set up a system tray icon.
            java.awt.SystemTray tray = java.awt.SystemTray.getSystemTray();
            URL imageLoc = new URL(
                    iconImageLoc
            );
            java.awt.Image image = ImageIO.read(imageLoc);
            java.awt.TrayIcon trayIcon = new java.awt.TrayIcon(image);

            // if the user double-clicks on the tray icon, show the main app stage.
            trayIcon.addActionListener(event -> Platform.runLater(this::showStage));

            // if the user selects the default menu item (which includes the app name), 
            // show the main app stage.
            java.awt.MenuItem openItem = new java.awt.MenuItem("hello, world");
            openItem.addActionListener(event -> Platform.runLater(this::showStage));

            // the convention for tray icons seems to be to set the default icon for opening
            // the application stage in a bold font.
            java.awt.Font defaultFont = java.awt.Font.decode(null);
            java.awt.Font boldFont = defaultFont.deriveFont(java.awt.Font.BOLD);
            openItem.setFont(boldFont);

            // to really exit the application, the user must go to the system tray icon
            // and select the exit option, this will shutdown JavaFX and remove the
            // tray icon (removing the tray icon will also shut down AWT).
            java.awt.MenuItem exitItem = new java.awt.MenuItem("Exit");
            exitItem.addActionListener(event -> {
                notificationTimer.cancel();
                Platform.exit();
                tray.remove(trayIcon);
            });

            // setup the popup menu for the application.
            final java.awt.PopupMenu popup = new java.awt.PopupMenu();
            popup.add(openItem);
            popup.addSeparator();
            popup.add(exitItem);
            trayIcon.setPopupMenu(popup);

            // create a timer which periodically displays a notification message.
            notificationTimer.schedule(
                    new TimerTask() {
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() ->
                                trayIcon.displayMessage(
                                        "hello",
                                        "The time is now " + timeFormat.format(new Date()),
                                        java.awt.TrayIcon.MessageType.INFO
                                )
                            );
                        }
                    },
                    5_000,
                    60_000
            );

            // add the application tray icon to the system tray.
            tray.add(trayIcon);
        } catch (java.awt.AWTException | IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Unable to init system tray");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Shows the application stage and ensures that it is brought ot the front of all stages.
     */
    private void showStage() {
        if (stage != null) {
            stage.show();
            stage.toFront();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, java.awt.AWTException {
        // Just launches the JavaFX application.
        // Due to way the application is coded, the application will remain running
        // until the user selects the Exit menu option from the tray icon.
        launch(args);
    }
}

Isn't 5 years enough to implement it?

Isn't 5 years enough to implement it?

I guess not

any news on this issue yet?

Still no change... I'm sad.

The javafx team is lazy af

I guess they abandoned javafx, that's why they open sourced it.

Will this ever get implemented?

Any good news?

6 years later???

I feel like someone should make a library for easily working with TrayIcons from JavaFX as the AWT API is not friendly to me as a JavaFX user. Guess that's another side project for me to do...

I feel like someone should make a library for easily working with TrayIcons from JavaFX as the AWT API is not friendly to me as a JavaFX user. Guess that's another side project for me to do...

I succeeded in making this marginally easier. Have a look at my repo "FXTrayIcon", particularly at the test application that I wrote. Still uses AWT, but abstracts away some of the nastiness. FXTrayIcon

I feel like someone should make a library for easily working with TrayIcons from JavaFX as the AWT API is not friendly to me as a JavaFX user. Guess that's another side project for me to do...

I succeeded in making this marginally easier. Have a look at my repo "FXTrayIcon", particularly at the test application that I wrote. Still uses AWT, but abstracts away some of the nastiness. FXTrayIcon

When can I come kiss you? @dustinkredmond

I feel like someone should make a library for easily working with TrayIcons from JavaFX as the AWT API is not friendly to me as a JavaFX user. Guess that's another side project for me to do...

I succeeded in making this marginally easier. Have a look at my repo "FXTrayIcon", particularly at the test application that I wrote. Still uses AWT, but abstracts away some of the nastiness. FXTrayIcon

When can I come kiss you? @dustinkredmond

Star the repo and that's even better than a kiss in my opinion. :D

I thought I already did!!! Thanks for reminding me to do it again. It didn't work the first time for whatever reason.

I feel like someone should make a library for easily working with TrayIcons from JavaFX as the AWT API is not friendly to me as a JavaFX user. Guess that's another side project for me to do...

I succeeded in making this marginally easier. Have a look at my repo "FXTrayIcon", particularly at the test application that I wrote. Still uses AWT, but abstracts away some of the nastiness. FXTrayIcon

When can I come kiss you? @dustinkredmond

Star the repo and that's even better than a kiss in my opinion. :D

And so I just "kissed" you! 🤣 Thanks so much for putting some effort into this workaround. If I had the knowledge, I would have contributed to this component which seems quite needed for a decent JavaFx control set.

No news yet??
Thanks also to @ dustinkredmond, I hope his project helps me

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