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Getting image path to use it as system tray icon

So I've been looking at many, many solutions to this "problem" but somehow nothing worked for me. I'm trying to set a system tray icon for my Java application, but no matter what I do, the icon just won't show up. Instead there's a blank spaceholder. I've tried different things to get the image path but it seems like I can't get the correct image path.

This is what the code currently looks like:

URL url = System.class.getResource("image.jpg");
Image img = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(url);
SystemTray mainTray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();
TrayIcon trayIconImage = new TrayIcon(img, "tray icon");
mainTray.add(trayIconImage);

System.print.out(url) returns null

What am I doing wrong when getting the path? I can post a screenshot of the Eclipse folders in case that helps.

Solution

  • You can drag and drop the image into the package folder where your .java files are shown inside the IDE. Just drag the file from the desktop, or whatever location, and drop it into the IDE where you see your source files. after that you can simply refer to the image, "image.jpg", in your code when declaring a File or Image, or whatever class you use to make it into an object. When you export the project the image will be included so you will not have to worry about the path. Should be similar to what I did in the photo. I dragged and dropped the int.txt file into the source package.The int.txt file added to the program path

    if this was helpful accept the answer.

    You should be able to use this:

    Image img = new BufferedImage("image.jpg");
SystemTray mainTray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();
TrayIcon trayIconImage = new TrayIcon(img, "tray icon");
mainTray.add(trayIconImage);

    Basically the program can find the file because they are in the same directory which is the source packages folder.

    You may want to try using the Path class and File class if you are worried about getting paths.