B4J Library jSystemTray - Add icons to the system tray (notifications)

With this library you can add system tray icons and handle their events.

This is useful for applications that should run in the background and still allow the user to interact with.

Tray icons have two events: DoubleClick and MenuClick. The menu appears when the user right clicks on the icon.

Usually when the user closes the last form the process exits. The process will however keep running if there is at least one visible tray icon.

This library is an internal library now. If you don't see it in the IDE then you can download it here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/updates-to-internal-libaries.48274/#post-441231

 

[Pascual Pérez]

Fantastic Erel, i really needed this, thank you very much.

 

[Gabino A. de la Gala]

Fantastic Erel, i really needed this, thank you very much.

+1

 

[GMan]

+1

 

[lemonisdead]

Wow thanks Erel

 

[Abderrazzak]

thanks Erel

 

[jmon]

thanks, very easy to use. May I suggest adding a blink (or flash) tray icon option? that would be great to attract the user's attention.
thanks.

 

[Erel]

You can easily implement it in your project. Add a transparent icon and use a timer to replace the icon.

 

[Pascual Pérez]

Erel, would it be possible to implement the event SingleClick? i use a tray icon as a toggle to hide/show a window. Thank you.

 

[Pascual Pérez]

Is there a way to show a notification balloon in the tray icon?

 

[Erel]

Is there a way to show a notification balloon in the tray icon?

There isn't any "automatic" way to do it. You can create an undecorated form and then show it as a notification. Though it will not be simple to find the correct position.

 

[Gabino A. de la Gala]

What about something like this?
http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/36086

 

[Erel]

I haven't tried it. If you can try it and report...

 

[jmon]

Is there a way to show a notification balloon in the tray icon?

What about something like this?
http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/36086

Hi, I just uploaded a class that I think will be helpful for both of you : http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/jnotifications-simple-tray-notifications-class.37897/

 

[Gabino A. de la Gala]

I haven't tried it. If you can try it and report...

I have used it in a DUCKDNS monitor joining tray icon, timer, configuration local storage, etc.

The result is like this:

 

[Pascual Pérez]

jNotifications is just what i needed, thank you very much jmon.

 

[Pascual Pérez]

It would be possible that the notification appears above all other windows (topmost in desktop) ?

 

[GMan]

Mine appears on top

 

[Pascual Pérez]

Mine appears on top

I think it appears only above the Owner form, defined when calling .Initialize()

 

[Erel]

JavaFX v2 doesn't provide a global on top feature. It might be possible with a library that creates a Swing window.