How to hide a JFrame in system tray of taskbar

I have created a JFrame and want to hide it in the taskbar in windows, but, it should not be visible in the bottom right corner, but hidden in the tray menu items.

Can anybody tell me how to do this?

Do I need to make some changes in system settings of windows?

For example, you might have seen some do开发者_JAVA技巧wnload managers, Team Viewer, 4shared desktop, etc. are hidden in taskbar's tray menu items.

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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

/**
 *
 * @author Mohammad Faisal
 * ermohammadfaisal.blogspot.com
 * facebook.com/m.faisal6621
 *
 */

public class HideToSystemTray extends JFrame{
    TrayIcon trayIcon;
    SystemTray tray;
    HideToSystemTray(){
        super("SystemTray test");
        System.out.println("creating instance");
        try{
            System.out.println("setting look and feel");
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
        }catch(Exception e){
            System.out.println("Unable to set LookAndFeel");
        }
        if(SystemTray.isSupported()){
            System.out.println("system tray supported");
            tray=SystemTray.getSystemTray();

            Image image=Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("/media/faisal/DukeImg/Duke256.png");
            ActionListener exitListener=new ActionListener() {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    System.out.println("Exiting....");
                    System.exit(0);
                }
            };
            PopupMenu popup=new PopupMenu();
            MenuItem defaultItem=new MenuItem("Exit");
            defaultItem.addActionListener(exitListener);
            popup.add(defaultItem);
            defaultItem=new MenuItem("Open");
            defaultItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    setVisible(true);
                    setExtendedState(JFrame.NORMAL);
                }
            });
            popup.add(defaultItem);
            trayIcon=new TrayIcon(image, "SystemTray Demo", popup);
            trayIcon.setImageAutoSize(true);
        }else{
            System.out.println("system tray not supported");
        }
        addWindowStateListener(new WindowStateListener() {
            public void windowStateChanged(WindowEvent e) {
                if(e.getNewState()==ICONIFIED){
                    try {
                        tray.add(trayIcon);
                        setVisible(false);
                        System.out.println("added to SystemTray");
                    } catch (AWTException ex) {
                        System.out.println("unable to add to tray");
                    }
                }
        if(e.getNewState()==7){
                    try{
            tray.add(trayIcon);
            setVisible(false);
            System.out.println("added to SystemTray");
            }catch(AWTException ex){
            System.out.println("unable to add to system tray");
        }
            }
        if(e.getNewState()==MAXIMIZED_BOTH){
                    tray.remove(trayIcon);
                    setVisible(true);
                    System.out.println("Tray icon removed");
                }
                if(e.getNewState()==NORMAL){
                    tray.remove(trayIcon);
                    setVisible(true);
                    System.out.println("Tray icon removed");
                }
            }
        });
        setIconImage(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("Duke256.png"));

        setVisible(true);
        setSize(300, 200);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }
    public static void main(String[] args){
        new HideToSystemTray();
    }
}

This is the working program!

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myFrame#getExtendedState and myFrame#setExtendedState

basically is better to multiplay these ExtendedStates

frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.ICONIFIED);
frame.setExtendedState(frame.getExtendedState() | JFrame.ICONIFIED);


frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.NORMAL);
frame.setExtendedState(frame.getExtendedState() & (~JFrame.ICONIFIED));

EDIT 1.

for example

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.*;  
public class WindowGCDemo1 {  
    private javax.swing.Timer timer = null;
    private int count = 0;
    private JFrame myFrame = new JFrame();  
    public WindowGCDemo1() {
        myFrame = new JFrame();
        myFrame.setLocation(150, 150);
        myFrame.setSize(200, 400);
        myFrame.setVisible(true);
        System.out.println(myFrame.getExtendedState());
        start();
    }  
    private void start() {
        timer = new javax.swing.Timer(1000, updateCol());
        timer.start();
    }  
    public Action updateCol() {
        return new AbstractAction("Set Delay") {  
            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;  
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                timer.stop();
                myFrame.setExtendedState(JFrame.ICONIFIED);
                System.out.println(myFrame.getExtendedState());
                count++;
                startAgain();
            }
        };
    }  
    private void startAgain() {
        timer = new javax.swing.Timer(1000, updateColAgain());
        timer.start();
    }  
    public Action updateColAgain() {
        return new AbstractAction("Set Delay") {  
            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;  
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                timer.stop();
                myFrame.setExtendedState(JFrame.NORMAL);
                System.out.println(myFrame.getExtendedState());
                count++;
                if (count > 5) {
                    timer.stop();
                    stop();
                }
                start();
            }
        };
    }  
    private void stop() {
        System.out.println("--------------------------------------------");
        System.out.println("System Exit");
        System.exit(0);
    } 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {  
            @Override
            public void run() {
                WindowGCDemo1 windowGCDemo = new WindowGCDemo1();
            }
        });
    }
}

EDIT 2.

for SystemTry you have to set for your JFrame#setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE); and in the proper JMenuItem(s) from JPopupMenu, just JFrame#setVisible(true);

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Check the TryIconDemo from Documentation. This Link contain a small piece of code. Copy and Run it on your IDE.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/displayCode.html?code=https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/examples/misc/TrayIconDemoProject/src/misc/TrayIconDemo.java

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package misc;  
/*
 * TrayIconDemo.java
 */

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.swing.*;

public class TrayIconDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        /* Use an appropriate Look and Feel */
        try {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
            //UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
        } catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        /* Turn off metal's use of bold fonts */
        UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //adding TrayIcon.
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }

    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //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;
        }

        trayIcon.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                        "This dialog box is run from System Tray");
            }
        });

        aboutItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                        "This dialog box is run from the About menu item");
            }
        });

        cb1.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
            public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
                int cb1Id = e.getStateChange();
                if (cb1Id == ItemEvent.SELECTED){
                    trayIcon.setImageAutoSize(true);
                } else {
                    trayIcon.setImageAutoSize(false);
                }
            }
        });

        cb2.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
            public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
                int cb2Id = e.getStateChange();
                if (cb2Id == ItemEvent.SELECTED){
                    trayIcon.setToolTip("Sun TrayIcon");
                } else {
                    trayIcon.setToolTip(null);
                }
            }
        });

        ActionListener listener = new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                MenuItem item = (MenuItem)e.getSource();
                //TrayIcon.MessageType type = null;
                System.out.println(item.getLabel());
                if ("Error".equals(item.getLabel())) {
                    //type = TrayIcon.MessageType.ERROR;
                    trayIcon.displayMessage("Sun TrayIcon Demo",
                            "This is an error message", TrayIcon.MessageType.ERROR);

                } else if ("Warning".equals(item.getLabel())) {
                    //type = TrayIcon.MessageType.WARNING;
                    trayIcon.displayMessage("Sun TrayIcon Demo",
                            "This is a warning message", TrayIcon.MessageType.WARNING);

                } else if ("Info".equals(item.getLabel())) {
                    //type = TrayIcon.MessageType.INFO;
                    trayIcon.displayMessage("Sun TrayIcon Demo",
                            "This is an info message", TrayIcon.MessageType.INFO);

                } else if ("None".equals(item.getLabel())) {
                    //type = TrayIcon.MessageType.NONE;
                    trayIcon.displayMessage("Sun TrayIcon Demo",
                            "This is an ordinary message", TrayIcon.MessageType.NONE);
                }
            }
        };

        errorItem.addActionListener(listener);
        warningItem.addActionListener(listener);
        infoItem.addActionListener(listener);
        noneItem.addActionListener(listener);

        exitItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                tray.remove(trayIcon);
                System.exit(0);
            }
        });
    }

    //Obtain the image URL
    protected static Image createImage(String path, String description) {
        URL imageURL = TrayIconDemo.class.getResource(path);

        if (imageURL == null) {
            System.err.println("Resource not found: " + path);
            return null;
        } else {
            return (new ImageIcon(imageURL, description)).getImage();
        }
    }
}