Thread: Java macintosh 10.8 integration

Hi all,

I'm currently developing my very first "professional" software that actually does something useful. The head-OS is macintosh. Everything I've done so far is promising (according to me), but something annoys me, see. It doesn't have a native look and feel, it looks cross-platformed and weird. The most visual damage is the JMenuBar. It is displayed on the frame (http://alvinalexander.com/apple/mac/.../1-initial.jpg), meanwhile, other programs have their JMenuBars at the top of the screen (https://developer.apple.com/library/.../file_menu.jpg). I tried the Java Development Guide for Mac (https://developer.apple.com/library/...velopment.html), but I was greeted with an annotation saying it was deprecated. I also tried the Maven Plugin, but I have no idea where and how to start. I tried typing actual code too, like:

java -Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar="true" com.example.yourApp

And

System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true");

But none worked. I also tried to get into info.plist stuff, how do I integrate Java with .plist? I feel extremely hopeless. What should I do? how did YOU tackle this when trying to create a native Mac software? Thank you.

NOTE: I DID IT! AFTER 9 HOURS OF SEARCHES! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MODIFY THE JMENUBAR IS TO SIMPLY TYPE THE FOLLOWING INTO THE MAIN:

 String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
        if(os.indexOf("mac") >= 0) {
            System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true");
        }

Thanks for the heads-up. I read your well-written and educated article in a hurry, so I might have missed the answer of my following question. Would you possibly know how stuff like naming your application, adding the MenuItems "Preferences", "About, and "Quit" work? When you run a program and press the name, a tab pops up with various labels. How do you implement these labels? I know it has to do with "info.plist". Thanks, guru.

Thanks man, I was just scrolling around.