Custom JRE help? (original) (raw)

Brad Lowe bhlowe at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 12:15:11 PST 2012

Hi Group,

I have a Mac/Win application written in Java that uses Eclipse's SWT.

Rewriting it in C++ just to avoid the "This application needs a Java runtime.. do you want to install one now?" dialog is not a financially viable option. But with Lion not including Java and Mountain Lion's gatekeeper, I want to start thinking of creative ways to get around some of the warnings that might prevent users from even starting my application.

I'm thinking having a stripped down OpenJDK JRE built that simply runs my app included in my application bundle. Hopefully this can be done legally and at a reasonable size (10-50Mb?)

Also, my app crashes in OpenJDK--sometimes before fully starting, sometimes it runs well for minutes.. The Apple crash reporter dialog comes up, but I don't know if those make it back to the development team.. I can post them on OpenJDK Bugzilla, but I don't have the C++ skills to debug.

The app itself is 32bit, Java 1.4 technology that was recently converted to 1.5 for the programming benefits. Let me know (offline at bhlowe /at/ gmail.com) if you are interested in helping debug or have ideas on a custom JRE... The app is an iTunes companion application.

Thanks in advance for any ideas...

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