max-le/googlepingtray

Shows an icon in the tray on Windows to display the Internet connection.

Shows an icon in the tray on Windows to display the Internet connection. Internet connection is done by sending a ping to some server (www.google.com or other) every second.

Work process for this project

1. Improve/edit the source code (.java file).

2. Compile all the classes of the code :
   javac TrayIconDemo.java JLogFrame.java. This will generate the class files (the ones with $ need to be included too)

3. Create the jar, containing all compiled classes (.class files), images, the manifest :

jar -cfmv0 out/app.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF TrayIconDemo.class JLogFrame.class images

Links to understand the command above :

• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/build.html
• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/appman.html

Demo

When internet connection active (while ping received) :

When no internet connection (no ping from server) :