I'm developing a cross-platform desktop application using Java. My application requires displaying a couple of websites from within my application and not to open them in any full fledged web browser like Safari or Firefox. I've found some Java libraries and projects for accomplishing this for Windows like The DJ Project, JDIC for Processing and [Lobo Browser]. But most don't support Mac OS X or maybe I can't figure out how to run them on a Mac. I managed to run Lobo Browser as a simple frame and load a page, but the project is about 2 years old and doesn't render pages properly.
Please suggest if there is any cross-platform library available for embedding a web browser in a java program or even mac only library would do.
Take a look at Qt Jambi, a java API for the Qt toolkit, specifically the WebKit package. Full DOM rendering with or without a GUI.
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Is there's any java embedded web browser(free) that support applet running ?
I don't mind if its use some native libraries.
Currently ,I already tried javafx web view and DJnativeswing and they dont detect java(doesn't support applet).
Most of the modern browsers (Chrome v42+, Firefox 64 for Windows, Microsoft Edge, etc) have dropped support for NPAPI which is required for applets to run. Oracle is recommending that developers switch over to Java Web Start instead of using applet as the technology is fading. If you still need to use applets (eg. for school programming projects) you may need to uninstall your current browser(s) and install a legacy browser that still includes NPAPI.
Browser do not support applets nativly. That's because applets need a java runtime environment and an browser adapter to display the content in the browser. But if you install a jre it always will install an plugin into you browser(s) if not already present.
I need a integrated or embedded java browser. I used WebEngine of javafx which support basic css as well html & java script but could not able to run flash file. Any way to do so.
Or any other Project u know which could fulfill my requirement.
You can also look at JxBrowser Java library that allows embedding Chromium-based web browser control into Java AWT/Swing application.
It supports both Java Swing and JavaFX.
BTW: the browser control is totally lightweight. All rendering happens in a separate native process by native Chromium engine. The web page looks like it's displayed in Google Chrome.
Check those (although they are not JavaFX but I suppose that they can be used):
http://lobobrowser.org/java-browser.jsp - pure Java
http://www.javadesktop.org/articles/jdic/index.html - better imho, but no longer maintained
Is there a way to get the Chrome browser inside of java applications similar to the way Awesomium works in C++ and C# applications?
There is currently no way getting the UI portion into a Java. You should consider just using barebone WebKit + V8 with many JNI calls. You could consider writing a JNA wrapper around those.
To make your JNA easier, you can wrap Chromium Embedded Framework
There's a Java Wrapper for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF).
Try javacef. This is open source project. This project can embed Chromium browser in Java SWT with multitab browser support, cookies manipulation, tab settings, printing, back, forward, refresh buttons and enhanced file download. This project is based on Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF).
I'm trying to embed a WebKit browser in my Java app. I insist on WebKit, because I don't want to test my HTML5/CSS/Javascript with every browser that, for instance, the Browser widget in the Eclipse SWT library supports.
Is there a way to do this on Mac, Windows and Linux, and thus make sure that my web pages are rendered inside my Java app uniformly?
Since SWT 3.7 M5, the Browser widget can use WebKit on all platforms if created with the SWT.WEBKIT flag. Platform-specific conditions may apply: see http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#howusewebkit.
JXBrowser is one option. It's including Safari.
WebKit 4 SWT is close to what you need but only work on Windows for now.
How do I launch a URL in the user's default browser, in code from a Java Swing application?
There is this Netbeans library, but the jar dont seem to contain the classes mentioned in the example.
And there seems to be a number of old bespoke examples around.
But are there any killer solutions?
If you're running on JDK 1.6, you java.awt.Desktop.
Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new java.net.URI("www.google.com"));
If running on an earlier JDK, I believe that you can download the JDIC library. Or hack something together by spawning processes.
To expand upon kdgregory's answer, the The Java Desktop API, available from Java 6, provides integration with the desktop with functionality such as launching default web browsers and mail clients.
Launching a web browser can be achieved by using the Desktop.browse method.
For example, launching http://stackoverflow.com can be acheived by the following:
Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI("http://stackoverflow.com"));
More information:
Using the Desktop API in Java SE 6
How to Integrate with the Desktop Class
You can look at BrowserLauncher, although the latest version of the JDK are trying to make that obsolete.