Java tutorial
import java.awt.AWTException; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.SystemTray; import java.awt.TrayIcon; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent; import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { if (!SystemTray.isSupported()) { return; } SystemTray tray = SystemTray.getSystemTray(); PropertyChangeListener pcl; pcl = new PropertyChangeListener() { public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent pce) { System.out.println("Property changed = " + pce.getPropertyName()); TrayIcon[] tia = (TrayIcon[]) pce.getOldValue(); if (tia != null) { for (int i = 0; i < tia.length; i++) System.out.println(tia[i]); } tia = (TrayIcon[]) pce.getNewValue(); if (tia != null) { for (int i = 0; i < tia.length; i++) System.out.println(tia[i]); } } }; tray.addPropertyChangeListener("trayIcons", pcl); Dimension size = tray.getTrayIconSize(); TrayIcon[] icons = tray.getTrayIcons(); BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(size.width, size.height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB); Graphics g = bi.getGraphics(); g.setColor(Color.blue); g.fillRect(0, 0, size.width, size.height); TrayIcon icon = null; tray.add(icon = new TrayIcon(bi)); Thread.sleep(3000); tray.remove(icon); Thread.sleep(3000); System.exit(0); } }