Changing java webstart hover text over OSX Mavericks dock icon

Question

I have a java webstart, after starting it up and hovering over the java icon in the osx dock, "java" is displayed rather than my application name.

I am already doing this:

System.setProperty("com.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name", "MyApplication");

and adding

-Xdock:name=MyApplication

to my vm args. This was working fine before we upgraded to OSX Mavericks, thats when we started seeing "java". Users who have not upgraded to mavericks yet still see the applicationName when they hover over in the dock.

I've searched but haven't found any suggestions other than the above 2.

This may be a dupe of

SWT on Mac OS X: Change dock program name

and

How would I go about changing the hover text over icon in doc? (Java)

but haven't been able to resolve in Mavericks. Any suggestions?

Did you switch to use Oracle Java 7 instead of Apple Java 6 as part of the upgrade? — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, Nov 18 '13 at 15:43
And you are sure that it was Java 7 that your application was launched with? — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, Nov 18 '13 at 16:13
I'm reasonably confident. The jnlp specifies java 1.7+ and all users have java 7 installed on their machines. Also confident it was java 7 being used prior to Mavericks upgrade. — user3005200, Nov 18 '13 at 16:51

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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You can set the CFBundleName in your application's Info.plist. Some related links are cited here, and this complete example displays the name on OS X 10.9 using Java 7.

<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>RobotChase</string>

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Nov 18 '13 at 16:53

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Where do you put Info.plist in a webstart app? – Ari Maniatis Jan 20 '14 at 15:20
In the application bundle, mentioned [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/8956715/230513). – trashgod Jan 20 '14 at 15:58
And where is the application bundle in a webstart app? – Ari Maniatis Jan 21 '14 at 22:32
The application bundle is a hierarchical directory containing the JARs and other artifacts identified in the `.jnlp` – trashgod Jan 22 '14 at 01:48

Changing java webstart hover text over OSX Mavericks dock icon

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