The ability to add an icon to a jar file

Question

I've been looking around on how to change the default Java "coffee cup" icon of the executable jar file and the way to do it, I've found, is:

getFrame().setIconImage(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(getClass()
.getClassLoader().getResource("MyProject/resources/myIcon.png")));

OR:

this.getFrame().setIconImage(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("plagialyzer/resources/PlagiaLyzerIcon.png")));

I can't figure out how to add this into my JavaFx classes. Could anyone please point me on how to add this to, for example, the class below:

public class WakiliProject extends Application {

    private double xOffset = 0;
    private double yOffset = 0;

    @Override
    public void start(final Stage primaryStage) {

        ScreensController mainContainer = new ScreensController();

        Group root = new Group();

        root.setOnMousePressed(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
            @Override
            public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
                xOffset = event.getSceneX();
                yOffset = event.getSceneY();
            }
        });

        root.setOnMouseDragged(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
            @Override
            public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
                primaryStage.setX(event.getScreenX() - xOffset);
                primaryStage.setY(event.getScreenY() - yOffset);
            }
        });

        root.getChildren().addAll(mainContainer);
        Scene scene = new Scene(root, 900, 624);
        primaryStage.setScene(scene);

        primaryStage.initStyle(StageStyle.UNDECORATED);
        primaryStage.initStyle(StageStyle.TRANSPARENT);
        primaryStage.getIcons().add(new Image("/MediaTools/antibanner.png"));
        primaryStage.setTitle("Wakili");

        primaryStage.show();
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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If you want to change the icon of your file, you could try this tutorial http://code.makery.ch/java/javafx-8-tutorial-part7/

If you have >= 7u10 running, you could also try this (it's rather short): Adding an <fx:icon > element, like it's explained here.

<fx:deploy ...> 
     <fx:info> 
         <fx:icon href="default.png"/> 
     </fx:info> 
     ... 
</fx:deploy>

In case you are running 7u9 or lower, you can follow this post and answer to achieve your goal: including an icon into a self-contained JavaFX application (.exe)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Jan 18 '14 at 19:58

XWaveX

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Hey. Thanks for the response. Does this go into the FXML or hibernate.cfg.xml? I'm using NetBeans – ILikeProgramming Jan 18 '14 at 20:43
This goes into your build.xml – XWaveX Jan 18 '14 at 21:11

The ability to add an icon to a jar file

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