javaAutoStart

A simple library to add Java/Kotlin.JVM apps to the autostart of Windows.

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The library is available on and on JCenter.

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.vatbub</groupId>
    <artifactId>javaAutoStart</artifactId>
    <version>1.1</version>
</dependency>

Latest version:

If you get some strange JNA exceptions, also add these dependencies:

<dependencies>
    ...
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
        <artifactId>jna</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
        <artifactId>jna-platform</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.0</version>
    </dependency>
    ...
</dependencies>

The latest versions of the above dependencies are:

Usage

Java

import com.github.vatbub.javaautostart.AutoStartManager;

public class JavaDemo {
    private String appId = "com.github.vatbub.demoApp";

    public void autoStartDemo(){
        AutoStartManager manager = new AutoStartManager(appId);

        boolean isInAutoStart = manager.isInAutoStart();

        if (!isInAutoStart)
            manager.addToAutoStart(/* optional: additional launch arguments */);

        manager.removeFromAutoStart();
    }
}

Kotlin

import com.github.vatbub.javaautostart.AutoStartManager

private val appId = "com.github.vatbub.demoApp"

fun autoStartDemo() {
    val manager = AutoStartManager(appId)
    
    val isInAutoStart = manager.isInAutoStart
    if (!isInAutoStart)
        manager.addToAutoStart(/* optional: additional launch arguments */)
    
    manager.removeFromAutoStart()
}

License

This library is licensed under the Apache License v2. Open the LICENSE.txt file of this repository for more info.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. As always, you can submit an issue, fork and submit PRs.