Programmatically minimizing to tray

[Greg-Mega]

Trying to work out how to programatically minimize my AIR application to the system tray.

I've tried:

window.nativewindow.minimize();

But that just minimizes and doesn't go to the system tray as it does when I click the minimize button... surely I'm just overlooking something here?

[wmazza]

hey Greg,

To minimize air applications to the system tray, you have to create a tray icon. Here is a quick example:

// Check if we can create a System Tray Icon
if (air.NativeApplication.supportsSystemTrayIcon) {
    // By default, there is no icon for the system tray, so let's load one!
    var iconLoad = new air.Loader();
        iconLoad.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(air.Event.COMPLETE,function(evt){
            air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.icon.bitmaps = [evt.target.content.bitmapData];
        });
        iconLoad.load(new air.URLRequest("/resources/icons/MyAppIcon_16x16.png"));
    
    // Assign tooltip to icon
    air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.icon.tooltip = "My App";
    
    // Create a tray menu
    var trayMenu = new air.NativeMenu();
    
    var tmOpen = new air.NativeMenuItem("Show My App");
        tmOpen.addEventListener(air.Event.SELECT,function() {
            Ext.air.NativeWindowManager.get('mainWin').activate();
        });
    
    var tmSeperator= new air.NativeMenuItem("-", true);
    
    var tmExit = new air.NativeMenuItem("Exit");
        tmExit.addEventListener(air.Event.SELECT,applicationExit);
    
    trayMenu.addItem(tmOpen);
    trayMenu.addItem(tmSeperator);
    trayMenu.addItem(tmExit);
    
    // Assign the menu to the icon
    air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.icon.menu = trayMenu;
}

function applicationExit(){ 
    var exitingEvent = new air.Event(air.Event.EXITING, false, true);
    air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.dispatchEvent(exitingEvent);
    if (!exitingEvent.isDefaultPrevented()) air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.exit();
};

Above code works for Windows machines. Make sure to create one for Macs as well! More details can be found on the Adobe AIR documentation site:
(AIR 1.5) http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/...de46-7dcc.html
(AIR 1.1) http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.1/...de46-7dcc.html

[dudecool]

Hi,
I guess we cannot minimize the window into tray but we can simulate it by using the below code

window.nativeWindow.minimize();
window.nativeWindow.visible = false;

We can just say

window.nativeWindow.visible = false;

but when minimized os take care of freeing up memory, for me a 45mb application becoame 15mb.

In the above code there is a small addition just after setting the tooltip

air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.icon.addEventListener("click", function(){
    if (!window.nativeWindow.visible) {
	window.nativeWindow.restore();
	window.nativeWindow.visible = true;
    }
    window.nativeWindow.alwaysInFront = true;
    window.nativeWindow.alwaysInFront = false;
    air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.activate(window.nativeWindow);
});

hope this help! if anyone find a better way of doing it let me know