How to change the Java application name shown in the Mac OS X launchpad

Question

When my application written in Java with SWT runs under OS X, both from under Eclipse and from jar, its name in

Answer 1

You should do the following during app initialization, before GUI is built:

// take the menu bar off the jframe
System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true");

// set the name of the application menu item
System.setProperty("com.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name", "AppName");

// set the look and feel
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());

But above code works in Java 1.5, this code may not work in 1.6

For new java see documentation:

1. Either use -Xdock:name command-line property:-Xdock:name=YourAppName
2. Or set CFBundleName in information property list file (plist)