how to create a bundled runnable jar using Ant

Question

I looked at this question, but it didn\'t really solve my problem, so I figured I\'d post a new one.

I need to create a runnable jar (runnable simply by double click

Answer 1

This is more of a general solution for making executable jar files but this is the code I use:

I've used this structure to make many different executable jar files, plus it is simpler than what you had :-)

All data put in the manifest tags under the jar tags will become an automatically generated manifest file with the given data.