Is there a mechanism to distribute an app with its own JRE?

Question

These fine folks are my users: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ

If you don\'t want to enjoy the video here is the gist: my users can\'t tell between a file

Answer 1

In OS X you pretty much are stuck with whatever Apple provides you. In other platforms, it is not needed to run a JRE installer (which you correctly point out your users may not be able to do), just bundle a JRE folder alongside your app. That is what many of our users do (my company has a multiplatform installer called InstallBuilder) and we have packaged many Java web apps that way. You can take a look at some of them at BitNami (they are all free)