Changelog

February 4, 2023 · View on GitHub

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[3.3.0] - 2023-02-04

PLEASE NOTE: This is the last official release as I'm going to sunset this project for personal reasons.

Added

  • Support country specific locales such as Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR)
  • Translation of messages to Brazilian Portuguese (#115, Thanks to @israelins85 for his contribution)

Changed

  • Changed Adopt OpenJDK link and name to Adoptium

Removed

  • Option to fund this project

[3.2.0] - 2021-02-21

Added

  • Also expand variables $APP_PACKAGE, $JAVAROOT and $USER_HOME in Oracle style PList files
  • Also expand variable $APP_ROOT in Apple style PList files
  • Oracle JVMDefaultOptions key: expand variables APPPACKAGE,APP_PACKAGE, APP_ROOT, JAVAROOT,JAVAROOT, USER_HOME (#99)

Changed

  • Improved language detection by reading the user preferred languages from the macOS System Preferences instead of using the system locale (#101, thanks to @Flexperte for his valuable feedback)
  • Improved logging for JAVA_HOME detection (#100)

Fixed

  • Fixed a crash when /usr/libexec/java_home returns no JVMs (#93)

[3.1.0] - 2021-01-07

Added

  • Support for macOS 11.0 "Big Sur" (#91)
  • Support for JDK's installed via SDKMAN! (#95)
  • Apple VMOptions key: expand variables $APP_PACKAGE, $JAVAROOT, $USER_HOME (#84)
  • Translation of messages to Spanish (PR #88, Thanks to @fvarrui for his contribution)
  • Added a CI action for automated releases that builds and publishes binary releases with shc (#85, #87, PR #96)

Changed

  • Suppress empty -splash option if no splash image is specified in Info.plist (#94)
  • Replace Travis CI with GitHub Actions CI

[3.0.6] - 2020-03-19

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue related to Java 4-8 version number detection (PR #81, Thanks to @thatChadM for his contribution)

[3.0.5] - 2019-12-15

Added

  • If java is missing, offer a choice between Oracle and AdoptOpenJDK download buttons (#78)
  • Support Array style Java:Arguments for Apple Plist style (#76)

Fixed

  • Bugfix: do not crash if CFBundleIconFile is provided without ".icns" extension (#75)
  • Minor French translation fix (PR #73, Thanks to @ebourg for his contribution)

[3.0.4] - 2018-08-24

Fixed

  • Bugfix: Variables $APP_PACKAGE, $JAVAROOT, $USER_HOME in JVMOptions key (Oracle) or Java:Properties key (Apple) were not expanded (#69)

[3.0.3] - 2018-07-29

Fixed

  • Bugfix: changes for the new Java 10 java -version formatting (#66)

[3.0.2] - 2018-04-12

Added

  • Added a basic Travis CI build pipeline running a shellcheck test for errors and executing the basic testsuite

Fixed

  • Bugfix: fix typo in JVMOptions expansion on java exec call (PR #63, Thanks to @michaelweiser for his contribution)

[3.0.1] - 2018-03-10

Fixed

  • Bugfix: remove build number from JVM version number when creating comparable version number or extracting major version (fixes #61)

[3.0.0] - 2018-02-25

Added

  • Completeley overhauled algorithm for JVM detection (JRE and JDK)
    • JDK has no longer precedence over JRE
    • All Java Virtual Machines on the system are taken into account
    • See Readme section 'How the script works' for more details
  • NEW special syntax in Plist key JVMVersion to specify a maximum JVM version requirement in addition to the minimum requirement.
    • See issue #51 for examples
  • Support JVMVersion also in Oracle PList style (#59)
  • Implemented logging to syslog facility which can be viewed via Console.app (#49)
  • Translation of messages to Chinese (PR #55, Thanks to @acely for his contribution)
  • Added a table with 'Supported PList keys' to the Readme file
  • Refactoring of functions, bash syntax, etc... (#46, #50, #56)

Fixed

  • Bugfix: pass JVM options with spaces correctly to the java exec call (#14)
  • Bugfixes: better handling of MainClass arguments with spaces (#57, #58)
  • Bugfixes: issues #47, #48, #52

[2.1.0] - 2017-07-28

Added

  • Support for Java 9 which introduces a new version number schema (fixes #43)

[2.0.2] - 2017-04-23

Fixed

  • Bugfix: do NOT expand/evaluate the default Oracle Classpath (App.app/Contents/Java/*) (PR #42, Thanks to @mguessan for his contribution)

[2.0.1] - 2016-11-27

Fixed

  • Bugfix for regression in argument passthru introduced in 2.0.0 (fixes #39)

[2.0.0] - 2016-11-20

Added

  • Localization of messages (English, German, French) (fixes #27 / PR #30, Thanks to @ebourg for his contribution)
  • Improve the version of Java reported in the error messages (fixes #28)
  • Send to java.com when the version of Java installed is too old (fixes #29)
  • Pass command line arguments through to the application (PR #31, Thanks to @dbankieris for his contribution)
  • Add support for arrays of VMOptions in Apple style Info.plists (PR #25, Thanks to @spectre683 for his contribution)
  • Allow specifying $JAVA_HOME relative to $AppPackageFolder (fixes #7 / PR #26, Thanks to @toonetown for his contribution)
    • This allows you to set a relative $JAVA_HOME via the <LSEnvironment> Plist key
    • Which means you can bundle a custom version of Java inside your app!

Changed

  • Better search algorithm for specific Java version (fixes #35)
  • Use highest available Java version for execution if JVMversion is NOT specified (fixes #37)
    • matches the new behaviour for when JVMversion IS specified (#35)
  • Switch to /bin/bash with changes in #35

Fixed

  • Bugfix for parsing 3-digit java release/build numbers (e.g. for 1.8.0_101) (fixes #36)

[1.0.1] - 2015-11-02

Changed

  • Improved display error message with applescript (PR #22, Thanks to @ygesnel for his initial contribution)
  • Reorder search for Java VM locations when specific JVM version is required (PR #22, Thanks to @yoe for his contribution)

[1.0.0] - 2015-10-08

Added

  • Support for a splash file (PR #19)
  • Expand variables like APPROOTorAPP_ROOT or JAVAROOT in Apple formatted Plist files so as to match the Oracle format (PR #17, Thanks to @cxbrooks for his contribution)
  • Support for JVMClasspath in Oracle formatted Plist files (PR #16, Thanks to @pedrofvteixeira for his contribution)

Fixed

  • Also search for JRE's (not only for JDK's) when a specific JVMversion is required (fixes #15)
  • Mark script as executable (PR #18, Thanks to @yoe for his contribution)
  • Fix JVMDefaultOptions when retrieved from array
  • Hide the retrieved java home path in stdout

[0.9.0] - 2015-05-15

Added

  • Added support for JavaX Plist key (fixes #9)

[0.8.1] - 2015-03-26

Fixed

  • Bugfix for JVMVersion key present but no JVMs in /usr/libexec/java_home

[0.8.0] - 2015-02-22

Added

  • Support for JVMVersion key (fixes #13, Thanks to @Dylan-M for his contribution)

Changed

  • Use $HOME instead of ~ to set the users home directory (fixes #11)
  • WorkingDirectory: improved substitution of variables (JAVAROOT,JAVAROOT, APP_PACKAGE, $USER_HOME) (fixes #12)
  • Use different non-zero exit codes

[0.7.0] - 2014-10-12

Added

  • Read ClassPath from ApplePlist in either Array or String style (PR #5, Thanks to Philipp Holzschneider for his contribution)
  • Read StartOnMainThread (issue #4, Thanks to @wrstlbrnft for his contribution)

[0.6.3] - 2014-07-31

Changed

  • Check Info.plist for Apple style Java keys. Better indicator to distinguish between Apple or Oracle parsing...

[0.6.2] - 2014-07-28

Fixed

  • Minor code refactoring and bugfixes

[0.6.1] - 2014-07-27

Changed

  • Standard Working Directory for Apple PList apparently is the AppRoot directory

[0.6] - 2014-07-12

Fixed

  • Also catch fixed paths for Plist key JVMWorkDir (thanks @dpolivaev)

[0.5] - 2014-06-30

Fixed

  • Bugfix for pathes / App bundles containing spaces (#2)

[0.4] - 2014-06-30

Added

  • Read and set WorkingDirectory based on the key in Info.plist (#1)
    • interpret the 3 different values JAVAROOT,JAVAROOT, APP_PACKAGE, $USER_HOME
    • fallback to root / as standard

[0.3] - 2014-03-16

Added

  • Enable drag&drop to the dock icon

[0.2] - 2014-03-16

Fixed

  • Trim whitespace from variables and commandline
  • Don't show errors in output for Info.plist querying

[0.1] - 2014-03-09

  • Initial release of 'universalJavaApplicationStub'