Open a path with Desktop.open() from java on ubuntu (linux)

Question

From my application written in java I want to open a folder, using the operating system file explorer.

I use Desktop.open(new File(path))

This works fine on wind

Answer 1

I had the same problem. But in my case it was Ubuntu 18.04 and java 1.8.0_161-b12 In Windows 10, everything is working fine. But on Ubuntu

Desktop.getDesktop().open(new file) 

the program stopped responding. I decided to wrap the call in the executor:

private ExecutorService executorService; 
   BasicThreadFactory factory = new BasicThreadFactory.Builder()
            .namingPattern("YourPatternIndeficator")
            .build();
    executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(factory);
if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
        File myFile = new File(path);
        executorService.execute(() -> {
            try {
                Desktop.getDesktop().open(myFile);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        });

    }