How to integrate Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) with java

Question

I\'d like to make a desktop application to let a website be browsed, I don\'t want to make a browser but a Browser embeded Application. I\'ve tried with JavaFx

Answer 1

Is it possible to embed CEF/JCEF in java application?

Yes, you can do that! The steps are:

1. Download JCEF and extract it JCEF

2. Declare Environment Variable to point to ${EXTRACT_DIR}/bin/lib/win64

3. Install following files in local repository: ${EXTRACT_DIR}/bin/{gluegen-rt.jar, gluegen-rt-natives-windows-amd64.jar, jogl-all.jar, jogl-all-natives-windows-amd64.jar, jcef.jar}.

For example: mvn install:install-file -Dfile=gluegen-rt.jar -DgroupId=org.jcef -DartifactId=gluegen -Dversion=1.0 -Dpackaging=jar

4. Create a maven project and declare installed artifacts in pom.xml

5. Copy sample: ${EXTRACT_DIR}/bin/tests/simple/MainFrame.java to your project and try it

Take note that those steps are for Maven Project and JVM 64bit

Answer 2

I found an sample application of jcef.

To download this Sample Application Click Here

Answer 3

I have a repository that maintains releases for each version of JCEF. The builds are done for different architectures and OS (mac, linux, and windows).

https://github.com/jcefbuild/java-cef-build/releases

Depending on your target OS and architecture, each zip contains jars which need to be placed on the classpath of your java application. They also contain native libraries which need to be loaded by your application by setting java.library.path to point to the folder containing the binaries.

The zips also contain a test application which can be executed by running a script also found in the folder.