As far as I know you can't. You would need to write your own launcher that downloads the jre from a site that you host yourself.
Such a solution wouldn't be allowed in the app store either. The best solution right now is to bundle the jre with your app. But I feel your pain about app size. Steve On Feb 5, 2014 8:05 PM, "Will Herrmann" <wjherrm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Java is no longer installed by default on OS X, but fortunately if a user > tries to launch a Java app for the first time, they receive the following > message: "To open "Test App", you need a Java SE 6 Runtime. Would you like > to install one now?" > > However, this prompts to install Java SE 6 rather than Java SE 7, which > has been out for some time. This even happens on OS 10.9.1. I'm considering > making my app require Java SE 7, but I want to ensure that users will be > downloading the proper version (I'm aware I can bundle the JRE, but I would > prefer not to add it since it would quadruple the app size). Ideally, I'd > like for the dialog box shown above to continue to be shown, but instead of > downloading Java SE 6, it downloads Java SE 7. > > I tried changing the JVMVersion key in the Info.plist file of my > application to 1.7+, but that didn't make any difference and it still > prompted to download Java SE 6 (which if it actually did require it, would > result in the user being unable to install the app). > > Is there a way that I can make this dialog prompt to install Java 7? > > I originally posted this on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/q/21568826/531762, but didn't receive a reply > and it was suggested I try this mailing list. Feel free to respond either > here or there. > > Thanks in Advance, > -Will Herrmann
