How to Make a Java (JAR) Mobile Bookmark App for Your Site?

Jar Bookmark Applications are one of the most effective tool or app used by webmasters for promoting and gaining traffic to their mobile websites. These are simple java applications which can be installed in your java mobile phones and on starting the application it will redirect the user to the mobile website.

There are several websites which lets you create these applications, however most of them are not much reliable. You can also edit and create your own bookmark application using HexEditors and other tools, but it is not the easy way to do it. Here I’m going to share with you the easiest way of creating a jar bookmark application for your mobile website.

Before we get started make sure that you have a zip archiver like WinZip, WinRAR or 7Zip installed.

Here are the steps to on How to Make a Java(JAR) Mobile Bookmark App for Your Site.!

First download an already created bookmark jar application. (Click to download WEBGuy.jar app).
Now open this app using a zip archive (WinRAR, Winzip..etc) as shown. (Left click and select Open with > WinRAR archiver).
Now you can see all the files and folders in the app. It contains 2 files, icon.png, GameMidlet.class and a folder named META-INF.
Double click the META-INF folder to open it and you can find a file named MANIFEST.MF inside it. Open that file by double clicking in a notepad.
Now edit the entry
URL_OPEN: http://wabguy.tk

Replace the url with your website url.
Save it and close the notepad. You will get a prompt asking whether you wish to update the MANIFEST.MF file in the archive. Click ‘Yes’ and close the Winrar
- That’s it, your jar bookmark is now ready! You can transfer it to your mobile and check it out.
- You can also further edit the MANIFEST.MF file and change the application name and other details given in it. You can also change the icon of the app with your own icon by simply replacing the icon.png file which we found inside the app when viewed from zip archive with your image.
  
  So start making your own bookmark application now and promote it to gain huge traffic to your website.