Java Keyboard / Mouse activity (even outside of my application)

Question

I need to determine when mouse or keyboard activity is present. My application runs in the background (tray), and I need to detect this action even when my application is not in focus.

I don’t need to know which keys were pressed, but just WHEN they were pressed.

Can I do this using Java? I read some solutions using JNI and C ++ / C, but they seem to be OS specific. Is there an easy solution for this that will work with Windows, Linux and Mac?

Thank!

Answer 1

JNI , API, .

Windows Java Global Keyboard/Mouse Hook - JNI