I have created an update site for my product which consists of a set of Eclipse plug-ins. I want some of the plug-ins start automatically when Eclipse starts after the product is installed.
Actually I know that Eclipse holds auto-start properties of the installed plug-ins in configuration\org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator\bundles.info file and modifying this file manually after plug-in installation works fine. But I want an automated method to provide a user friendly installation process.
Is there a way to specify the plugins to start automatically in a feature based Eclipse update site project? (e.g. something similar to Eclipse Product Configurations).
As I googled, there are some maven based installation tools but I am looking for an easier way via standard Eclipse plug-in development capabilities.
You can create plugin/META-INF/p2.inf file:
instructions.configure = \
setStartLevel(startLevel:4); \
markStarted(started: true);
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