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Java FX
The fastest way to create Java FX Applications - is to combine it with Eclipse RCP.
Fallpits
- Lookout, that your PATH contains the JDK not the JRE. Can see in IDE what is really used in Projects:
IDE
The IDE is the E(fx)clipse. Eclipse with some plugins made for Java FX: http://efxclipse.bestsolution.at/index.html
Examples of different Projects
To create an Eclipse RCP project, based on Java FX follow this tutorials: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Efxclipse/Tutorials
Eclipse4 SWT App with single JavaFX Part embedded
TARGET
1. add http://download.eclipse.org/efxclipse/updates-nightly/site to the TARGET!
PROJECT
2. create an RCP Project
3. add plugins and features to the product and to your launch config
- at.bestsolution.efxclipse.runtime.javafx
- at.bestsolution.efxclipse.runtime.osgi
4. add the following to make the RCP use at.bestsolution.osgi implementation, which will enable RCP and JavaFX communication pass -Dosgi.framework.extensions=at.bestsolution.efxclipse.osgi in your launch config's VM-Arguments
Unfortunately, JavaFX was not written with OSGi in mind so there are various sources of error when running inside OSGi. These problems include the location of the JavaFX binaries in your Java installation and class loading issues because of OSGi's visibility rules. e(fx)clipse provides helper libraries for dealing with all of those problems and makes writing JavaFX applications on top of Eclipse Equinox feel as easy as it is with SWT and Swing.
5. set launch configurations “clear all”
Intellij Idea
Building JavaFx apps.
You can start creating a JavaFX project.
The structure won't fit the gradle structure but this can be edited later.
To make Idea build the jar, when selecting Build > Build Project select “Include in project build”
the jar will be generated under “artifacts”
modify the project structure, to fit gradle structure
TODO
add build.gradle
TODO
gradle assemble gradle run