HiDPI/Retina support for -splash option

[Hendrik Schreiber]

On May 23, 2014, at 12:32, Paul Taylor <paul_t100 at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On 22/05/2014 20:05, Hendrik Schreiber wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm under the impression that the VM option -splash does not honor the @2x notation for HiDPI images.
>> Am I missing something, is that being worked on, or is there a bug report for this (I couldn't find one)?
>> 
>> It's a little disappointing when you spend so much time on getting Retina right and then you realize that the very first impression the user gets when starting your app is a bad one, i.e. a blurry splash screen.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> -hendrik
> But isnt there a much larger problem,  the -splash option still broken only to be fixed in https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8024185. To clarify using the splash option will prevent my main application from working.

The bug is marked as "Fixed" for 9. Do you still see this problem in 8u20?
And if it is only fixed for 9, will it be backported to 8u20?

Thanks,

-hendrik