JavaFX8 on iPhone! It works!

[Hervé Girod]

I'm with Tobias. Android class library has really stalled a lot compared to Java, and it wont improve in the future, and sticking to an outdated class library is not very interesting IMO.

Beside we don't specifically need Android class library to compile AOT. Mono work on Android, and it even does not use Android class library.

Hervé

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On 5 juil. 2013, at 13:57, Niklas Therning <niklas at therning.org> wrote:

> Even the latest version of Android are missing these classes and Dalvik
> (the VM in Android) doesn't support invokedynamic so a backport is
> required, not just for RoboVM. I managed to get Ensemble working yesterday
> on iOS with the jfx78 sources and RoboVM. But even this backport contains
> code which won't work on Android nor on RoboVM. E.g. I had to patch
> FontFileWriter to get Ensemble working (it uses java.nio.file.Files which
> is a Java7+ class). IMO the backport needs to target Android/RoboVM
> specifically and not Java7. A first step would be to make it compile with
> Java6.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Tobias Bley <tobi at ultramixer.com> wrote:
> 
>> Maybe the missing classes in the android classes used by RoboVM are only
>> missing in an old android class library and Oracles android port is based
>> on a newer version?
>> 
>> 
>> Am 05.07.2013 um 13:11 schrieb Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com>:
>> 
>>> This is great Tobi, thanks!
>>> 
>>> I'm a bit confused though - seems to be mixed messages on the need for
>> the 78 backport?
>>> 
>>> Danno, since Niklas is saying we need the backport, what steps do we
>> need to take to get this working?
>>> 
>>> I also don't understand Tobi's comments below about not using the
>> android jdk. What is it that's not working, and isn't jfx suppose to run on
>> android as well?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 04/07/2013, at 11:53 PM, Tobias Bley <tobi at ultramixer.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I published by blog post about using JavaFX8 and RoboVM to build a iOS
>> app: http://blog.software4java.com/?p=41
>>>> 
>>>> @Niklas: IMO it’s important that RoboVM support OpenJDK as alternative
>> to the android class library because OpenJFX depends on OpenJDK not on
>> Android class library (Apache Harmony).
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Tobi
>>>> 
>>>> Am 04.07.2013 um 14:49 schrieb Niklas Therning <niklas at therning.org>:
>>>> 
>>>>> RoboVM doesn't do invokedynamic so I guess this only works if the app
>>>>> doesn't depend on any of the code in JavaFX8 that compiles down to
>>>>> invokedynamic calls. Also, there are quite a few API's available in
>> Java8
>>>>> (and also Java7) that RoboVM doesn't have. We really need to get the
>> jfx78
>>>>> backport to compile for iOS and generate the static libs properly.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've just got the font related code in the BrickBreaker sample working
>>>>> using the jfx78 backport. There's still a bit of manual command line
>> work
>>>>> needed to merge the static libraries into universal libraries like the
>> old
>>>>> ant build system did automatically. But it isn't too hard. I'll try to
>> put
>>>>> up instructions on the robovm blog later today. I'll let you know.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 1:31 AM, <steve.x.northover at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 03/07/2013 7:17 PM, Daniel Zwolenski wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Can I just use this: https://jdk8.java.net/**download.html<
>> https://jdk8.java.net/download.html>?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks Richard, in the building for Mac section there is a link to
>>>>>>>> "Install the latest JDK 8 build" that goes to a dead URL (
>>>>>>>> http://jdk8.dev.java.net/). Do you know the correct URL?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Richard Bair <
>> richard.bair at oracle.com>**
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Extensive documentation that is mostly correct:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/**display/OpenJFX/Building+**OpenJFX
>> <https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX>
>> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/**display/OpenJFX/Developing+**OpenJFX<
>> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Developing+OpenJFX>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> It is still a work in progress but most things you need to know to
>> build
>>>>>>>>> is found here.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Richard
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 3, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Trying to catch up to Tobi on this one so I can have some fun with
>> it
>>>>>>>>> too.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I assume in order to compile the graphics repo of JFX8 I need an
>> OpenJ8
>>>>>>>>> JDK
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> already installed? Are there pre-built bundles for this (for mac)
>> or do
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> need to checkout and build myself? Does anyone know which repo,
>> and
>>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>> command line arg should I use to build J8 in this case?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Tobias Bley <tobi at ultramixer.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I used RoboVM 0.0.2 and the current OpenJFX8 from mercurial
>> graphics
>>>>>>>>>>> branch.... So no 78 backport. I will write a blog post on
>>>>>>>>>>> blog.software4java.com until tomorrow...
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Currently the performance is very limited - as Richard told too.
>> I’m
>>>>>>>>>>> testing now all the basic JFX controls (like button, RadioButton,
>>>>>>>>>> CheckBox,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> ListView, TableView, ...).
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Tobi
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Am 03.07.2013 um 21:47 schrieb Daniel Zwolenski <
>> zonski at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Tobi, this is awesome! But you've left us hanging :)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you use the 78 backport for this or just straight out J8?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> What are the steps to reproduce your working build?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Very darn exciting!
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 04/07/2013, at 2:50 AM, Danno Ferrin <
>> danno.ferrin at shemnon.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> JavaFX 8?  Does RoboVM support invokedynamic?  That is a big
>> deal if
>>>>>>>>>>>> so.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Niklas Therning <
>>>>>>>>>>>> niklas at therning.org
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Awesome! Can you please post the build instructions somewhere?
>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> getting a long with gradle at all. :-(
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Tobi <tobi at ultramixer.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It works! Latest JavaFX 8 (gradle based) with RoboVM on a real
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iPhone
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> native text rendering and JFX CSS rendering!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tobi
>> 
>>