OpenJFX on iOS using RoboVM

[Tobias Bley]

Could you please post the complete robovm call to build and/or launch the iOS javafx app to log warnings with " -rvm:log=warn"?


Am 22.05.2013 um 14:55 schrieb Niklas Therning <niklas at therning.org>:

> Tom, could it be due to some class missing? Do you get an exception? If you
> launch the app with the -rvm:log=warn option failing Class.forName() calls
> will be logged.
> 
> RoboVM strips out classes not being referenced to keep down the size of the
> app. The compiler has to be told about classes that get loaded using
> reflection. That's what the -roots command line option and the <roots>
> section in the robovm.xml file are for. You may have to add a <root> there
> for the class(es) containing the effect code. Or you could just add
> <root>**.*</root> and RoboVM will compile and link in everything.
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Tom Schindl <tom.schindl at bestsolution.at>wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I also tried do something like this. I was able to work around the NPE by
>> adding a dummy com.sun.javafx.text.**PrismTextLayout to the project.
>> 
>> I also tried to run the vanishing circles demo but that one fails with an
>> effect problem.
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>> 
>> On 22.05.13 13:15, Tobias Bley wrote:
>> 
>>> Unfortunately because of the missing PrismFontLoader and the empty
>>> DummyFontLoader actually you can't use JFX controls like Label or Button
>>> because of an NullPointerException.
>>> 
>>> Exception in thread "Thread-5" java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in
>>> Application start method
>>>        at com.sun.javafx.application.**LauncherImpl.**
>>> launchApplication1(**LauncherImpl.java)
>>>        at com.sun.javafx.application.**LauncherImpl.access$000(**
>>> LauncherImpl.java)
>>>        at com.sun.javafx.application.**LauncherImpl$1.run(**
>>> LauncherImpl.java)
>>>        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.**java)
>>> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
>>>        at com.sun.javafx.text.**PrismTextLayout.setContent(**
>>> PrismTextLayout.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.text.Text.**getTextLayout(Text.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.text.Text.**needsFullTextLayout(Text.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.text.Text.access$**400(Text.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.text.Text$7.**invalidated(Text.java)
>>>        at javafx.beans.property.**ObjectPropertyBase.**markInvalid(**
>>> ObjectPropertyBase.java)
>>>        at javafx.beans.property.**ObjectPropertyBase.bind(**
>>> ObjectPropertyBase.java)
>>>        at javafx.css.**StyleableObjectProperty.bind(**
>>> StyleableObjectProperty.java)
>>>        at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.**skin.LabeledText.<init>(**
>>> LabeledText.java)
>>>        at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.**skin.LabeledSkinBase.<init>(**
>>> LabeledSkinBase.java)
>>>        at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.**skin.LabelSkin.<init>(**
>>> LabelSkin.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.control.Label.**createDefaultSkin(Label.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.control.Control.**impl_processCSS(Control.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.Parent.impl_**processCSS(Parent.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.Node.processCSS(**Node.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.Scene.doCSSPass(**Scene.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.Scene.**preferredSize(Scene.java)
>>>        at javafx.scene.Scene.impl_**preferredSize(Scene.java)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Am 20.05.2013 um 19:04 schrieb Niklas Therning <niklas at therning.org>:
>>> 
>>> Source code and build instructions for the BrickBreaker JavaFX sample on
>>>> iOS/RoboVM is now available online [1]. The static libs included in that
>>>> download have been compiled from my fork [2] of Danno Ferrin's JDK7
>>>> backport of openjfx [3]. For build instructions please see [4].
>>>> 
>>>> [1]
>>>> http://blog.robovm.org/2013/**05/brickbreaker-javafx-sample-**
>>>> on-ios-robovm-source-code-**released.html<http://blog.robovm.org/2013/05/brickbreaker-javafx-sample-on-ios-robovm-source-code-released.html>
>>>> [2] https://bitbucket.org/**ntherning/jfx78<https://bitbucket.org/ntherning/jfx78>
>>>> [3] https://bitbucket.org/narya/**jfx78<https://bitbucket.org/narya/jfx78>
>>>> [4] https://gist.github.com/**ntherning/5613607<https://gist.github.com/ntherning/5613607>
>>>> 
>>>> /Niklas
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Niklas Therning <niklas at therning.org
>>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'll clean up the code and post it somewhere later this week. We're not
>>>>> using OpenJDK's class libraries. It's Android's.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:38 PM, <steve.x.northover at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Niklas!!!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This is very cool.  Please make your work available as soon as possible
>>>>>> so others can try it out.  I have played a bit with RoboVM and looked
>>>>>> into
>>>>>> what would be required to port JavaFX to it but did not get the time
>>>>>> to do
>>>>>> a deep dive.  Are you using the OpenJDK for the class libraries?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 13/05/2013 5:32 AM, Niklas Therning wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I've managed to get OpenJFX running on iOS using RoboVM. Please see
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> RoboVM blog [1] for a quick video of it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'd like to say thank you for writing such great code! BrickBreaker
>>>>>>> almost
>>>>>>> worked out of the box! I had to remove/stub out font related stuff of
>>>>>>> course and PlatformLogger had to be copied from OpenJDK. Also had to
>>>>>>> fix
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> tiny bug in the native glass code [2] and an NPE in
>>>>>>> PlatformUtil.getRTDir()
>>>>>>> when PlatformUtil.class isn't available in any jar file [3].
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Do you have an ETA on the open-sourcing of the font related code? It
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> be a fun challenge to get most of the controls or even the Ensemble
>>>>>>> sample
>>>>>>> to work but fonts are essential of course.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> [1] http://blog.robovm.org/2013/****05/javafx-openjfx-on-ios-**<http://blog.robovm.org/2013/**05/javafx-openjfx-on-ios-**>
>>>>>>> using-robovm.html<http://blog.**robovm.org/2013/05/javafx-**
>>>>>>> openjfx-on-ios-using-robovm.**html<http://blog.robovm.org/2013/05/javafx-openjfx-on-ios-using-robovm.html>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> [2] https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/****browse/RT-30327<https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/**browse/RT-30327>
>>>>>>> <https://**javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/**RT-30327<https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-30327>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> [3] https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/****browse/RT-30329<https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/**browse/RT-30329>
>>>>>>> <https://**javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/**RT-30329<https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-30329>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Niklas Therning
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
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