JavaFX8: Multittouch support under Linux

[Stefan Schwandter]

Hi,


thanks! I’ve tried to compile on a current Ubuntu 13.10. A default build (gradle 1.8 without parameters) works fine. With

gradle -PCOMPILE_TARGETS=x86egl sdk

however, I get the following build error:

stefan at stefan-OptiPlex-GX620:~/src/openjfx/rt$ gradle -PCOMPILE_TARGETS=x86egl sdk
:buildSrc:generateGrammarSource UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:compileGroovy UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:processResources UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:classes UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:jar UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:assemble UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:compileTestJava UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:compileTestGroovy UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:processTestResources UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:testClasses UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:test UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:check UP-TO-DATE
:buildSrc:build UP-TO-DATE
Creating properties on demand (a.k.a. dynamic properties) has been deprecated and is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 2.0. Please read http://gradle.org/docs/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.plugins.ExtraPropertiesExtension.html for information on the replacement for dynamic properties.
Deprecated dynamic property: "compilePrefix" on "root project 'rt'", value: "".

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Script '/home/stefan/src/openjfx/rt/buildSrc/x86egl.gradle' line: 59

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating script.
> No signature of method: java.lang.String.exists() is applicable for argument types: () values: []
  Possible solutions: wait(), toList(), expand(), execute(), toList(), next()

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 9.536 secs


Best,
Stefan


Am 02.04.2014 um 10:19 schrieb Daniel Blaukopf <daniel.blaukopf at oracle.com>:

> Hi Stefan,
> 
> You have it exactly right. The touch support on the Raspberry Pi and similar devices gets events from the Linux device drivers, not from X11 or GTK. We don’t provide a binary of this configuration for x86, but if you are able to build OpenJFX then you could easily create a binary yourself (“gradle -PCOMPILE_TARGETS=x86egl sdk”). This is a hybrid binary that uses EGL/X11 for full-screen output but gets input directly from device nodes in /dev/input.
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
> 
> On Apr 2, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Stefan Schwandter <s.schwandter at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Anthony,
>> 
>> 
>> thanks for your quick reply.
>> 
>> I wonder though: it seems there’s at least preliminary touch support for OpenJFX on the Raspberry Pi - is this because it does not use X11 and/or GTK there? Is it possible to do the same on an X86-based Linux device?
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Stefan
>> 
>> Am 01.04.2014 um 14:02 schrieb Anthony Petrov <anthony.petrov at oracle.com>:
>> 
>>> Hi Stefan,
>>> 
>>> No, currently it's not. Here's a JIRA that you may want to watch:
>>> 
>>> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-25079
>>> 
>>> --
>>> best regards,
>>> Anthony
>>> 
>>> On 4/1/2014 3:52 PM, Stefan Schwandter wrote:
>>>> Hello all!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Is multitouch-input supposed to be supported on Java 8 SE running on Linux? I use a capacitive touch screen, with a DMC controller, connected to a Ubuntu 13.10 PC via USB, and none of the sample code that I've tried seems to recognize any touch events. Under Windows 7, touch events are recognized, I can swipe, zoom, etc.
>>>> 
>>>> So I wonder, if multitouch input is simply not supported under Linux with JavaFX 8, or I have another problem.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Stefan
>>>> 
>> 
>