JavaFX on Raspberry Pi

[Scott Palmer]

Thanks, that worked.  

Now I have to see how easily I can get he Device I/O stuff working.  If I'm lucky, I might even get the camera writing into a WritableImage. 

Cheers,

Scott

> On Dec 5, 2015, at 10:00 PM, Jonathan Giles <jonathan.giles at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> I've not tested myself, but this might help:
> 
> http://gluonhq.com/gluon-supports-javafx-embedded-binary-builds-now-available/
> 
> -- Jonathan
> Sent from a touch device. Please excuse my brevity.
> 
>> On 6 December 2015 15:29:27 GMT+13:00, Scott Palmer <swpalmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I seem to recall that the Arm builds of Java 8 no longer include JavaFX.  I just installed 8u65 on my Raspberry Pi and that does in fact appear to be the case.
>> 
>> The web page https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/OpenJFX+on+the+Raspberry+Pi was last updated in June and it implies that JavaFX is included in the Java 8 Arm build.  Where do I find the current instructions for getting JavaFX onto a Raspberry Pi?
>> 
>> Is there anything pre-built available, or am I forced to build it myself with the instructions here: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Cross+Building+for+ARM+Hard+Float ?
>> 
>> I’m using a Mac, and the instructions say that mainly Linux is used to cross-build for Arm, so hopefully I won’t get stuck in build hell :-)
>> 
>> I also noticed that JavaME builds include the Device I/O API  (http://docs.oracle.com/javame/8.0/api/dio/api/index.html)
>>  Is it possible to use these APIs and JavaFX on a Raspberry Pi at the same time?  Can the Device I/O libraries (.jar and .so) simply be copied over from a JavaME install to a JavaSE install?  Do Java 9 modules help with any of that?
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Scott