JavaFX Application Heat up MacBook Pro

[Phil Race]

See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1734/_index.html
It is mentioned in (one of) the bugs you can get to if you follow the 
JBS bug trail

-phil.

On 3/25/2016 2:48 PM, Tai Hu wrote:
> Thanks for the info. What entry should I put into info.plist?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Friday, March 25, 2016, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, 8u77 has the FX fix for this issue:
>>
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132775
>>
>> However, due to the way Apple chose to enable this, you will need to
>> package your application with the appropriate entry in the Info.plist file.
>>
>> The equivalent AWT fix -- https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8041900
>> -- is fixed in 8u92 which is scheduled to be released next month.
>>
>> -- Kevin
>>
>>
>> Tai Hu wrote:
>>
>>> I am on the latest 8u77.
>>>
>>> On Friday, March 25, 2016, Scott Palmer <swpalmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> What version of JavaFX are you running?
>>>> There is a known issue, where JavaFX (and AWT/Swing) trigger activation
>>>> of
>>>> the discreet GPU.  I believe for FX the issue has been resolved in the
>>>> latest version, but the equivalent AWT fix hasn't made it to a released
>>>> version yet.
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 25, 2016, at 4:12 PM, Tai Hu <tai.hu at veroanalytics.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> My JavaFX application runs fine on a Windows box with less than 10% of
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> CPU usage. However, if I run the same application on a MacBook Pro 13
>>>> inch
>>>> (Laptop monitor, no external monitor). About 30 seconds after I launched
>>>> application, MacBook cooling fan will kick in and running high, just a
>>>> few
>>>> minutes later, laptop is too hot to put directly on your lap. Actually I
>>>> tried Ensemble app, which has exactly same issue. Few minutes after
>>>> launch,
>>>> fan kicks in and laptop become hot. I put my application under VisualVM
>>>> and
>>>> also checked Mac Activity Monitor, based on the number both of them show
>>>> the CPU usage is not extremely high and average out about 25% and
>>>> sometimes
>>>> spike to 40%. But entire machine heats up. Almost all of our Mac clients
>>>> complained about this issue to us. Does anyone could shield some light on
>>>> this issue?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Tai
>>>>>
>>>>>