Hi Johan, all, Following the announcement that JDK builds for ARM will no longer include JavaFX I started talking with the OpenJDK Adoption group (https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Adoption/Main) about the possibility of using their CloudBees CI system to produce OpenJFX binaries (for all operating systems including ARM) as a way to help keep JavaFX alive on IoT devices.
For those who don't know the Adoption group, its mission is to help developers get started with building OpenJDK, testing new features, submitting bug reports, and cleaning up code. Adoption has a CloudBees CI set up and I've been talking with Mani Sarkar (@theneomatrix369) about setting up an OpenJFX CI project with cross-compile support that builds OpenJFX for all archs. The cross-compile instructions here https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Cross+Building+for+ARM+Hard+Float are working great for me locally so now we're trying to work out how to move that to the cloud. I don't want to tread on anyone's toes here and we're not trying to become any kind of official source for JavaFX, just trying to make sure there's an easy way (e.g. binaries) for end users to add JavaFX to their ARM JDKs and to help people dip their toes into OpenJFX development as per the Adoption group's mission. Happy to coordinate on how we can make this useful and avoid any duplication of effort :) Personally, I'm a big fan of JavaFX and use it as the UI layer in JITWatch (https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/jitwatch/). I'm also into IoT and wearables and think JavaFX would be great on the new Raspberry Pi 2. Cheers, Chris @chriswhocodes
