I believe the tricky part is not setting the magic flag in your Info.plist file but rather handling the GL context changes on the fly. It requires/would require some code in the Mac GL specific part of JavaFX. Otherwise if you force it to integrated then some other app causes a switch to discrete, the app might die because its GL surface just vanished.
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've noticed that it is not possible to run a Java GUI app (Swing or > JavaFX) on a MacBook Pro without it activating the discrete graphics and > therefore reducing battery life. > > I believe it is automatically triggered by the use of OpenGL. Unless you > explicitly code for the integrated adapter, I don't think you can use > OpenGL without the discrete adapter kicking in. It would be nice if > packaged app bundles done with the javapackager had an entry in the > Info.plist that would signal that the application does not require the > discrete adapter. > > This appears to already be filed as a JDK bug at > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8041900 but it doesn't look like > it is getting much attention. Is it likely to be addressed for 9 or an 8uX > release? > > > Regards, > > Scott >
