Re: Roadmap for javafxpackager?
Hi Mike, Take a look at the packager in the 8u20 EA builds, it’s significantly improved over the original FX Packager. We are looking right now at what features we’ll do for the next feature update for JDK 8 after 8u20. I believe icon support should already be there in the original FX Packager, and certainly in the 8u20 version. File associations are coming in a future update, certainly very high on the list of features we want to address. Joe On May 14, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Mike Hearn m...@plan99.net wrote: I've been looking around for the best way to distribute my app. Javafxpackager is a big leap over what Java provided before (nothing) but it's still pretty basic. I'm wondering if there's a plan or roadmap for improving it. For instance I made a Mac DMG (it works, yay!) but I had to manually replace the default icon file: there's apparently no way to adjust that. Also, no support for configuring file associations etc. It looks like to get something sophisticated like the Scene Builder packaging still requires a lot of platform specific work.
Re: Roadmap for javafxpackager?
Awesome! I'll check it out. I'm not sure how your versioning scheme works. Does 8u20 mean it will be released 20 weeks after the original Java 8.0 or something? When is it expected to go stable? On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Joe McGlynn joe.mcgl...@oracle.comwrote: Hi Mike, Take a look at the packager in the 8u20 EA builds, it’s significantly improved over the original FX Packager. We are looking right now at what features we’ll do for the next feature update for JDK 8 after 8u20. I believe icon support should already be there in the original FX Packager, and certainly in the 8u20 version. File associations are coming in a future update, certainly very high on the list of features we want to address. Joe On May 14, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Mike Hearn m...@plan99.net wrote: I've been looking around for the best way to distribute my app. Javafxpackager is a big leap over what Java provided before (nothing) but it's still pretty basic. I'm wondering if there's a plan or roadmap for improving it. For instance I made a Mac DMG (it works, yay!) but I had to manually replace the default icon file: there's apparently no way to adjust that. Also, no support for configuring file associations etc. It looks like to get something sophisticated like the Scene Builder packaging still requires a lot of platform specific work.
Re: Roadmap for javafxpackager?
The icon can be customized prior to the 8u20 release via magic file locations: http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/deployment/self-contained-packaging.htm#BCGICFDB You can customize both the app icon as well as the DMG icon, and the backing image. The main issue is you need to create an icns yourself. Another option is to use the gradle plugin I wrote that will create the ICNS for you out of PNG images. File Association support is not coming in 8u20, I will take this message as a vote to add it to a later release. On May 14, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Mike Hearn m...@plan99.net wrote: I've been looking around for the best way to distribute my app. Javafxpackager is a big leap over what Java provided before (nothing) but it's still pretty basic. I'm wondering if there's a plan or roadmap for improving it. For instance I made a Mac DMG (it works, yay!) but I had to manually replace the default icon file: there's apparently no way to adjust that. Also, no support for configuring file associations etc. It looks like to get something sophisticated like the Scene Builder packaging still requires a lot of platform specific work.
Re: Roadmap for javafxpackager?
Hi Mike, JDK 8u20 is the first limited update release for JDK 8. See: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/jdk-version-number-scheme-1918258.html The 8u20 release is scheduled for GA in August. Early access builds are available here: https://jdk8.java.net/download.html -- Kevin Mike Hearn wrote: Awesome! I'll check it out. I'm not sure how your versioning scheme works. Does 8u20 mean it will be released 20 weeks after the original Java 8.0 or something? When is it expected to go stable? On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Joe McGlynn joe.mcgl...@oracle.comwrote: Hi Mike, Take a look at the packager in the 8u20 EA builds, it’s significantly improved over the original FX Packager. We are looking right now at what features we’ll do for the next feature update for JDK 8 after 8u20. I believe icon support should already be there in the original FX Packager, and certainly in the 8u20 version. File associations are coming in a future update, certainly very high on the list of features we want to address. Joe On May 14, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Mike Hearn m...@plan99.net wrote: I've been looking around for the best way to distribute my app. Javafxpackager is a big leap over what Java provided before (nothing) but it's still pretty basic. I'm wondering if there's a plan or roadmap for improving it. For instance I made a Mac DMG (it works, yay!) but I had to manually replace the default icon file: there's apparently no way to adjust that. Also, no support for configuring file associations etc. It looks like to get something sophisticated like the Scene Builder packaging still requires a lot of platform specific work.
