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kerner1000
kerner1000

Reputation: 3558

JavaFX Maven platform specific build: mac aarm64 qualifier

I am building my JavaFX app using Maven like so:

Dependencies defined in pom.xml:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx-fxml</artifactId>
        <version>${javafx.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx-controls</artifactId>
        <version>${javafx.version}</version>
    </dependency>

Maven build command:

mvn package -Djavafx.platform=mac

This sets the platform qualifier when cross-platform building. The following Maven classifiers are available:

win,mac,linux

(See https://openjfx.io/openjfx-docs/ 'cross-platform')

Now if I build with the mac classifier, and then try to execute with a aarch64 JRE, this does not work. Apparently the mac classifier specifies the mac x64 architecture which does not fit to the aarch64 JRE.

Can I somehow specify the aarch64 dependency version for mac?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1234

Answers (1)

Jos&#233; Pereda
Jos&#233; Pereda

Reputation: 45476

This question short of answered a similar issue, but it is now a little bit outdated, as macOS AArch64 support was added starting JavaFX 17.

Before JavaFX 17, the javafx.pom parent pom included these Maven profiles:

  • linux with javafx.platform=linux
  • macosx with javafx.platform=mac
  • windows with javafx.platform=win
  • And a custom profile javafx.platform.custom with javafx.platform=${javafx.platform}

With the new architectures supported, and starting JavaFX 17, the parent pom includes the following Maven profiles:

  • linux-x86_64 with javafx.platform=linux or javafx.platform=linux-monocle
  • linux-aarch64 with javafx.platform=linux-aarch64 or javafx.platform=linux-aarch64-monocle
  • linux-arm32 with javafx.platform=linux-arm32-monocle
  • macosx-x86_64 with javafx.platform=mac or javafx.platform=mac-monocle
  • macosx-aarch64 with javafx.platform=mac-aarch64 or javafx.platform=mac-aarch64-monocle
  • windows-x86_64 with javafx.platform=win or javafx.platform=win-monocle
  • windows-x86 with javafx.platform=win-x86 or javafx.platform=win-x86-monocle
  • And a custom profile javafx.platform.custom with javafx.platform=${javafx.platform}

Therefore, if you want to do a cross-platform build that only includes the dependencies for macOS AArch64 you just need:

mvn package -Djavafx.platform=mac-aarch64

Of course, this only applies to the JavaFX artifacts that Gluon publishes to Maven Center, and not for other distributions (JavaFX SDK or bundled within the Java SDK).

Note: These profiles have a monocle alternative, that can be activated if you include a javafx.monocle property in your pom:

<javafx.monocle>true</javafx.monocle>

This allow using the JavaFX artifacts with or without monocle (the implementation of the Glass windowing component of JavaFX for embedded systems), same as if you download the SDK from https://gluonhq.com/products/javafx/. This is useful, for instance, if you run on the command line of a Raspberry Pi without a windows manager.

Upvotes: 5

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