Building a JavaFX application using Gradle

Question

I\'m trying to build a relatively simple JavaFX application using Gradle. However, I have no idea how to do it.

I\'m relatively new to Gradle, and for simple (non-

Answer 1

The official gradle plugin for javafx is at https://github.com/openjfx/javafx-gradle-plugin.

I have successfully used this plugin from INtelliJ IDEA CE with following to illustrate my build.gradle file:

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'application'
    id 'maven'
    id 'maven-publish'
    id 'org.openjfx.javafxplugin' version '0.0.8'
}

javafx {
    // Points to JDK and its JavaFX libraries, also declares target runtime JDK
//    javaRuntime = '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_40.jdk'

    version = '13' // Specify javafx sdk version
    modules = [ 'javafx.controls', 'javafx.fxml', 'javafx.swing', 'javafx.media', 'javafx.graphics']
    sdk = System.getenv('JAVAFX_HOME')
    if (sdk == null || sdk.isBlank()) {
        throw new InvalidUserDataException("JAVAFX_HOME environment variable is not set. It must be set to root folder where JAVAFX SDK is located")
    }
    application {
        def javafxHome = System.getenv('JAVAFX_HOME')
        mainClassName = 'com.foo.FooApp'
        applicationName = 'foo-app'
        applicationDefaultJvmArgs = [
            "--module-path=${javafxHome}" + File.separator + 'lib',
            '--add-modules=javafx.controls,javafx.swing,javafx.media,javafx.graphics']
        println("applicationDefaultJvmArgs:" + applicationDefaultJvmArgs)
    }
}

dependencies {
  ... ommitted ...
}