Build swing project using the JavaFX Browser / WebEngine (Gradle)

Question

I'm trying to build an application using the JavaFX WebEngine inside of a swing gui. Gradle complains about not finding the JavaFX packages. How can I tell gradle to include the appropriate jar?

Answer 1

I assume you are using jdk 7. Add the jfxrt.jar from your jre/lib directory to the build as a file dependency, or install it into your repository. This is not necessary if you are compiling with jdk 8.

You might also have to put new JFXPanel() at the beginning of your Swing app to start the JavaFX thread.

There is also a gradle-javafx plugin that is recommended. https://bitbucket.org/shemnon/javafx-gradle