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The JavaFX 2.0.2 Developer Preview for Mac OS X includes the JavaFX SDK, enabling Java developers to create JavaFX applications with high-performance graphics, media playback, and UI controls. It requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher and JDK 6 update 26 or higher for installation. Known issues include application naming problems, drag-and-drop feedback, and limited support for 3D rendering and gradients on Mac OS.

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The JavaFX 2.0.2 Developer Preview for Mac OS X includes the JavaFX SDK, enabling Java developers to create JavaFX applications with high-performance graphics, media playback, and UI controls. It requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher and JDK 6 update 26 or higher for installation. Known issues include application naming problems, drag-and-drop feedback, and limited support for 3D rendering and gradients on Mac OS.

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JavaFX 2.0.2 Developer Preview for Mac OS


X Release Notes
Release: JavaFX 2.0.2 for Mac OS X
Last Updated: December 2011
Developer Preview
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The JavaFX 2.0.2 Developer Preview for Mac OS X includes the JavaFX Software Development Kit
(SDK), which provides the tools and technologies for developing JavaFX applications.
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This release provides Java APIs for JavaFX, which opens the capabilities of JavaFX technology to
all Java developers and enables the many existing Java developer tools to be used to create
JavaFX applications. In addition, this release provides: We Welcome Your Comments
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High performance graphics engine that provides high level support for making rich graphics If you have questions about JavaFX, please go
simple, smooth, and fast. to the forum.

Media engine that supports playback of web multimedia content.


Web component that enables HTML to be embedded in a JavaFX application.
Extensive set of UI controls, such as Charts, Tables, Menus, and Panes.
XML-based markup language called FXML for defining user interfaces.
Sample applications that showcase the features of the JavaFX 2.0 technology.

Note:
Currently, only desktop JavaFX applications are supported on the Mac
OS platform.

System Requirements
JavaFX 2.0.2 Developer Preview for Mac OS X requires the following software:

Operating System - Mac OS X 10.6 or higher


JDK - JDK 6 update 26 or higher

Installation
The JavaFX SDK for Mac OS X is available as a zip file.

To install:

1. Download the JavaFX SDK zip file from


http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javafx/downloads/javafx2-macosx-
487281.html.
2. Extract the SDK files from the zip file to a directory on your local file system.

If you are using NetBeans IDE, see Setting Up NetBeans IDE with JavaFX 2.0 for instructions on
creating the JavaFX-enabled platform.

Samples
Sample JavaFX applications are available at
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javafx/downloads/javafx2-macosx-487281.html.
Download the zip file that contains the samples and extract the files to the directory that contains
the SDK. After extracting the files, your directory structure should look as follows, where version
is the current release, for example javafx-sdk2.0.2:

javafx-sdkversion\
bin\
docs\
javafx-samples-version\
rt\
.
.

To run a sample on your desktop, click the .jar file for the sample.

Source code for each sample is in the javafx-samples-version\src directory. To view the source
code, go to the javafx-samples-version\src\sample directory, where sample is the name of the
application in which you are interested. Each of the sample source directories is a NetBeans
project. Follow the steps in Setting Up NetBeans IDE with JavaFX 2.0 to create a JavaFX-enabled
platform in NetBeans IDE.

See the Release Notes for late-breaking news regarding the samples.

Getting Started
To get started with the JavaFX SDK, review the documentation provided at
http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/. Good starting points include:

What is JavaFX? - Introduction to concepts and tools for working with the JavaFX SDK.
Getting Started with JavaFX - Step-by-step tutorial for creating a JavaFX application.
API documentation - Output from the Javadoc tool for JavaFX classes.

Known Bugs and Issues


The following issues are known to exist. The numbers following each item refer to reports in the
JavaFX issues dashboard.

Application name shows up as "java" in the Dock and the menu bar, which currently can
not be set to anything else. Application name in "About" and "Quit" shows as "Glass", which
currently can not be set to anything else. [RT-12113, RT-13010]
No visible user feedback is provided during drag-and-drop operations. [RT-16307]
Workaround: Manually set the cursor and use a floating window to show an image
representation of the content being dragged.
Known rendering issues exist with blending. [RT-12852]
3D perspective rendering is not supported on the Mac OS. [RT-13234, RT-13230]
Gradient is not well supported on the Mac OS. [RT-10565]
An attempt to display an error dialog to users on the Mac OS fails. [RT-13739]
Mac MP3 decoder does not play short audio clips. [RT-17533]
Workaround: Convert the MP3 clip to uncompressed (PCM) AIFF or WAV format, which are
the preferred formats for short audio clips. To use MP3, clips must contain more than three
MP3 frames to be playable on Mac OS X.

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