Jetson/JavaFX

JavaFX for Jetson TK1
This guide provides a custom Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 8 for ARM which is capable of running JavaFX applications on the Jetson TK1 with OpenGL acceleration.

The JDK is tested against the JavaFX demos provided by Oracle (Ensemble, MandelbrotSet & 3DViewer)

Why is a custom build JDK needed?
Although the currently provided JDK 8 Update 6 for ARM by Oracle is perfectly capable to run JavaFX on other ARM boards out of the box with hardware acceleration, it doesn't allow you to run JavaFX applications with OpenGL support on the Jetson TK1 yet.

This custom build is derived from the current 8u-dev repository of the openJFX project which holds the upcoming 8u40 release. Hopefully once 8u40 is released this custom compiled version is not needed anymore.