Adding a Gradle Build system to the Processing IDE #888

Stefterv · 2024-12-14T14:21:10Z

Here's the first pull-request adding a new Gradle build system to the Processing IDE.

The GitHub Actions will create distributable binaries for macOS (x64, aarch64), windows (x64) and linux (x64). The other platforms will need their own CI/CD system, but I think the repo will already build on the other platforms.

In terms of compatibility I've come pretty far but I'm sure there is some functionality that I have missed.

To test

To add

file associations (windows ☑️, macOS ❌, linux?)
pde:// prototcol (Probably works on windows and not macOS)
Webcam Usage (macOS)
Microphone Usage (macOS)
https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/blob/master/tutorials/Native_distributions_and_local_execution/README.md#customizing-infoplist-on-macos
https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/blob/master/tutorials/Signing_and_notarization_on_macOS/README.md#configuring-entitlements

New Features

Installers for macOS (dmg), Widows (msi), linux (deb)
Windows: Start menu item
Jetpack Compose
Kotlin Support for the IDE
Splash screen Refactor + Animation

To improve

Legacy resource handling (rn it copies all assets to temp folder on launch)
Move all dependencies to libs.versions.toml
Version and Build number

After Pull Request

Signing (Windows, macOS, and Linux?)
https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/blob/master/tutorials/Signing_and_notarization_on_macOS/README.md
Releases CI/CD
linux (arm, arm64) CI/CD

To consider

Appstores

In any case, this pull request does not break the existing Ant build system so we can either wait with the merge or we can have the Gradle version available as a preview.

The bundle size has increased quite a bit since we are shipping a JRE and a JDK instead of using the JDK to run the IDE
|linux-x64 | 257 MB |
|macos-aarch64 | 294 MB |
|macos-x64 | 289 MB |
|windows-x64 | 275 MB |

P.S. this also includes the pre-processor as a Maven library, so merging this PR will add processing:java:prepocessor as a Maven package

Stefterv · 2024-12-17T09:38:10Z

compose desktop does not support Raspberry PI 32-bit, which would mean models older than 3B would become unsupported. The raspi 2 was released in 2015 and I'm not sure how well it would run Processing in any case, so could that be an argument to drop support for it?

Stefterv · 2024-12-17T09:41:24Z

Another long term consideration I found is that compose desktop does not support building for another OS than the currently running one. For the IDE that is fine as we can use GitHub Actions. For exporting sketches this might be a bit limiting for users of Processing. I'd love to use the same packager within both contexts but we might have to use a different one for exporting sketches.

SableRaf · 2024-12-17T12:00:45Z

compose desktop does not support Raspberry PI 32-bit, which would mean models older than 3B would become unsupported. The raspi 2 was released in 2015 and I'm not sure how well it would run Processing in any case, so could that be an argument to drop support for it?

Sounds reasonable. We should communicate this early and gather community feedback. Could you draft an issue to explain the rationale for dropping 32-bit Raspberry Pi support? I'll share it on Discord, Discourse, and social media to request comments. Let me know if I can help in other ways.

SableRaf · 2024-12-17T12:03:36Z

I'd love to use the same packager within both contexts but we might have to use a different one for exporting sketches.

Thanks for flagging this. What would be the consequences of this approach? Larger download? Other limitations? Could we consider releasing platform-specific build support as tools/libraries? A bit like Unity does it?

Stefterv · 2024-12-17T13:24:27Z

Thanks for flagging this. What would be the consequences of this approach? Larger download? Other limitations? Could we consider releasing platform-specific build support as tools/libraries? A bit like Unity does it?

Consequences are not really clear for now as we're not really trying to do anything special while bundling. Which means we're also pretty flexible in terms of which bundler we use.

If we in the future would like to add composable UI's to Processing sketches for example, then we might need some of the functionality of the bundler that the IDE uses.

Stefterv · 2024-12-18T08:15:33Z

Screen.Recording.2024-12-18.at.09.14.01.mov

Little preview of the new splash screen and the tweak to the macOS titlebar

Before

Screen.Recording.2024-12-18.at.09.16.56.mov

Stefterv · 2024-12-18T08:49:04Z

java/test/processing/mode/java/ParserTests.java

@@ -460,8 +460,9 @@ public void testMultilineStringClass() {

  @Test
  public void testMultiMultilineString() {
-    Preferences.setBoolean("export.application.fullscreen", true);
-    expectGood("fullscreen_export");
+    // TODO: Add support for fullscreen. Not through settings. In PdeParseTreeListener.java


This can be re-enabled I think, it's been fixed

Stefterv · 2024-12-18T08:49:51Z

java/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/PreprocessIssueMessageSimplifier.java

-      errStr = DefaultErrorLocalStrSet.get().get("editor.status.error.syntax").orElse("Error");
-      retStr = DefaultErrorLocalStrSet.get().get(stringName).orElse(stringName);
-    }
+    var errStr = DefaultErrorLocalStrSet.get().get("editor.status.error.syntax").orElse("Error");


Still not sure how to fix this

Stefterv · 2024-12-18T08:50:39Z

java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaBuild.java

-                   new File(resourcesFolder, "en.lproj"));
-      Util.copyFile(mode.getContentFile("application/application.icns"),
-                    new File(resourcesFolder, "application.icns"));
+      // TODO: Handle the java embed and Icon with the new build system


Stefterv · 2024-12-18T08:51:51Z

app/src/processing/app/Platform.java

+        // Default installation paths for different operating systems
+        if (os.contains("windows")) {
+          var programFiles = new File(System.getenv("ProgramFiles"));
+          return new File(programFiles, "Eclipse Adoptium/jdk-17.0.10+7-hotspot");


Not sure if hardcoded JDK-17 is still relevant

The Processing Website has more meta-data related to the examples. I'd like to use that meta-data going forward so I've added it

Stefterv · 2024-12-18T19:13:32Z

Screen.Recording.2024-12-18.200843.mp4

Windows adjusted titlebar

This PR is not ready for review.

@mingness

Using the work by @mingness to simplify the contributions workflow. Disabled the post request because that data is not saved anywhere and most hosts do not support it

Fix typo/phrasing

Stefterv added 30 commits November 14, 2024 09:06

run app with the jetpack compose runner

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Deprecation indicators and removed unused resources

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Merge branch 'processing:main' into main-gradle

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Build sketches with new app bundler

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Work with external JDK

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Distribution icons

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First functional Composable

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Proper styling

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Lottie animations

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Contribution Manager UI Test

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.idea meta files

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Show local contributions

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isUpdate & isInstalled & Contribution Pane

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Contribution panel

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Animation Test

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Merge branch 'processing:main' into main-gradle

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bugfix

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New splash screen

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macOS tItle bar tweak

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Theme selector compatibility

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Stefterv added 2 commits December 18, 2024 13:09

Processing Website examples

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The Processing Website has more meta-data related to the examples. I'd like to use that meta-data going forward so I've added it

Windows look & feel

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Using the work by @mingness to simplify the contributions workflow. Disabled the post request because that data is not saved anywhere and most hosts do not support it

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New splash image

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Stefterv added this to the pde-gradle milestone Dec 20, 2024

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Open new window if none are open

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Legacy Tasks explaination

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