I think native bundles should use the preloader contained within. I use the Preloader to implement a splash screen since my app takes a long time to start up, even though all the jars are already "downloaded".
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Daniel Zwolenski <zon...@gmail.com> wrote: > The jfx packaging tools allow pre-loaders to be set. I don't use them but > people using the maven plugin want them. > > It looks like you can set a preloader for both jars and for bundles (web, > native). When building the bundles however they include the jar in them. So > we end up with both the bundle, and the jar within the bundle, getting the > preloader set. > > Does anyone know what will or should happen in this case? Does one > preloader take precedence and the other is ignored, or are both used at > different times and I should allow the user to set a different jar > preloader to the bundle one, or is this setup invalid and I should actually > not pass the preloader setting to one or the other in this case? > > Not using Preloaders myself and with the packaging tool code being a > complete mess, it would be good to know the expectations here so I can > properly support the users wanting this. > > Cheers > Dan