The problem is not the Java window, but the dependencies. If that window is created by a class that requires resolving other classes and somehow one of these classes take a long time to initialize, it will be slow.
- Johan On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 12:53 PM Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > If a Java window appears in less than half a second there is no point in > adding the complexity of a native splash screen. > > Scott > > > On Jun 4, 2018, at 5:13 AM, Tom Schindl <tom.schi...@bestsolution.at> > wrote: > > > > A splash screen has to be that instant that it IMHO makes no sense to > > time how long it takes to get the JVM and JavaFX up and running because > > it can never be as instant as a splash has to show up. > > > > Tom > > > >> On 04.06.18 01:06, Scott Palmer wrote: > >> Has anyone actually timed how long it takes to get a Java window on > screen? I don’t think the delay is long enough to bother with a splash > screen these days. > >> > >> Scott > >> > >>> On Jun 3, 2018, at 4:22 AM, Tom Schindl <tom.schi...@bestsolution.at> > wrote: > >>> > >>> That's why I requested that since a long time from the packager because > >>> a splash has to be part of the native launcher created. > >>> > >>> The Eclipse-RCP-Launcher does exactly the right thing: > >>> * Show a static image (IIRC they use bmp) > >>> * Once the VM and UI-Toolkit is up replace that image with a window > (SWT > >>> calls it Shell) so that you can go interactive showing videos, > >>> a progressbar, ... > >>> > >>> Tom > >>> > >>>> On 03.06.18 10:11, Mario Ivankovits wrote: > >>>> A preloader/splash-screen will/should also hide the JVM startup time. > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Mario > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Am 03.06.2018 um 09:57 schrieb Tom Schindl < > tom.schi...@bestsolution.at>: > >>>>> > >>>>> On 01.06.18 19:42, Johan Vos wrote: > >>>>>> I'm not saying a preloader is really a requirement, but I know of a > few > >>>>>> applications that are using it and benefiting from it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The preloader functionality is more than just a splash screen, and > I see > >>>>>> this valuable for instance when static initializers of classes that > are > >>>>>> used in the main class may take a lot of time. > >>>>> > >>>>> Then I'd argue that you can easily refactor your main-class ;-) > >>>>> > >>>>> Tom > >>>> >
