Add support for running on ARM64 Windows

[modmuss50]

Hello 👋,

This PR is a big step forward in supporting ARM64 Windows.

Depends on: gradle/gradle#21780
Major step forward for: gradle/gradle#21703

Screenshot of the native-platform-test application running:

This will require the ARM64 compiler to be installed using the Visual Studio installer, I find this is not usually included by default. This has currently only been tested using the test application, and not "end-to-end" in a full Gradle project.

I look forward to any questions or feedback 👍

Signed-off-by: modmuss50 modmuss50@gmail.com

[chadlwilson]

Possibly related to #274 (although not sure if it specifically fixes the WindowsRegistry is not supported on this operating system blocker for tool chains support).

[modmuss50]

This PR should be ready for review now that gradle/gradle#21780 was merged, however I think a maintainer needs to finish it off.

• native-platform needs updating to Gradle 8 and the latest nightly, I'm struggling with this.
• The build machines will need the Visual Studio ARM64 components installed.
• After merging native-platform needs updating in Gradle.

This will fix the WindowsRegistry is not supported on this operating system when running on ARM64.

[imkiva]

Hi maintainers, is there any plan for merging this PR? I met this problem today when I was trying to setup my Windows on ARM developer kit. Or is that possible to bypass this restriction through some configurable settings in gradle.properties? I know one use case of windows registry is to detect installed JDKs but I am not sure if it is used elsewhere.

[imkiva]

Maybe it is necessary to upgrade the Gradle wrapper version to 7.6.1 or higher since it contains the gradle/gradle#21780 needed by this patch.
Update: I just tried locally, and found the required patch is not in Gradle 8.0 but 8.2.