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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions app/src/processing/app/Platform.java
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Expand Up @@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ static public void init() {
"An unknown error occurred while trying to load\n" +
"platform-specific code for your machine.", e);
}

// Fix the issue where `java.home` points to the JRE instead of the JDK. processing/processing4#1163
System.setProperty("java.home", getJavaHome().getAbsolutePath());
}


Expand Down Expand Up @@ -389,6 +392,7 @@ static public File getContentFile(String name) {
}

static public File getJavaHome() {
// Get the build in JDK location from the Jetpack Compose resources
var resourcesDir = System.getProperty("compose.application.resources.dir");
if(resourcesDir != null) {
var jdkFolder = new File(resourcesDir,"jdk");
Expand All @@ -397,10 +401,13 @@ static public File getJavaHome() {
}
}

// If the JDK is set in the environment, use that.
var home = System.getProperty("java.home");
if(home != null){
return new File(home);
}

// Otherwise try to use the Ant embedded JDK.
if (Platform.isMacOS()) {
//return "Contents/PlugIns/jdk1.7.0_40.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java";
File[] plugins = getContentFile("../PlugIns").listFiles((dir, name) -> dir.isDirectory() &&
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