Location is required in JavaFX with gradle

Question

I'm getting java.lang.NullPointerException: Location is required. when I run my program after assembling using gradle with javafx plugin. If I run it from IntelliJ Idea, everything is all right. The Java source files and .fxml are locate in some package. build.gradle ``` apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'application' apply plugin: 'idea' apply from: 'javafx.plugin' javafx { javaRuntime = 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45' appID 'FXMLExample' appName 'fxml example application' mainClass 'local.hz.FXMLExample' } task "create-dirs" { sourceSets*.java.srcDirs*.each {it.mkdirs()} sourceSets*.resources.srcDirs*.each {it.mkdirs()} } ``` fxml_example.fxml ```

Accepted Answer

Your FXML files are probably not packaged into your jar.

Try adding this to your build.gradle file:

```
sourceSets {
  main {
    resources {
        srcDirs = ["src/main/java"]
        includes = ["**/*.fxml"]
    }
  }
}
```

Location is required in JavaFX with gradle

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