Best way to display scalable graphics as icons in JavaFX?

Question

I am making a desktop app using JavaFX as the GUI Framework. I wan't my app to scale at any DPI, so I want sharp icons whether the app is run on a 1024x768 or 4K screen. In HTML achieving this is pretty easy with SVG, however I have not found a way to display scalable graphics directly in JavaFX.

What is the best way to achieve this? The app will obviously contain many icons, so I need it to be light and fast. Frankly, I haven't found anything close to what I want searching Google.

Thanks for your help!

Have you seen http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24205382/which-image-formats-does-javafx-support? It may help. — Hypnic Jerk, Sep 21 '16 at 17:01
Yes, but looking at this list it doesn't support any scalable format out of the box. — olivierr91, Sep 22 '16 at 12:11

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 21 '16 at 17:48

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Here is a library that you might want to have a look at: JavaFXSVG

answered Sep 21 '16 at 17:48

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '16 at 12:10

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In addition to mipa's answer, I have similarly solved my problem using svg2fxml, available here: https://tomsondev.bestsolution.at/2012/08/22/svg-to-fxml-converter-as-commandline-util/

answered Sep 22 '16 at 12:10

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Best way to display scalable graphics as icons in JavaFX?

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