Error as3mxml.java.path in settings does not point to a valid executable on Mac M1

[smival]

"It cannot be a directory" - the question is that exactly execution it needs?
Sorry I am not a Java expert, usually any SDKs needs correct PATH only,
perhaps mac silicon has some different adjustment?

java -version:
openjdk version "18.0.1.1" 2022-04-22
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 18.0.1.1+0)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 18.0.1.1+0, mixed mode, sharing)

echo $PATH:
/opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/node@14/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/share/dotnet:~/.dotnet/tools:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands

Thanks for any help

[joshtynjala]

Yes, the AS3 & MXML extension for VSCode is capable of checking the system PATH environment variable to find the JDK. However, I don't believe that I've ever tested it with Java installed with Homebrew. I've always used an official .pkg installer. Previously, from Oracle. More recently, from one of the OpenJDK community versions, such as Adoptium.

Regardless, if you've set as3mxml.java.path in VSCode's settings, it will use that value instead of the PATH value. The error message that you mentioned indicates that you've set as3mxml.java.path in VSCode's settings, so it will ignore the PATH. What value did you use? Based on your PATH environment variable, I suspect that the correct value should be "/opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/bin/java". By the way, you can run which java in a terminal to see the path to the java executable that was detected from your PATH. That's the path you can use for as3mxml.java.path.

perhaps mac silicon has some different adjustment?

My primary machine is an Apple Silicon Mac Mini. I did not need to make any changes to detect Java when I switched to this new machine. Everything in AS3 & MXML for VSCode just worked.

[smival]

thank you for detailed reply, yes actually OpenJDK works fine with "as3mxml.java.path": "/opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/bin/java"