This sample demonstrates how to use LWJGL 3 via Maven or Gradle. The pom.xml and build.gradle files show you the general setup when using LWJGL 3 with either build system.

To use LWJGL 3 via Maven, add the following dependencies to your pom.xml:

<properties>
	<lwjgl.version>3.0.0a</lwjgl.version>
</properties>

<dependencies>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.lwjgl</groupId>
		<artifactId>lwjgl</artifactId>
		<version>${lwjgl.version}</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.lwjgl</groupId>
		<artifactId>lwjgl-platform</artifactId>
		<version>${lwjgl.version}</version>
		<classifier>natives-windows</classifier>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.lwjgl</groupId>
		<artifactId>lwjgl-platform</artifactId>
		<version>${lwjgl.version}</version>
		<classifier>natives-osx</classifier>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.lwjgl</groupId>
		<artifactId>lwjgl-platform</artifactId>
		<version>${lwjgl.version}</version>
		<classifier>natives-linux</classifier>
	</dependency>
</dependencies>

Note the <properties> element, which lets you easily switch between versions of LWJGL. The lwjgl artifact contains the core API of LWJGL. The lwjgl-platform artifacts each contain the native shared libraries for the platforms Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. You can remove dependencies for platforms you don't want to support, or you can modify your build to generate platform specific distributions, only containing the shared libraries required for each platform.

LWJGL also releases snapshot builds daily to SonaType. This lets you use the latest and greatest changes from the Git master branch. To use a snapshot build, you need to add the SonaType snapshot repository to your pom.xml:

<repositories>
	<repository>
		<id>snapshots-repo</id>
		<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
		<releases>
			<enabled>false</enabled>
		</releases>
		<snapshots>
			<enabled>true</enabled>
		</snapshots>
	</repository>
</repositories>

Then simply change the <lwjgl.version> element to a snapshot version, e.g. 3.0.0a-SNAPSHOT.

To use LWJGL 3 via Gradle, add the following dependencies to your build.gradle:

project.ext.lwjglVersion = "3.0.0a"

dependencies {
	compile "org.lwjgl:lwjgl:${lwjglVersion}"
	compile "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-platform:${lwjglVersion}:natives-windows"
	compile "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-platform:${lwjglVersion}:natives-linux"
	compile "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-platform:${lwjglVersion}:natives-osx"
}

Note the assignment to project.ext.lwjglVersion, which lets you easily switch between versions of LWJGL. The lwjgl artifact contains the core API of LWJGL. The lwjgl-platform artifacts each contain the native shared libraries for the platforms Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. You can remove dependencies for platforms you don't want to support, or you can modify your build to generate platform specific distributions, only containing the shared libraries required for each platform.

LWJGL also releases snapshot builds daily to SonaType. This lets you use the latest and greatest changes from the Git master branch. To use a snapshot build, you need to add the SonaType snapshot repository to your `build.gradle:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
}

Then simply assign a snapshot version to project.ext.lwjglVersion, e.g. 3.0.0a-SNAPSHOT.

The source of this repository contains a class SharedLibraryLoader. It lets you load the platform specific shared library from the platform JARs pulled in as dependencies. Before accessing any LWJGL APIs, simply call:

SharedLibraryLoader.load()

You can do this as the first statement in your application's main method.