Native Development

Loading a PNG into Memory and Displaying It as a Texture with OpenGL ES 2: Adding Support for iOS

July 24, 2013

In the previous post, we looked at loading in texture data from a PNG file and uploading it to an OpenGL texture, and then displaying that on the screen in Android. To do that, we used libpng and loaded in the data from our platform-independent C code. In this post, we’ll add supporting files to … Continue reading Loading a PNG into Memory and Displaying It as a Texture with OpenGL ES 2: Adding Support for iOS»

Loading a PNG into Memory and Displaying It as a Texture with OpenGL ES 2, Using (Almost) the Same Code on iOS, Android, and Emscripten

July 23, 2013

In the last post in this series, we setup a system to render OpenGL to Android, iOS and the web via WebGL and emscripten. In this post, we’ll expand on that work and add support for PNG loading, shaders, and VBOs. TL;DR We can put most of our common code into a core folder, and … Continue reading Loading a PNG into Memory and Displaying It as a Texture with OpenGL ES 2, Using (Almost) the Same Code on iOS, Android, and Emscripten»

Calling OpenGL from C on iOS, Sharing Common Code with Android

July 14, 2013

In the last post, we covered how to call OpenGL from C on Android by using the NDK; in this post, we’ll call into the same common code from an Objective-C codebase which will run on an iOS device. Prerequisites A Mac with a suitable IDE installed. An iOS emulator, or a provisioned iPhone or … Continue reading Calling OpenGL from C on iOS, Sharing Common Code with Android»

Calling OpenGL from C on Android, Using the NDK

July 13, 2013

For this first post in the Developing a Simple Game of Air Hockey Using C++ and OpenGL ES 2 for Android, iOS, and the Web series, we’ll create a simple Android program that initializes OpenGL, then renders simple frames from native code. Prerequisites The Android SDK & NDK installed, along with a suitable IDE. An … Continue reading Calling OpenGL from C on Android, Using the NDK»

Developing a Simple Game of Air Hockey Using C and OpenGL ES 2 for Android, iOS, and the Web

May 20, 2013

Some of you have been curious about what the air hockey game from the book would be like if we brought it over to other platforms. I would like to find out, myself. 🙂 In the spirit of my last post about cross-platform development, I want to port the air hockey project over to a … Continue reading Developing a Simple Game of Air Hockey Using C and OpenGL ES 2 for Android, iOS, and the Web»

Site Updates, and Thoughts on Native Development for the Web

April 30, 2013

I’ve recently been spending time travelling overseas, taking a bit of a break after reaching an important milestone with the book, and also taking a bit of a rest from working for myself! The trip has been good so far, and I’ve even been keeping up to date with items from the RSS feed. Here … Continue reading Site Updates, and Thoughts on Native Development for the Web»