... three values. These values are joined together to form faces, which are flat surfaces that
look remarkably like triangles. The triangles are then joined together to form objects or pieces of
objects. ... implementations using the
industry standard OpenGLES toolkit for small devices. While Android can support
both flavors—version 1.x for the easy way, and version 2.x for those who like to get
where the ... in OpenGL makes screens with limited color palettes look
somewhat nicer but at the expense of performance of course.
glHint() in line 17 is used to nudge OpenGLES to do what it thinks best...
...
standard OpenGLES toolkit for small devices. While iOS supports both flavors—version 1.x for
the easy way, and version 2.x for those who like to get where the nitty-is-gritty—I mainly cover
the former, ... Framework API (and described in Apple’s official OpenGLES 2.0 Programming
Guide), it’s designed to ease the transition to OpenGLES 2.0.
When dealing with OpenGL, this particular matrix is called ... matrices. Fortunately, there are a number of different libraries
to mimic these operations. One such library was released by Apple’s introduction of iOS 5.
Called the ES Framework API (and described...
... job, but for now we’re just going to be sticking with basic OpenGL ES.
Note Besides OpenGL itself, a popular helper toolkit called GL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) is
available. GLUT provides a portable ... calls to handle vectors, matrices, and quaternions. OpenGL
ES 1.
x
has wrappers around the transformations, hiding much of the inner workings,
while OpenGLES 2 does not. Up until the introduction ... states, from eliminating
back faces, as shown earlier, to smoothing points (GL_POINT-SMOOTH), to performing depth
tests (GL_DEPTH_TEST). It can also affect performance if you use it a lot. Best...
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Integrating it in an Android app
Spring forAndroid is contained in multiple JAR libraries which should be linked to the project.
These JAR libraries are not part ... standard Android distribution. For example, we will need the
following JAR libraries to consume a JSON REST API with Spring ForAndroid RestTemplate:
Minimal dependencies to add or use RestTemplate
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The Android manifest is found at the root of the project:
AndroidManifest.xml.
Forgetting to do so results in obscure messages in the log cat view (where
all...
... the protocol is not included in the url. For
example, if you enter www .apress. com and tab off the field, the address is changed to http://www .apress. com.
Selection List
e next field provides a ... development,
testing, and maintenance of each. e model provides the data and business logic. If the application was
presenting a product catalog, for example, the model would provide the product ... primarily for the professional Visual Studio developer. However, in this
chapter I will demonstrate some free alternatives including Web Matrix and Visual Studio Express for
Web. These provide...
...
Combining Cocoa Touch with OpenGL ES
This chapter’s first example application, OpenGLES_Ch2_1, provides the starting point for
examples in this book. The program configures OpenGLES to render an image ... simplifies many common programming tasks and partially hides
the differences between the two supported OpenGLES versions. This book focuses on OpenGL
ES version 2.0 for iOS 5 with GLKit.
OpenGL ES ...
uses of OpenGLESfor iOS devices. Numerous example programs demonstrate graphics
programming concepts. The website at http://opengles.cosmicthump.com/ hosts the examples,
related articles,...
... OpenGLES Context
The information that configures OpenGLES resides in platform-specific software data structures
encapsulated within an OpenGLES
context
. OpenGLES is a state machine, which ... simplifies many common programming tasks and partially hides
the differences between the two supported OpenGLES versions. This book focuses on OpenGL
ES version 2.0 for iOS 5 with GLKit.
OpenGL ES ... to perform each step in the process for
using one type of buffer and provides similar functions for other types of buffer.
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glGenBuffers()—Asks OpenGLES to generate a unique identifier for...
...
Understanding Android Platform Capabilities
The Android operating system (OS) was designed as a generic OS for mobile devices
(including smartphones and tablet PCs). The plan was that Android would ... versions may have.
What this code produces for us is essentially two string values that we can utilize for
effectively applying stylesheets (or individual styles) for our mobile web apps.
Once ... placeholder attribute for the input
fields and text area. This provides a simple (and limited-screen-real-estate-friendly)
mechanism for giving the user cues for what is required in each form field.
Download...
... learn how to make games forAndroid
devices, this book is for you. You don’t need experience with any specific JavaScript library—or
even experience making sites for mobile platforms—to get the ... certain preferences in tools and
coding approaches. For example, every web programmer has his favorite
integrated development environment (IDE) and browser for basic testing. You
probably also ... these addresses access the emulator itself, not the host machine. The
address that you should use is http://10.0.2.2. Type this address in the
emulator; you should see the test page. Don’t forget...
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