Irrlicht and android api version

[Noiecity]

If I wanted to create a game in irrlicht for android, and use a valid version of the android api to upload it to the playstore, what is recommended?

[n00bc0de]

You need API level 35. Here is the statement from google on it:
https://developer.android.com/google/pl ... target-sdk

[Noiecity]

You need API level 35. Here is the statement from google on it:
https://developer.android.com/google/pl ... target-sdk

Thank you. I have seen that there is an android example in the ogl-es examples near the svn trunk repository directories, do I have to use these or is there a specialized repository? I haven't tried anything yet, I would use unity3d but irrlicht is very comfortable and specific for programming...

[n00bc0de]

I have a custom fork of the OGLES branch that uses my custom SDL2 device for android. If you download the RCBasic Android Distributable, it has a fully setup project that you can import into android studio. However, you would probably want to modify the SDL2 device in RCIrrlicht to be a fully functional one since my device does not handle any input since I only use irrlicht for graphics and handle window creation and IO through SDL2.

Here is the link to the RCBasic page on itch.io if you want to see how I made the android project: https://n00bcode.itch.io/rcbasic-basic- ... -for-games

I has box2d, bullet, and some other libraries linked as well so you can maybe get some use from how I made the android.mk file. I modified the CGUITTF library available on this forum to use SDL_TTF for loading font files since the way it would load font files by default would cause a segfault on android. There were some other things I accounted for in RCBasic's source code itself such as having every texture round up to the closest size that is a power of 2. Also, you need to set the material flag EMF_USE_MIP_MAPS to false on your scene nodes otherwise it will not render your models with textures. I don't know if these are issues in the official OGLES branch.

[Noiecity]

I have a custom fork of the OGLES branch that uses my custom SDL2 device for android. If you download the RCBasic Android Distributable, it has a fully setup project that you can import into android studio. However, you would probably want to modify the SDL2 device in RCIrrlicht to be a fully functional one since my device does not handle any input since I only use irrlicht for graphics and handle window creation and IO through SDL2.

Here is the link to the RCBasic page on itch.io if you want to see how I made the android project: https://n00bcode.itch.io/rcbasic-basic- ... -for-games

I has box2d, bullet, and some other libraries linked as well so you can maybe get some use from how I made the android.mk file. I modified the CGUITTF library available on this forum to use SDL_TTF for loading font files since the way it would load font files by default would cause a segfault on android. There were some other things I accounted for in RCBasic's source code itself such as having every texture round up to the closest size that is a power of 2. Also, you need to set the material flag EMF_USE_MIP_MAPS to false on your scene nodes otherwise it will not render your models with textures. I don't know if these are issues in the official OGLES branch.

Oh rcbasic looks interesting, I was looking at it as an option recently, thanks you

[n00bc0de]

Awesome. It has a forum and discord if you want to ask any questions. Neither are really that active but I do monitor them both daily unless I for some reason I can't.

• forum: https://rcbasic.freeforums.net/
• discord: https://discord.com/channels/1274430316 ... 6123127972

[CuteAlien]

ogl-es is the special repository for Android. But it hasn't been tested with newer API's by me in a while. I try to keep it up-to-date, but the build system it uses is pretty outdated by now. Also I never used it on Windows (as I did all my Android development on Linux), so I'm even less familiar with it there. So... it probably still works somehow, but it's likely not a smooth ride, but you will have to figure out stuff once in a while and probably set-up your own build system first.

If I remember right there are 2 Android versions you set - kinda like miniumum and official target (which could be considered maximum). Irrlicht should support everything from Android 4.x on I think... if you compile with a really old Android API (which the example did by default). But which versions really works is basically something you have to figure out. Google always wants you to support the newest ones and sends you increasingly "pressuring" letters if your app doesn't support newest versions.

Also... if you want to add payment or advertising - that's another can of worms in c++ (as the API's are all in Java, I think I spend more time on that than on actually porting the game). Or mabye it got easier now, as it's been already a decade since my Android adventures.

[Noiecity]

ogl-es is the special repository for Android. But it hasn't been tested with newer API's by me in a while. I try to keep it up-to-date, but the build system it uses is pretty outdated by now. Also I never used it on Windows (as I did all my Android development on Linux), so I'm even less familiar with it there. So... it probably still works somehow, but it's likely not a smooth ride, but you will have to figure out stuff once in a while and probably set-up your own build system first.

If I remember right there are 2 Android versions you set - kinda like miniumum and official target (which could be considered maximum). Irrlicht should support everything from Android 4.x on I think... if you compile with a really old Android API (which the example did by default). But which versions really works is basically something you have to figure out. Google always wants you to support the newest ones and sends you increasingly "pressuring" letters if your app doesn't support newest versions.

Also... if you want to add payment or advertising - that's another can of worms in c++ (as the API's are all in Java, I think I spend more time on that than on actually porting the game). Or mabye it got easier now, as it's been already a decade since my Android adventures.

thank you mr cutealien, I have your racing game installed on my android, although I had to install it by downloading the apk from another site, very good, the bots are difficult to beat and it is a very good mechanic not to fall over the edges, when the power goes out and I have a charge I usually play it