It’s nice to use #ifdef’s in an OpenGL shader. This allows a shader file do things like contain a vertex shaders and pixel shaders in the same file. Or have different render paths selected at run time. Here is an example of a simple shader file: To use a shader in OpenGL ES, the program [...] Read more
At GDC 2012, I will be presenting with Ian Ni-Lewis (from Google) on best practices for writing cross-platform native Android games. This presentation will discuss some lesson we have learned creating native Android apps that run on the widest range of hardware possible. Since I work at Intel, I’ll obviously be discussing some experiences porting [...] Read more
With Google’s recent release of the NDK (r6), it is now possible build Android application for x86 processors in addition to ARM. In general, this only involves rebuilding native code to port applications from ARM to x86. However, there are a few pitfalls to avoid. One difference between x86 and ARM is the memory alignment [...] Read more
With Google’s recent release of the NDK (r6), it is now possible build Android application for x86 processors in addition to ARM. In general, this only involves rebuilding native code to port applications from ARM to x86. However, there are a few pitfalls to avoid. One difference between x86 and ARM is the memory alignment [...] Read more
