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Android NDK Beginner`s Guide - Second Edition
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Android NDK Beginner`s Guide - Second Edition

by Sylvain Ratabouil
April 2015
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
494 pages
10h 26m
English
Packt Publishing
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Time for action – initializing OpenGL ES

Let's now see how to implement a sprite batch in DroidBlaster:

  1. Modify jni/GraphicsManager.hpp. Create the class GraphicsComponent, which defines a common interface for all rendering techniques starting with sprite batches. Define a few new methods such as:
    • getProjectionMatrix() which provides an OpenGL matrix to project 2D graphics on screen
    • loadShaderProgram() to load a vertex and fragment shader and link them together into an OpenGL program
    • registerComponent() which records a list of GraphicsComponent to initialize and render

    Create the RenderVertex private structure representing the structure of an individual sprite vertex.

    Also, declare a few new member variables such as:

    • mProjectionMatrix to store an orthographic ...
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