Adding the Particle System

Now we can start creating the particle system. Let’s create a new class called ParticleSystem inside the package com.particles.android.objects, starting off with the following code in the class:

Particles/src/com/particles/android/objects/ParticleSystem.java
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​private​ ​static​ ​final​ ​int​ POSITION_COMPONENT_COUNT = 3;
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​private​ ​static​ ​final​ ​int​ COLOR_COMPONENT_COUNT = 3;
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​private​ ​static​ ​final​ ​int​ VECTOR_COMPONENT_COUNT = 3;
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​private​ ​static​ ​final​ ​int​ PARTICLE_START_TIME_COMPONENT_COUNT = 1;
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​private​ ​static​ ​final​ ​int​ TOTAL_COMPONENT_COUNT =
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POSITION_COMPONENT_COUNT
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+ COLOR_COMPONENT_COUNT
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+ VECTOR_COMPONENT_COUNT
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+ PARTICLE_START_TIME_COMPONENT_COUNT;
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​private​ ​static​ ​ ...

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