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OpenGL ES 2 for Android
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OpenGL ES 2 for Android

by Kevin Brothaler
June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
346 pages
8h 42m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Adding the Skybox to Our Scene

Now that we have the cube model and shader code written up, let’s add the skybox to our scene. Open up ParticlesRenderer, and add the following members to the top of the class:

Skybox/src/com/particles/android/ParticlesRenderer.java
 
private​ SkyboxShaderProgram skyboxProgram;
 
private​ Skybox skybox;
 
private​ ​int​ skyboxTexture;

At the same time, rename the existing texture member variable from the last chapter to particleTexture. Bring in any missing imports, and then we’ll initialize these new variables in onSurfaceCreated with the following code:

Skybox/src/com/particles/android/ParticlesRenderer.java
 
skyboxProgram = ​new​ SkyboxShaderProgram(context);
 
skybox = ​new​ Skybox();
 
skyboxTexture = TextureHelper.loadCubeMap(context, ...
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