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General => Feature requests => Topic started by: golgoth on January 15, 2011, 07:09:29 pm

Title: Support for portable device?
Post by: golgoth on January 15, 2011, 07:09:29 pm

Hi, is there in plans to support SFML on portable OS like Android?

Title: Support for portable device?
Post by: Laurent on January 16, 2011, 08:16:57 pm

Yes, but in a far future. OSes that are compatible with Window/Unix would "just" require some API changes in the window module, as well as an OpenGL ES back-end and compatible internal code.

Android is full Java, isn't it? So it makes SFML unusable on it.

Title: Support for portable device?
Post by: golgoth on January 16, 2011, 08:54:44 pm

I read there is a way to compile C++ API for Android, but that will have to be confirmed. In any case, It would be very awesome to port SFML for mobiles.

Title: Support for portable device?
Post by: Walker on January 17, 2011, 04:16:48 am

There is a way, but it's not quite as useful as you would hope. You still have to run Java in the VM. A "simple" port would probably not be possible.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html

Title: Support for portable device?
Post by: TdkBacke on January 18, 2011, 12:48:26 pm

@Walker: The NDK 2.3 now supports applications completely written in C++: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/01/gingerbread-ndk-awesomeness.html

Title: Support for portable device?
Post by: Nexus on January 18, 2011, 01:23:17 pm

This is really nice, thanks for the information! :)

Title: Support for portable device?
Post by: Walker on January 21, 2011, 06:59:18 pm

Quote from: "TdkBacke"

@Walker: The NDK 2.3 now supports applications completely written in C++: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/01/gingerbread-ndk-awesomeness.html

Wow, that's great news! An Android phone is on the list of things to get now :D

Title: Support for portable device?
Post by: JanRGilbert on February 19, 2011, 12:25:40 am

Are there any plans for an iPhone/iPad version?

Title: Support for portable device?
Post by: Groogy on February 19, 2011, 12:40:04 am

Laurent has said several times on the forum, OpenGL ES is not something he is prioritizing to support right now. I don't even think he have any concrete future plans to implement it. Like his answer in the beginning of the thread is: "It's in the far future"

Not sure, just the pieces I've picked up from forum discussions.