Android and iOS ports available for testing

[bjadams]

@BlueCobold much thanks for the good news

I think that SFML iOS should be publicized more. More people will get onboard SFML if they knew that the iOS port was usable to make games

[Gambit]

I know it has been explained time and time again (Even at my request), but if there was step by step instructions on how to configure iOS/Android projects, I would be more than happy to provide testing and feedback. I'm stupid with iOS/Android setup because its not as straight forward for me as normal CMake -> VSProject -> Compile/run.

[Laurent]

if there was step by step instructions on how to configure iOS/Android projects

What's the problem with the instructions at http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=13716.msg96044#msg96044 ?

[Mario]

I'm stupid with iOS/Android setup because its not as straight forward for me as normal CMake -> VSProject -> Compile/run.

Give it some time, that might be the ultimate goal, considering how (at least) Visual Studio 2015 integrates mobile platforms now.

[bjadams]

as Gambit said, it would help people who just came across SFML if there were some kind of downloads or instructions on the main page, like there is for Windows

[Laurent]

Yes, I guess it would be a good idea to check whether the mobile ports can be officially released, and if not, list all the blocking tasks on the tracker -- and find someone to work on them (especially for iOS)

[bjadams]

We must organise a SEARCH PARTY to find a knowledgeable ios developer to maintain the ios version

[Gambit]

if there was step by step instructions on how to configure iOS/Android projects

What's the problem with the instructions at http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=13716.msg96044#msg96044 ?

Nothing I guess. I mean if they describe a process of going from the SFML source to an iOS/Android app then they are fine. However, I'm a Windows/GUI peasant I dont have make installed so I cannot run the make command in the Android instructions. I understand that the mobile ports are still in development and experiemental but I dont believe I'm too far from the truth in saying that a sizable portion of SFML users are Windows/GUI users like myself so instructions for Windows and the CMake GUI (Maybe with VS as well ?) would be incredibly handy.

On the other hand I probably just sound incredibly lazy and stupid for asking for 1:1 steps.

[BlueCobold]

The instructions for Android are pretty straight forward. You should really install MinGW though. CMake GUI is no magic, there's just 2 buttons and 2 textfields. The tutorials show it pretty good. iOS is not much different. Run CMake(-GUI), build+install everything with Xcode, create your app and import the frameworks to it.

[Mario]

Decoupled the retrieval of the activity handle from sf::Window::getSystemHandle() to a more generic sf::getSystemHandle() which will return the process handle on other platforms (even though it's trivial).

Testing branch is available here: https://github.com/SFML/SFML/tree/feature/system-handle

[BlueCobold]

Tested and accepted

[Mario]

To get some movement again into this, the branch mentioned in my previous post has been updated with an "Android only" implementation and there's now a pull request for discussion/comments.

[bjadams]

will there ever be an official android & ios working version or will it stay as wip forever?

[BlueCobold]

There are tutorials how to build them and there are sample applications. Except an announcement, it can't really get much more official than that.

[Zax37]

Hello! Quick question - is there any SF-way to get dir structure inside of apk assets?
If not - do You know any? I tried dirent.h, but it's not working inside of apk.