Author Topic: Support for portable device? (Read 4932 times)

golgoth · « **on:** January 15, 2011, 07:09:29 pm »

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

Laurent · « **Reply #1 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.

golgoth · « **Reply #2 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.

Walker · « **Reply #3 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

TdkBacke · « **Reply #4 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

Nexus · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2011, 01:23:17 pm »

This is really nice, thanks for the information!

Walker · « **Reply #6 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

JanRGilbert · « **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2011, 12:25:40 am »

Are there any plans for an iPhone/iPad version?

Groogy · « **Reply #8 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.