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The Android Game Developer???s Handbook

You're reading from The Android Game Developer???s Handbook Discover an all in one handbook to developing immersive and cross-platform Android games

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785885860

Length 368 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

OpenGL

Concepts

Mobile Game Development

Author (1):

Avisekhar Roy

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Android Game Development FREE CHAPTER

2. Introduction to Different Android Platforms

3. Different Android Development Tools

4. Android Development Style and Standards in the Industry

5. Understanding the Game Loop and Frame Rate

6. Improving Performance of 2D/3D Games

7. Working with Shaders

8. Performance and Memory Optimization

9. Testing Code and Debugging

10. Scope for Android in VR Games

11. Android Game Development Using C++ and OpenGL

12. Polishing Android Games

13. Third-Party Integration, Monetization, and Services

Index

Rendering using OpenGL

Android uses OpenGL for rendering. Android SDK libraries include the OpenGL libraries, specially optimized for Android. Android started supporting OpenGL from API level 4 and then increased its support as the level increased. Currently, the maximum supported version of OpenGL is OpenGL ES 3.1 from API level 21.

OpenGL versions

Different OpenGL versions have a different set of features. Versions 1.0 and 2.0 have a lot of differences in terms of coding style, API convenience, functionality, and feature support. Let's discuss the following OpenGL ES versions that are significant to Android development:

OpenGL ES 1.x
OpenGL ES 2.0
OpenGL ES 3.0
OpenGL ES 3.1

OpenGL 1.x

OpenGL version 1.x has been supported from Android API level 4 with a shared OpenGL ES 1.x library, libGLESv1.so. The headers gl.h and glext.h contain all the necessary APIs for OpenGL functionality.

OpenGL 2.0

In the current industry, a developer prefers to use OpenGL ES 2.0 for games, because almost every...

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Authors (1)

Avisekhar Roy

Avisekhar Roy

Avisekhar Roy is a B.Tech engineer in computer science. He has had a passion for coding since his school days. However, he had no plans to become a game programmer. His fate landed him in the gaming industry in 2010. Since then, he fell in love with game development. Avisekhar has worked in many formats of game development environment, ranging from small companies and individual studios to corporate companies and full-scale game development studios. He recently started his own gaming start-up in 2016 and is currently working on games for the mobile platform. Avisekhar has also worked with some big companies, such as Reliance Games in India, as well as a small-scale studio called Nautilus Mobile. He is now trying to acquire a position in the gaming industry for his own venture, Funboat Games.

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