Quake on the Android Platform

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:12 pm

See Quake running live on an Android-Phone in this Video @ Time: ~ 4:26

[align=center][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJHYqE0RDg[/youtube][/align]

Regards,
plusminus

lnxnt · by **lnxnt** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:13 am

Sorry, I can't see any quake running @ Time: ~ 4:26 ...

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:21 am

lnxnt wrote:Sorry, I can't see any quake running @ Time: ~ 4:26 ...

I meant "4:26" <time passed>, youtube-player-default is <time remaining>!

Regards,
plusminus

vishna · by **vishna** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:42 pm

OK, given the java nature of the android how exactly is that possible? Is this some dirty hack around C source code or is there a completely new api, for instance something like java.quake :roll:

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:07 pm

OpenGL ES Wrapper:

Android includes support for 3D hardware acceleration. This functionality is accessed via the OpenGL API — specifically, the OpenGL ES API.

OpenGL ES is a flavor of the OpenGL specification intended for embedded devices. Versions of OpenGL ES are loosely peered to versions of the primary OpenGL standard. Android currently supports OpenGL ES 1.0, which corresponds to OpenGL 1.3. So, if the application you have in mind is possible with OpenGL 1.3 on a desktop system, it should be possible on Android.

The specific API provided by Android is similar to the J2ME JSR239 OpenGL ES API. However, it may not be identical, so watch out for deviations.

vishna · by **vishna** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:35 pm

ok, i have came across OpenGL ES before, I'm aware of its API but I still don't understand how quake engine (written in C code) was ported to Android. As for now Android SDK allows only development using java language. I know there is underlying Linux, that is capable of POSIX C and it seems to me this is how quake has been launched... does it mean then that google plans to allow us to develop C apps for android?

zenob · by **zenob** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:51 pm

Well, it could be ported to java

read about jake2 http://bytonic.de/html/jake2.html

cgreen · by **cgreen** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:11 am

OpenGL ES uses a Java Native Interface on the linux platform. yes, some guys have already programmed a native library in C and used it out of android java runtime.... on m5, thought. i'm not up to date, if it is still possible and i haven't tried it myself yet.

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