Android NDK Game Development Cookbook
For C++ developers, this is the book that can swiftly propel you into the potentially profitable world of Android games. The 70+ step-by-step recipes using Android NDK will give you the wide-ranging knowledge you need.
Published on 13. January 2025
320 pages
978-1-78216-779-2 (ISBN)
Description
For C++ developers, this is the book that can swiftly propel you into the potentially profitable world of Android games. The 70+ step-by-step recipes using Android NDK will give you the wide-ranging knowledge you need.
Key Features
Tips and tricks for developing and debugging mobile games on your desktop
Enhance your applications by writing multithreaded code for audio playback, network access, and asynchronous resource loading
Enhance your game development skills by using modern OpenGL ES and develop applications without using an IDE
Features two ready-to-run Android games
Book DescriptionAndroid NDK is used for multimedia applications which require direct access to a system's resources. Android NDK is also the key for portability, which in turn provides a reasonably comfortable development and debugging process using familiar tools such as GCC and Clang toolchains. If your wish to build Android games using this amazing framework, then this book is a must-have.This book provides you with a number of clear step-by-step recipes which will help you to start developing mobile games with Android NDK and boost your productivity debugging them on your computer. This book will also provide you with new ways of working as well as some useful tips and tricks that will demonstrably increase your development speed and efficiency.This book will take you through a number of easy-to-follow recipes that will help you to take advantage of the Android NDK as well as some popular C++ libraries. It presents Android application development in C++ and shows you how to create a complete gaming application. You will learn how to write portable multithreaded C++ code, use HTTP networking, play audio files, use OpenGL ES, to render high-quality text, and how to recognize user gestures on multi-touch devices. If you want to leverage your C++ skills in mobile development and add performance to your Android applications, then this is the book for you.What you will learn
Port popular C++ libraries to Android
Write portable multithreaded code
Play audio with OpenAL
Implement gesture recognition
Render text with FreeType
Use OpenGL ES to port and abstract APIs from the game code to develop games on a desktop PC
Debug mobile applications on your desktop
Access Flickr and Picasa web services from C++
Extract resources from APK archives
Develop Android applications without an IDE
Who this book is forIf you are a C++ developer who wants to jump into the world of Android game development and who wants to use the power of existing C++ libraries in your existing Android Java applications, then this book is for you. You need to have basic knowledge of C or C++ including pointer manipulation, multithreading, and object-oriented programming concepts as well as some experience developing applications without using an IDE.
Key Features
Tips and tricks for developing and debugging mobile games on your desktop
Enhance your applications by writing multithreaded code for audio playback, network access, and asynchronous resource loading
Enhance your game development skills by using modern OpenGL ES and develop applications without using an IDE
Features two ready-to-run Android games
Book DescriptionAndroid NDK is used for multimedia applications which require direct access to a system's resources. Android NDK is also the key for portability, which in turn provides a reasonably comfortable development and debugging process using familiar tools such as GCC and Clang toolchains. If your wish to build Android games using this amazing framework, then this book is a must-have.This book provides you with a number of clear step-by-step recipes which will help you to start developing mobile games with Android NDK and boost your productivity debugging them on your computer. This book will also provide you with new ways of working as well as some useful tips and tricks that will demonstrably increase your development speed and efficiency.This book will take you through a number of easy-to-follow recipes that will help you to take advantage of the Android NDK as well as some popular C++ libraries. It presents Android application development in C++ and shows you how to create a complete gaming application. You will learn how to write portable multithreaded C++ code, use HTTP networking, play audio files, use OpenGL ES, to render high-quality text, and how to recognize user gestures on multi-touch devices. If you want to leverage your C++ skills in mobile development and add performance to your Android applications, then this is the book for you.What you will learn
Port popular C++ libraries to Android
Write portable multithreaded code
Play audio with OpenAL
Implement gesture recognition
Render text with FreeType
Use OpenGL ES to port and abstract APIs from the game code to develop games on a desktop PC
Debug mobile applications on your desktop
Access Flickr and Picasa web services from C++
Extract resources from APK archives
Develop Android applications without an IDE
Who this book is forIf you are a C++ developer who wants to jump into the world of Android game development and who wants to use the power of existing C++ libraries in your existing Android Java applications, then this book is for you. You need to have basic knowledge of C or C++ including pointer manipulation, multithreading, and object-oriented programming concepts as well as some experience developing applications without using an IDE.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
10,68 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78216-779-2 (9781782167792)
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Sergey Kosarevsky | Latypov Viktor
Android Ndk Game Development Cookbook
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Kosarevsky Sergey :
Sergey Kosarevsky is a rendering lead at Ubisoft RedLynx. He worked in the mobile industry at SPB Software, Yandex, Layar and Blippar, TWNKLS, and DAQRI, where he designed and implemented real-time rendering technology. He has more than 18 years of software development experience and more than 10 years of mobile and embedded 3D graphics experience. In his Ph.D. thesis, Sergey employed computer vision to solve mechanical engineering problems. He has co-authored several books on mobile software development in C++Latypov Viktor :
Viktor Latypov is a software engineer and mathematician with experience in compiler development, device drivers, robotics, and high-performance computing and with a personal interest in 3D graphics and mobile technology. Surrounded by computers for more than 20 years, he enjoys every bit of developing and designing software for anything with a CPU inside. Viktor holds a PhD in applied mathematics from Saint-Petersburg State University.
Sergey Kosarevsky is a rendering lead at Ubisoft RedLynx. He worked in the mobile industry at SPB Software, Yandex, Layar and Blippar, TWNKLS, and DAQRI, where he designed and implemented real-time rendering technology. He has more than 18 years of software development experience and more than 10 years of mobile and embedded 3D graphics experience. In his Ph.D. thesis, Sergey employed computer vision to solve mechanical engineering problems. He has co-authored several books on mobile software development in C++Latypov Viktor :
Viktor Latypov is a software engineer and mathematician with experience in compiler development, device drivers, robotics, and high-performance computing and with a personal interest in 3D graphics and mobile technology. Surrounded by computers for more than 20 years, he enjoys every bit of developing and designing software for anything with a CPU inside. Viktor holds a PhD in applied mathematics from Saint-Petersburg State University.
Content
Table of Contents
Preface & Introduction
Establishing build environment
Porting common libraries
Networking
Organizing virtual file system
Cross-platform audio streaming
Cross-platform GUI and input system
OpenGL ES 2
Writing match-3 game
Writing picture puzzle game
Appendix A
Preface & Introduction
Establishing build environment
Porting common libraries
Networking
Organizing virtual file system
Cross-platform audio streaming
Cross-platform GUI and input system
OpenGL ES 2
Writing match-3 game
Writing picture puzzle game
Appendix A
