Android OpenGL-ES VBO support or not?

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Android OpenGL-ES VBO support or not? How can i check this?

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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Some phones support it, some do not. Generally, VBOs are mandatory in OpenGL 1.1, so if the device reports

gl.glGetString(GL10.GL_VERSION);

as 1.1 or higher (you can also write the app manifest file so that 1.1 is required for the installation) then they are supported.

If the device support OpenGL ES 1.0 only, you should check the return value of

gl.glGetString(GL10.GL_EXTENSIONS);

whether it contains ARB_vertex_buffer_object or not. Probably it will.

For (slightly) related information about various GL capabilities of Android devices, you can find some at this question: OpenGL extensions available on different Android devices.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

Community

answered Mar 15 '11 at 15:46

Kristóf Marussy

you can also write the app manifest file so that 1.1 is required for the installation -> how I can do that?:) – lacas Mar 15 '11 at 22:26
You should use for 1.1 or for 2.0 (not supported on low-end devices, but has a more flexible pipeline). – Kristóf Marussy Mar 16 '11 at 18:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '15 at 08:39

OpenGL ES 2.0 supports VBOs well, but there is issue in Android 2.2 which misses an api in GLES20 class:

public static native void glDrawElements(
    int mode,
    int count,
    int type,
    int offset
);

The issue has been fixed from Android 2.3.

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 24 '12 at 18:34

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void draw(GL10 gl){
    GL11 gl11 = (GL11)gl;
    ...
    gl11.glBindBuffer(...);
}

edited Feb 24 '12 at 18:34

animuson

answered May 02 '11 at 16:03

farm ostrich

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