How to convert these OpenGL Shaders to OpenGL ES shaders for GLES3 for android NDK?

Question

The following Shaders fail with a return of -1, when i try.

col_attr = glGetAttribLocation(prog, "v_col");

i tried different settings including switching ,

gl_FragColor

to

outColor

and

#version 300 es

to

#version 150 core

and many more, before i realized i'm completely lost and there are so many variables i dont know. i just need these simple shaders converted to something that works with GLESv3 for Android NDK in C++. All the help is highly appreciated. Thank you.

Original Vertex Shader

#version 150 core
in vec3 v_pos;
in vec4 v_col;
out vec4 color;
uniform mat4 projection;
uniform mat4 view;
void main(){
        color = v_col;                    
        gl_Position = projection * view * vec4(v_pos, 1.0);
}

Original Fragment Shader

#version 150 core
in vec4 color;
void main(){
            gl_FragColor = color;
}

Update: Found that only the Fragment Shader fails at compilation.

New Vertex Shader - Compiles!

return "#version 300 es                 \n"
       "in vec3 v_pos;                 \n"
       "in vec4 v_col;                 \n"
       "out vec4 color;                \n"
       "uniform mat4 projection;        \n"
       "uniform mat4 view;            \n"
       "void main()                    \n"
       "{                              \n"
       "   color = v_col;                \n"
       "   gl_Position = projection * view * vec4(v_pos, 1.0);   \n"
       "}                              \n";

New Fragment Shader - Doesn't Compile!

return "#version 300 es                 \n"
       "in vec4 color;                  \n"
       "out vec4 outColor;              \n"
       "void main()                     \n"
       "{                               \n"
       "   outColor = color;            \n"
       "}                               \n";

New Fragment Shader - Compiles!

return "#version 300 es                 \n"
        "precision mediump float;       \n"
       "in vec4 color;                  \n"
       "out vec4 outColor;              \n"
       "void main()                     \n"
       "{                               \n"
       "   outColor = color;            \n"
       "}                               \n";

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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You've to declare the fragment shader output variable out vec4 outColor.
Further you've to add a precision qualifier:

A valid GLSL ES 3.00 fragment shader would be:

#version 300 es

precision mediump float; 

in vec4 color;
out vec4 outColor;

void main(){
    outColor = color;
}

The version information (#version 300 es) has to be changed in the vertex shader, too.

See OpenGL ES Shading Language 3.00 Specification - 4.3.6 Output Variables page 42:

Fragment outputs are declared as in the following examples:
out vec4 FragmentColor;
out uint Luminosity;

See OpenGL ES Shading Language 3.00 Specification - 4.5.4 Default Precision Qualifiers page 56:

The fragment language has no default precision qualifier for floating point types. Hence for float, floating point vector and matrix variable declarations, either the declaration must include a precision qualifier or the default float precision must have been previously declared.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Mar 02 '19 at 13:05

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I updated the shaders. only Vertex shader compiles now. This is your original shader you gave me like 2 months ago . Thanx always. :D – Sadern Alwis Mar 02 '19 at 15:31
the error was missing precision qualifier. Thanx a million.! – Sadern Alwis Mar 02 '19 at 15:46
maybe you know how to help me solve my new problem? https://stackoverflow.com/q/54967251/10591628 – Sadern Alwis Mar 03 '19 at 09:14

How to convert these OpenGL Shaders to OpenGL ES shaders for GLES3 for android NDK?

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