this question is similar to something I asked here Android OpenGL ES 2: Introduction to VBOs however I tried multiple aproaches since then and I still haven't succeeded, so I think posting another question where I offer aditional details would be a better aproach.
I am new to OpenGL ES 2 on Android (I have never worked with another OpenGL, I just need to draw something for an app I am developing for Android) and I would very much like to understand how to use VBOs. I tried to modify this OpenGL ES 2 for Android tutorial to use VBOs when drawing the triangle. I tried to use this step by step guide and this tutorial but I still don't understand everything, I am rather new to all of these things. My app currently crashes on start. Here's what I have:
public class Triangle {
private final String vertexShaderCode =
// This matrix member variable provides a hook to manipulate
// the coordinates of the objects that use this vertex shader
"uniform mat4 uMVPMatrix;" +
"attribute vec4 vPosition;" +
"void main() {" +
// the matrix must be included as a modifier of gl_Position
// Note that the uMVPMatrix factor *must be first* in order
// for the matrix multiplication product to be correct.
" gl_Position = uMVPMatrix * vPosition;" +
"}";
private final String fragmentShaderCode =
"precision mediump float;" +
"uniform vec4 vColor;" +
"void main() {" +
" gl_FragColor = vColor;" +
"}";
private final FloatBuffer vertexBuffer;
private final int mProgram;
private int mPositionHandle;
private int mColorHandle;
private int mMVPMatrixHandle;
private final int buffer[] = new int[1];
// number of coordinates per vertex in this array
static final int COORDS_PER_VERTEX = 3;
static float triangleCoords[] = {
// in counterclockwise order:
0.0f, 0.622008459f, 0.0f, // top
-0.5f, -0.311004243f, 0.0f, // bottom left
0.5f, -0.311004243f, 0.0f // bottom right
};
private final int vertexCount = triangleCoords.length / COORDS_PER_VERTEX;
private final int vertexStride = COORDS_PER_VERTEX * 4; // 4 bytes per vertex
float color[] = { 0.63671875f, 0.76953125f, 0.22265625f, 0.0f };
/**
* Sets up the drawing object data for use in an OpenGL ES context.
*/
public Triangle() {
// initialize vertex byte buffer for shape coordinates
ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// (number of coordinate values * 4 bytes per float)
triangleCoords.length * 4);
// use the device hardware's native byte order
bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
// create a floating point buffer from the ByteBuffer
vertexBuffer = bb.asFloatBuffer();
// add the coordinates to the FloatBuffer
vertexBuffer.put(triangleCoords);
// set the buffer to read the first coordinate
vertexBuffer.position(0);
// First, generate as many buffers as we need.
// This will give us the OpenGL handles for these buffers.
GLES20.glGenBuffers(1, buffer, 0);
// prepare shaders and OpenGL program
int vertexShader = MyGLRenderer.loadShader(
GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER, vertexShaderCode);
int fragmentShader = MyGLRenderer.loadShader(
GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, fragmentShaderCode);
mProgram = GLES20.glCreateProgram(); // create empty OpenGL Program
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, vertexShader); // add the vertex shader to program
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, fragmentShader); // add the fragment shader to program
GLES20.glLinkProgram(mProgram); // create OpenGL program executables
}
/**
* Encapsulates the OpenGL ES instructions for drawing this shape.
*
* @param mvpMatrix - The Model View Project matrix in which to draw
* this shape.
*/
public void draw(float[] mvpMatrix) {
// get handle to fragment shader's vColor member
mColorHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "vColor");
// Set color for drawing the triangle
GLES20.glUniform4fv(mColorHandle, 1, color, 0);
// get handle to shape's transformation matrix
mMVPMatrixHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "uMVPMatrix");
MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glGetUniformLocation");
// get handle to vertex shader's vPosition member
mPositionHandle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(mProgram, "vPosition");
//these I don't fully understand
GLES20.glBindBuffer(GLES20.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, buffer[0]);
GLES20.glBufferData(GLES20.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,vertexBuffer.capacity() * 4,vertexBuffer,GLES20.GL_STATIC_DRAW);
// Add program to OpenGL environment
GLES20.glUseProgram(mProgram);
// Enable a handle to the triangle vertices
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
// Prepare the triangle coordinate data
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(
mPositionHandle, COORDS_PER_VERTEX,
GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false,
vertexStride, 0);
// Apply the projection and view transformation
GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(mMVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, mvpMatrix, 0);
MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glUniformMatrix4fv");
// Draw the triangle
GLES20.glDrawArrays(GLES20.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, vertexCount);
// //is this still necesary? or do i have to use glDeleteBuffers?
// GLES20.glBindBuffer(GLES20.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
}
}
when I put 0 instead of vertexBuffer
inside glVertexAttribPointer()
I get an error saying I don't provide the necesarry parameter: expected parameter: ptr: java.nio.Buffer; actual arguments: 0(int)