Android Simple Game API

This distribution contains:

android-simple-gameapi

• for getting you startet developing android games.
• use maven to build, or download the jar file listed above.
• use gradle for setting up project in Android Studio

Features - Screenmanagement - Bitmaphandling (Sprite, buttons and text) - Soundmanagement - Physics (Box2d for 2D rigid body simulation) - Bitmapcaching

android-simple-gameapi-example

• simple examples of the usage of android-simple-gameapi

Games using the API on Google Play:

• Reversi Paper Blobs Free https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.machinegames.othello
• Reversi Paper Blobs https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.machinegames.othello.paid
• Raindrop https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arconegames.raindrop

How to get started using example

Get the code

1. Create folder c:\git and enter it
2. Pull the code from github git clone https://github.com/jansoren/android-simple-gameapi.git
3. Enter folder c:\git\android-simple-gameapi
4. Select the master branch git checkout master

Setup using Android Studio

1. Download Android Studio http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html
2. Import as Gradle project
3. Done :)

Setup using Eclipse

1. Enter folder c:\git\android-simple-gameapi\android-simple-gameapi
2. Use maven to build code mvn clean install
3. Prepare for eclipse mvn eclipse:eclipse
4. In eclipse, import using Git -> Projects from Git
5. Select your c:\git\android-simple-gameapi folder -> Next
6. Select Import existing projects -> Next
7. The android-simple-gameapi - project should be selected -> Finish

Setup example using Eclipse

1. Download Gradle http://www.gradle.org/get-started and last Android SDK version http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Set environment variable GRADLE_HOME=C:\...\gradle-1.6 and ANDROID_HOME=C:\...\android-sdk
3. Set/dobbelcheck path variable PATH=...;%GRADLE_HOME%\bin;%ANDROID_HOME%\tools;%ANDROID_HOME%\platform-tools
4. Enter folder c:\git\android-simple-gameapi\android-simple-gameapi-example
5. Build project gradle build
6. // TODO: waiting for a way to build eclipse project files using gradle

Alternative method for implementing project

1. Import using Git -> Projects from Git
2. Select your c:\git\android-simple-gameapi folder -> Next
3. Select Use the New Project wizard -> Finish
4. Select Android Project from Existing Code -> Next
5. Set Root Directory to the android example code c:\git\android-simple-gameapi\android-simple-gameapi-example -> Finish
6. Enter the projects build path in the Projects-tab and add android-simple-gameapi

You are now ready for developing android games!

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