Love2d-android

about

We started to port the löve api to android

• the goal is to create a launcher to run .love files from sdcard
• and to enable building standalone love games without sdcard

• currently it is still neccessary to unpack the contents of .love files, but we're working on a direct loader
• to build a standalone without need to access sdcard, you might have to install android sdk and add the needed files as resources, or the .love file to be run as resource
  • unless of course someone has an idea how to append a .love file to the launcher app, like it is possible on win/linux, see help wanted section

• currently android 2.2 since that's the device we're testing on (milestone), opengl ES 1.0 (we might upgrade to ES 1.1 to use vertex buffers for better perfomance)
• At the moment it is just a prototype to check if it is possible and how much work it would be.

• currently it should also be possible to get it to work with android 2.1, since no specific 2.2 features are used.

links

• github : https://github.com/hagish/love-android
• forum thread : http://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3879
• early youtube vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfbTX30My7o&feature=youtu.be
  • orig : http://hagish.schattenkind.net/love-android/more-iyf.mpeg

not yet working

• love.audio (up next)
• loading .love files from sd card directly without unpacking (up soon)
• ttf fonts (note: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/renderscript/Font.html)
• a bunch of love.graphics calls isn't implemented yet
• love.physics : box2d (note: http://code.google.com/p/androidbox2d/ )
• love.threads (note: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Thread.html )
• love.font custom font loaders and rasterizers (lowprio for now)
• love.image custom image decoders and buffers (lowprio for now)
• love.sound custom sound decoders and buffers (lowprio for now)
• love.graphics.printf : word-wrapping currently ignores word boundaries and just wraps characters (lowprio for now)
• love.event (lowprio for now)

WE NEED HELP!

• luaj bug remove-from-table-during-iteration : http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3430986&group_id=197627&atid=962226
• any idea for how to simplify packaging like win/linux appending a .love directly to the end of the executable to create a standalone without sd-card access ?

additional api

• phone specific stuff to be exposed via love.mobile (rather than love.android, since there's a lot of overlap)

• loading from resources embedded into the app/pack rather than from filepath on sdcard
• multi-touch screen
• accelerometer, gravity sensor, gps
• maybe opening browser ?