Hey does native have a graphics lib included? Or w...

# kotlin-native

[Hunter Breathat]

Hey does native have a graphics lib included? Or would we have to implement one I know there is Android but i don't think that it's possible to use cross platform

[olonho]

Which platform? OpenGL is bundled by default on many platforms

[Hunter Breathat]

Ok now is there a wrapper lib of OpenGL avail or will I have to build one sorry there is not list of all lib included like in go lang

[olonho]

for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android it’s included in the distro, for other platform you can create one easily. See this teapot example: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/blob/master/samples/opengl/src/openglMain/kotlin/OpenGlTeapot.kt

[napperley]

Some Linux distros have OpenGL lib bundled. Other Linux distros require the OpenGL lib to be installed ( https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/introduction-opengl-programming )

[napperley]

A much easier route to go with when targeting Linux is to use SDL (originated on Linux before being ported to other platforms), which uses OpenGL under the covers: https://gldraphael.com/blog/getting-started-with-sdl/

Some AAA games use SDL (many Valve titles, Neverwinter Nights 1, Quake 4, Doom 3 etc).

[Hunter Breathat]

Thanks for the suggestion

[Hunter Breathat]

I was wondering because I am working on a kotlin and volant project to see about intermediary Interop (cuz of C)

[Hunter Breathat]

And I know volant doesnt have a regular graphics lib

[Hunter Breathat]

Golang*

[napperley]

There are two official Kotlin Native samples that use SDL: Tetris ( https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/tree/master/samples/tetris ), and Video Player ( https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/tree/master/samples/videoplayer )