tech

The foundation library for all future interface products, like paper3d, panel3d and bamboo. It provides the a variety of useful helper classes, like container, algorithms, math, a C++ wrapper of OpenGL ES 2.0 and encapsulate the difference of each operating systems, so that above application layer can concentrate on the logic and content.

Please visit http://lihw.github.com/tech for release notes, API manual and milestones.

#Version The latest version is 0.91a.

#Platform Windows 7 32&64 bit, iOS 7.0, Android 4.1 and above.

#Developement requirements The preferable develpoment platform is Windows 7 64bit with a discrete video card. The MacOS X 10.9 can also be used.

	Win32	Andoird	iOS
Windows 7	YES	Yes	No
OSX	No	Not supported	Yes

#Installation Use either git clone https://github.com/lihw/tech.git <dir>;git checkout 0.91a or download the zip file at https://github.com/lihw/tech/archive/0.91a.zip, and then uncompress the zip file to any dir you want.

The path of installation dir should not include and blank spaces

Windows

1. Run install.bat as administrator
2. Download and install Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34673

OSX

1. Run install.sh and reboot the system.

Setup Android dev environment on Windows

1. Install the Android SDK and Eclipse bundle 32bit: http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-windows-x86-20131030.zip 64bit: TODO
2. Install ANT http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi?Preferred=http%3A%2F%2Fmirrors.cnnic.cn%2Fapache%2F
3. Install JDK 1.7 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html Needs to be installed to C:\JDK
4. Install the latest Android NDK https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html#Installing
5. Setup environment variables JAVA_HOME=C:\JDK ANT_HOME=<ANT installation dir> ANDROID_SDK=<Android SDK path> Add <ANT installation dir>\bin;<Android NDK installation dir>\;<Android SDK installation dir>\platform-tools\ to PATH

Setup Android dev environment on OSX

Not supported yet.

#Build

Windows

Build win32 libraries

Open %FITECH%\configs\msvc2012\tech.sln in MSVC2012, choose Debug profile and build. When finished, build the Release profile.

Build Android libraries

Open %FITECH%\configs\android\ in dos window, and enter build.bat debug. When finished, enter build.bat release.

OSX

Build iOS libraries

Open ${FITECH}/configs/ios/Tech.xcodeproj, select buildall as active scheme and build for both Debug and Release configurations respectively.