how can I use 'glGenVertexArrays' using android-ndk

Question

i'm trying to use the VertexArray with Android NDK for a project that already compiles ok and uses other Open GL ES calls ok. For the purposes of this question let's talk about the call 'glGenVertexArrays' alone.

I found the following definition in gl2ext.h:

GL_APICALL void GL_APIENTRY glGenVertexArraysOES (GLsizei n, GLuint *arrays);

it is defined behind GL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES definition. So I defined it and used it. It compiles fine but i'm getting link errors: undefined reference, so it seems it is missing from the lib file...

So, then I tried using the typedef below in gl2ext.h:

typedef void (GL_APIENTRYP PFNGLGENVERTEXARRAYSOESPROC) (GLsizei n, GLuint *arrays);

like this:

PFNGLGENVERTEXARRAYSOESPROC glGenVertexArrays;
glGenVertexArrays = (PFNGLGENVERTEXARRAYSOESPROC) eglGetProcAddress("glGenVertexArraysOES");

and ... nothing, returns NULL.

I also tries "glGenVertexArrays" ... nothing, still returns NULL

any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

You are trying OpenGL ES Extensions which may or may not be supported.

http://www.khronos.org/opengles/documentation/opengles1_0/html/glIntro.html

Just because it is in the standard header doesn't mean that Android or any particular implementation actually has that API.