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Multiple objects with same texture

I'm trying to texture an ArrayList of rectangle "bricks" for my game. I have code that works perfectly when there's only one rectangle to texture, but anytime I add more, the fragment shader only applies the texture to the last rectangle drawn, and the others are rendered invisible. I don't need to use different textures, just the exact same texture for each rectangle. What do I need to modify with my fragment shaders to make this happen?
Here's the code for my Graphics class:
private ArrayList<FloatBuffer> bricks;
private FloatBuffer textureBuffer;
private ShortBuffer drawListBuffer;
static final int COORDS_PER_VERTEX = 3;
private short drawOrder[] = {0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3}; //Order to draw vertices
private float[] textureCoords =
{ 1.0f, 1.0f,
1.0f, 0.0f,
0.0f, 0.0f,
0.0f, 1.0f };
private final int mProgram;
//New variables for textures
private int[] texBufferID = new int[1];
private int texCoordID;
private int texID;
//Use this guy to access and set the view transformation
private int mMVPMatrixHandle;
private final String vertexShaderCode =
//These are the coordinates used to pass texCoord over to the fragmentShader
"attribute vec2 s_vTexCoord;" +
"varying vec2 texCoord;" +
"uniform mat4 uMVPMatrix;" +
"attribute vec4 vPosition;" +
"void main() {" +
//The line that does the aforementioned pass
" texCoord = s_vTexCoord;" +
//the matrix has to modify glPosition
//Note: uMVPMatrix has to be first here. Cuz reasons
" gl_Position = uMVPMatrix * vPosition;" +
"}";
private final String fragmentShaderCode =
"varying vec2 texCoord;" +
"precision mediump float;" +
"uniform sampler2D texture;" +
"void main() {" +
" gl_FragColor = texture2D(texture, texCoord);" + //How is texture defined?
"}";
public Graphics(Context context) {
//Load our texture coordinates into a buffer
ByteBuffer b = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(textureCoords.length * 4);
b.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
//create a floating point buffer from bb
textureBuffer = b.asFloatBuffer();
//Add our coordinates to the float buffer
textureBuffer.put(textureCoords);
//Set the buffer to read the first coordinate
textureBuffer.position(0);
//initialize buffer for the draw list
ByteBuffer dlb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(drawOrder.length * 2); //2 bytes per short
dlb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
drawListBuffer = dlb.asShortBuffer();
drawListBuffer.put(drawOrder);
drawListBuffer.position(0);
int vertexShader = MyGLRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER, vertexShaderCode);
int fragmentShader = MyGLRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, fragmentShaderCode);
//create empty OpenGL ES Program
mProgram = GLES20.glCreateProgram();
//Add the shaders
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, vertexShader);
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, fragmentShader);
//Create OpenGL program executables
GLES20.glLinkProgram(mProgram);
GLES20.glEnable(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D);
//Pass in our texture coordinates to the vertex shader
texCoordID = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(mProgram, "s_vTexCoord");
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(texCoordID);
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(texCoordID, 2, GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false, 0, textureBuffer);
//Read in the bmp from file to bmp
final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inScaled = false; // No pre-scaling
Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), R.drawable.brick, options);
//Read bmp into OpenGL as texture 0
GLES20.glGenTextures(1, texBufferID, 0);
GLES20.glBindTexture(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, texBufferID[0]);
//This is basically OpenGL texture preferences
//GL_NEAREST means it grabs the color value of the nearest pixel for scaling. Fast and dirty.
GLES20.glTexParameterf(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GLES20.GL_NEAREST);
GLES20.glTexParameterf(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GLES20.GL_NEAREST);
GLES20.glTexParameterf(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GLES20.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
GLES20.glTexParameterf(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GLES20.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
GLUtils.texImage2D(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, bmp, 0);
bmp.recycle();
if (texBufferID[0] == 0)
{
throw new RuntimeException("Error loading texture.");
}
//Tell our vertex shader that texture 0 is the active texture
texID = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "texture");
GLES20.glActiveTexture(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE0);
GLES20.glUniform1i(texID, 0);
}
public void newBricks(ArrayList<float[]> brickList){
bricks = new ArrayList<>();
for (int i = 0; i < brickList.size(); i++) {
float[] brick = brickList.get(i);
// initialize a buffer to hold the vertices
ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
//4 bytes per float
brick.length * 4);
//Tells bb to use the devices native byte order
bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
//create a floating point buffer from bb
FloatBuffer vertexBuffer = bb.asFloatBuffer();
//Add our coordinates to the float buffer
vertexBuffer.put(brick);
//Set the buffer to read the first coordinate
vertexBuffer.position(0);
bricks.add(vertexBuffer);
}
}
public void remove(int brick){
bricks.remove(brick);
}
private int mPositionHandle;
private final int vertexCount = 12 / COORDS_PER_VERTEX;
private final int vertexStride = COORDS_PER_VERTEX * 4; //4 bytes per vertex
//We now pass draw the calculated camera and projection view matrix
public void draw(float[] mvpMatrix) {
//Add program to the OpenGL ES environment
GLES20.glUseProgram(mProgram);
//Pass in our texture coordinates to the vertex shader
texCoordID = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(mProgram, "s_vTexCoord");
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(texCoordID);
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(texCoordID, 2, GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false, 0, textureBuffer);
//get handle to vertex shader's vPosition member
mPositionHandle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(mProgram, "vPosition");
//enable a handle to the brick vertices
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
//get handle to the transformation matrix
mMVPMatrixHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "uMVPMatrix");
//pass the transformation matrix to the shader
GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(mMVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, mvpMatrix, 0);
for (int i = bricks.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
//Prepare the brick coordinate data
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(mPositionHandle, COORDS_PER_VERTEX,
GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false,
vertexStride, bricks.get(0));
//Draw the brick
GLES20.glDrawArrays(GLES20.GL_TRIANGLE_FAN, 0, vertexCount);
}
//Disable vertex array
GLES20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
}

You wrote bricks.get(0) instead of bricks.get(i) in for loop of public void draw(float[] mvpMatrix) function.
And also you can remove this line GLES20.glEnable(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D); because it is from fixed function pipeline OpenGL, but you use Shaders from OpenGL ES 2.0

OpenGL 2.0 ES Android Draw Rectangle

I'm following Google's tutorial (http://developer.android.com/training/graphics/opengl/environment.html) and i think that i everything correctly done. But i have problem, Triangle and Rectangle is invisible and LogCat doesn't show any error.
This is my code for rectangle:
package com.example.gameengine;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.ByteOrder;
import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
import java.nio.ShortBuffer;
import android.opengl.GLES20;
/**
* A two-dimensional square for use as a drawn object in OpenGL ES 2.0.
*/
public class GLObject {
private final String vertexShaderCode =
// This matrix member variable provides a hook to manipulate
// the coordinates of the objects that use this vertex shader
"uniform mat4 uMVPMatrix;" +
"attribute vec4 vPosition;" +
"void main() {" +
// The matrix must be included as a modifier of gl_Position.
// Note that the uMVPMatrix factor *must be first* in order
// for the matrix multiplication product to be correct.
" gl_Position = uMVPMatrix * vPosition;" +
"}";
private final String fragmentShaderCode =
"precision mediump float;" +
"uniform vec4 vColor;" +
"void main() {" +
" gl_FragColor = vColor;" +
"}";
private final FloatBuffer vertexBuffer;
private final ShortBuffer drawListBuffer;
private final int mProgram;
private int mPositionHandle;
private int mColorHandle;
private int mMVPMatrixHandle;
// number of coordinates per vertex in this array
static final int COORDS_PER_VERTEX = 3;
static float squareCoords[] = {
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, // top left
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, // bottom left
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, // bottom right
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f }; // top right
private final short drawOrder[] = { 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3 }; // order to draw vertices
private final int vertexStride = COORDS_PER_VERTEX * 4; // 4 bytes per vertex
float color[] = { 0.2f, 0.709803922f, 0.898039216f, 1.0f };
/**
* Sets up the drawing object data for use in an OpenGL ES context.
*/
public GLObject() {
// initialize vertex byte buffer for shape coordinates
ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// (# of coordinate values * 4 bytes per float)
squareCoords.length * 4);
bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
vertexBuffer = bb.asFloatBuffer();
vertexBuffer.put(squareCoords);
vertexBuffer.position(0);
// initialize byte buffer for the draw list
ByteBuffer dlb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// (# of coordinate values * 2 bytes per short)
drawOrder.length * 2);
dlb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
drawListBuffer = dlb.asShortBuffer();
drawListBuffer.put(drawOrder);
drawListBuffer.position(0);
// prepare shaders and OpenGL program
int vertexShader = GLRenderer.loadShader(
GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER,
vertexShaderCode);
int fragmentShader = GLRenderer.loadShader(
GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER,
fragmentShaderCode);
mProgram = GLES20.glCreateProgram(); // create empty OpenGL Program
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, vertexShader); // add the vertex shader to program
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, fragmentShader); // add the fragment shader to program
GLES20.glLinkProgram(mProgram); // create OpenGL program executables
}
/**
* Encapsulates the OpenGL ES instructions for drawing this shape.
*
* #param mvpMatrix - The Model View Project matrix in which to draw
* this shape.
*/
public void draw(float[] mvpMatrix) {
// Add program to OpenGL environment
GLES20.glUseProgram(mProgram);
// get handle to vertex shader's vPosition member
mPositionHandle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(mProgram, "vPosition");
// Enable a handle to the triangle vertices
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
// Prepare the triangle coordinate data
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(
mPositionHandle, COORDS_PER_VERTEX,
GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false,
vertexStride, vertexBuffer);
// get handle to fragment shader's vColor member
mColorHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "vColor");
// Set color for drawing the triangle
GLES20.glUniform4fv(mColorHandle, 1, color, 0);
// get handle to shape's transformation matrix
mMVPMatrixHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "uMVPMatrix");
GLRenderer.checkGlError("glGetUniformLocation");
// Apply the projection and view transformation
GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(mMVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, mvpMatrix, 0);
GLRenderer.checkGlError("glUniformMatrix4fv");
// Draw the square
GLES20.glDrawElements(
GLES20.GL_TRIANGLES, drawOrder.length,
GLES20.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, drawListBuffer);
// Disable vertex array
GLES20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
}
}
And this is how i draw rectangle:
GLES20.glClear(GLES20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GLES20.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
// Set the camera position (View matrix)
Matrix.setLookAtM(mViewMatrix, 0, 0, 0, -3, 0f, 0f, 0f, 0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
// Calculate the projection and view transformation
Matrix.multiplyMM(mMVPMatrix, 0, mProjectionMatrix, 0, mViewMatrix, 0);
// Draw square
mSquare.draw(mMVPMatrix);
GLSurface is correctly implmenent(i can change background color)

EDIT: Since vertex buffer objects are not being used for drawing here, no need to use the ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER. That being the case, have you tried just specifying an unit matrix for the mvp that will show the quad without any transformation ? That will rule out the possibility of the quad not getting drawn at all and hence being invisible.
Is this the full drawing code ? It looks like you are not binding the ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, that is needed for indexing the vertices using drawListBuffer.
Using the below, you can enable this for the default object (0).
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, somebufferID);
glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, someotherBufferID);

Simple translation with opengl es 2.0 on Android

I've look everywhere to understand how to translate shapes with openGl es 2.0 but I can't find the right way. Rotation and scaling work fine.
I tried it with the android openGl es 2.0 tutorial but the shape is more distorded than translated.
Here's the code (almost the same than the android code sample http://developer.android.com/shareables/training/OpenGLES.zip, except of the line to translate:
public class MyGLRenderer implements GLSurfaceView.Renderer {
private static final String TAG = "MyGLRenderer";
private Triangle mTriangle;
private Square mSquare;
private final float[] mMVPMatrix = new float[16];
private final float[] mProjMatrix = new float[16];
private final float[] mVMatrix = new float[16];
private final float[] mRotationMatrix = new float[16];
// Declare as volatile because we are updating it from another thread
public volatile float mAngle;
#Override
public void onSurfaceCreated(GL10 unused, EGLConfig config) {
// Set the background frame color
GLES20.glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
mTriangle = new Triangle();
mSquare = new Square();
}
#Override
public void onDrawFrame(GL10 unused) {
// Draw background color
GLES20.glClear(GLES20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
// Set the camera position (View matrix)
Matrix.setLookAtM(mVMatrix, 0, 0, 0, -3, 0f, 0f, 0f, 0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
// Calculate the projection and view transformation
Matrix.multiplyMM(mMVPMatrix, 0, mProjMatrix, 0, mVMatrix, 0);
// Draw square
mSquare.draw(mMVPMatrix);
// Create a rotation for the triangle
// long time = SystemClock.uptimeMillis() % 4000L;
// float angle = 0.090f * ((int) time);
Matrix.setRotateM(mRotationMatrix, 0, mAngle, 0, 0, -1.0f);
// Combine the rotation matrix with the projection and camera view
Matrix.multiplyMM(mMVPMatrix, 0, mRotationMatrix, 0, mMVPMatrix, 0);
// Draw triangle
mTriangle.draw(mMVPMatrix);
}
#Override
public void onSurfaceChanged(GL10 unused, int width, int height) {
// Adjust the viewport based on geometry changes,
// such as screen rotation
GLES20.glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
float ratio = (float) width / height;
// this projection matrix is applied to object coordinates
// in the onDrawFrame() method
Matrix.frustumM(mProjMatrix, 0, -ratio, ratio, -1, 1, 3, 7);
}
public static int loadShader(int type, String shaderCode){
// create a vertex shader type (GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER)
// or a fragment shader type (GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER)
int shader = GLES20.glCreateShader(type);
// add the source code to the shader and compile it
GLES20.glShaderSource(shader, shaderCode);
GLES20.glCompileShader(shader);
return shader;
}
/**
* Utility method for debugging OpenGL calls. Provide the name of the call
* just after making it:
*
* <pre>
* mColorHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "vColor");
* MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glGetUniformLocation");</pre>
*
* If the operation is not successful, the check throws an error.
*
* #param glOperation - Name of the OpenGL call to check.
*/
public static void checkGlError(String glOperation) {
int error;
while ((error = GLES20.glGetError()) != GLES20.GL_NO_ERROR) {
Log.e(TAG, glOperation + ": glError " + error);
throw new RuntimeException(glOperation + ": glError " + error);
}
}
}
And here's the square class with the translation transformation:
class Square {
private final String vertexShaderCode =
// This matrix member variable provides a hook to manipulate
// the coordinates of the objects that use this vertex shader
"uniform mat4 uMVPMatrix;" +
"attribute vec4 vPosition;" +
"void main() {" +
// the matrix must be included as a modifier of gl_Position
" gl_Position = vPosition * uMVPMatrix;" +
"}";
private final String fragmentShaderCode =
"precision mediump float;" +
"uniform vec4 vColor;" +
"void main() {" +
" gl_FragColor = vColor;" +
"}";
private final FloatBuffer vertexBuffer;
private final ShortBuffer drawListBuffer;
private final int mProgram;
private int mPositionHandle;
private int mColorHandle;
private int mMVPMatrixHandle;
// number of coordinates per vertex in this array
static final int COORDS_PER_VERTEX = 3;
static float squareCoords[] = { -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, // top left
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, // bottom left
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, // bottom right
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f }; // top right
private final short drawOrder[] = { 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3 }; // order to draw vertices
private final int vertexStride = COORDS_PER_VERTEX * 4; // 4 bytes per vertex
// Set color with red, green, blue and alpha (opacity) values
float color[] = { 0.2f, 0.709803922f, 0.898039216f, 1.0f };
public Square() {
// initialize vertex byte buffer for shape coordinates
ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// (# of coordinate values * 4 bytes per float)
squareCoords.length * 4);
bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
vertexBuffer = bb.asFloatBuffer();
vertexBuffer.put(squareCoords);
vertexBuffer.position(0);
// initialize byte buffer for the draw list
ByteBuffer dlb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// (# of coordinate values * 2 bytes per short)
drawOrder.length * 2);
dlb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
drawListBuffer = dlb.asShortBuffer();
drawListBuffer.put(drawOrder);
drawListBuffer.position(0);
// prepare shaders and OpenGL program
int vertexShader = MyGLRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER,
vertexShaderCode);
int fragmentShader = MyGLRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER,
fragmentShaderCode);
mProgram = GLES20.glCreateProgram(); // create empty OpenGL Program
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, vertexShader); // add the vertex shader to program
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, fragmentShader); // add the fragment shader to program
GLES20.glLinkProgram(mProgram); // create OpenGL program executables
}
public void draw(float[] mvpMatrix) {
// Add program to OpenGL environment
GLES20.glUseProgram(mProgram);
// get handle to vertex shader's vPosition member
mPositionHandle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(mProgram, "vPosition");
// Enable a handle to the triangle vertices
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
// Prepare the triangle coordinate data
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(mPositionHandle, COORDS_PER_VERTEX,
GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false,
vertexStride, vertexBuffer);
// get handle to fragment shader's vColor member
mColorHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "vColor");
// Set color for drawing the triangle
GLES20.glUniform4fv(mColorHandle, 1, color, 0);
// get handle to shape's transformation matrix
mMVPMatrixHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "uMVPMatrix");
MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glGetUniformLocation");
//TRANSLATION
float[] transMatrix = new float[16];
Matrix.setIdentityM(transMatrix,0);
Matrix.translateM(transMatrix,0,5.0f,0,0);
Matrix.multiplyMM(transMatrix,0,mvpMatrix,0,transMatrix,0);
// Apply the projection and view transformation
GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(mMVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, transMatrix, 0);
MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glUniformMatrix4fv");
// Draw the square
GLES20.glDrawElements(GLES20.GL_TRIANGLES, drawOrder.length,
GLES20.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, drawListBuffer);
// Disable vertex array
GLES20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
}
}
I think it's related with the vertex shader code but I can't figure it out?

I am doing the translation of the matrix within the onDrawFrame method of the Renderer, so my code looks like this:
// Set the camera position (View matrix)
Matrix.setLookAtM(mViewMatrixS, 0, 0, 0, -3, 0f, 0f, 0f, 0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
//translate the Matrix
Matrix.translateM(mViewMatrixS, 0, 2f, 1f, 0);
// Calculate the projection and view transformation
Matrix.multiplyMM(mMVPMatrixS, 0, mProjectionMatrix, 0, mViewMatrixS, 0);
// Draw square
mSquare.draw(mMVPMatrix);
And this does the job of translating my shape correctly. I don't know if this was the problem.

I find the answer on this post: Is Google's Android OpenGL tutorial teaching incorrect linear algebra?
Just invert uMVPMatrix and vPosition in the vertexShaderCode string to:
" gl_Position = uMVPMatrix * vPosition;"

The following link contains the answer. Took over a day to locate it. Posting here to help others as I seen this post many times. OpenGL ES Android Matrix Transformations
Android exmaple project was wrong and has just been updated finally. FYI.

You might be seeing the distortion because of the perspective camera. Try reducing the distance you translate the objects by.

Textures are stretched in android opengl es 2.0

I started from the google's android tutorial on open gl and then used this tutorial:
to add textures. Since the class structures differ a bit, I had to do some code-moving-renaming. What i ended up is:
Here is the texture file i used.
As one can see, the texture is somehow stretched along (1, 1), although the underlying object is a square.
Here is my quad's code, any help is appreciated.
public class GLSquare implements IGLObject {
private final String vertexShaderCode =
// This matrix member variable provides a hook to manipulate
// the coordinates of the objects that use this vertex shader
"uniform mat4 uMVPMatrix;" + "attribute vec2 a_TexCoordinate;"
+ "varying vec2 v_TexCoordinate;" + "attribute vec4 vPosition;"
+ "void main() {"
+
// the matrix must be included as a modifier of gl_Position
" gl_Position = uMVPMatrix * vPosition;"
+ "v_TexCoordinate = a_TexCoordinate;" + "}";
private final String fragmentShaderCode = "precision mediump float;"
+ "uniform sampler2D u_Texture;" + "varying vec2 v_TexCoordinate;"
+ "void main() {"
+ " gl_FragColor = texture2D(u_Texture, v_TexCoordinate);" + "}";
private final FloatBuffer vertexBuffer;
private final ShortBuffer drawListBuffer;
private final int mProgramHandle;
private int mPositionHandle;
private int mMVPMatrixHandle;
private int mTextureDataHandle;
/** The texture pointer */
// number of coordinates per vertex in this array
static final int COORDS_PER_VERTEX = 3;
static float squareCoords[] = { -10f, 10f, 0.0f, // top left
-10f, -10f, 0.0f, // bottom left
10f, -10f, 0.0f, // bottom right
10f, 10f, 0.0f }; // top right
private FloatBuffer textureBuffer; // buffer holding the texture coordinates
private float texture[] = {
// Mapping coordinates for the vertices
0.0f, 1.0f, // top left (V2)
0.0f, 0.0f, // bottom left (V1)
1.0f, 1.0f, // top right (V4)
1.0f, 0.0f // bottom right (V3)
};
static float[] mTranslate = new float[16];
static float[] translatedMVP = new float[16];
private final short drawOrder[] = { 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3 };
public GLSquare(float x, float y, float z, Context context) {
// initialize vertex byte buffer for shape coordinates
ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(squareCoords.length * 4);
bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
vertexBuffer = bb.asFloatBuffer();
vertexBuffer.put(squareCoords);
vertexBuffer.position(0);
bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(texture.length * 4);
bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
textureBuffer = bb.asFloatBuffer();
textureBuffer.put(texture);
textureBuffer.position(0);
// initialize byte buffer for the draw list
ByteBuffer dlb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// (# of coordinate values * 2 bytes per short)
drawOrder.length * 2);
dlb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
drawListBuffer = dlb.asShortBuffer();
drawListBuffer.put(drawOrder);
drawListBuffer.position(0);
Matrix.setIdentityM(mTranslate, 0);
Matrix.translateM(mTranslate, 0, x, y, z);
// prepare shaders and OpenGL program
final int vertexShaderHandle = GLTools.compileShader(
GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER, vertexShaderCode);
final int fragmentShaderHandle = GLTools.compileShader(
GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, fragmentShaderCode);
mProgramHandle = GLTools.createAndLinkProgram(vertexShaderHandle,
fragmentShaderHandle, new String[] { "a_Position", "a_Color",
"a_TexCoordinate" });
// Load the texture
mTextureDataHandle = GLTools.loadGLTexture(context, R.raw.stars1024);
}
public void draw(float[] vpMatrix) {
// Add program to OpenGL environment
GLES20.glUseProgram(mProgramHandle);
// Pass in the position information
vertexBuffer.position(0);
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(mPositionHandle, 3, GLES20.GL_FLOAT,
false, 0, vertexBuffer);
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
int mTextureCoordinateHandle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(
mProgramHandle, "a_TexCoordinate");
// Pass in the texture coordinate information
textureBuffer.position(0);
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(mTextureCoordinateHandle, 2,
GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false, 0, textureBuffer);
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(mTextureCoordinateHandle);
mMVPMatrixHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgramHandle,
"uMVPMatrix");
WideOpenRenderer.checkGlError("glGetUniformLocation");
// Apply the projection and view transformation
Matrix.multiplyMM(translatedMVP, 0, vpMatrix, 0, mTranslate, 0);
GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(mMVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, translatedMVP, 0);
// Draw the cube.
GLES20.glDrawElements(GLES20.GL_TRIANGLES, drawOrder.length,
GLES20.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, drawListBuffer);
}
}
here is the methode loading texture:
public static int loadGLTexture(Context context, final int resourceId) {
Log.d("GLTools", "Loading texture...");
final int[] textureHandle = new int[1];
GLES20.glGenTextures(1, textureHandle, 0);
if (textureHandle[0] != 0)
{
final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inScaled = false; // No pre-scaling
// Read in the resource
final Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), resourceId, options);
// Bind to the texture in OpenGL
GLES20.glBindTexture(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureHandle[0]);
Log.d("GLTools", "Binding texture, setting parameter" + resourceId);
// Set filtering
GLES20.glTexParameteri(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GLES20.GL_NEAREST);
GLES20.glTexParameteri(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GLES20.GL_NEAREST);
// Load the bitmap into the bound texture.
GLUtils.texImage2D(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, bitmap, 0);
// Recycle the bitmap, since its data has been loaded into OpenGL.
bitmap.recycle();
}
if (textureHandle[0] == 0)
{
throw new RuntimeException("Error loading texture.");
}
return textureHandle[0];
}

Ok, i am now able to answer my own question.
The texture was just scaled relative to its origin = left bottom point (u, v) = (0, 0), which has irritated me, since I am new to opengl, I was expecting that it would be scaled relative to at least world origin, or object's centroid.

GLES20 Texture Not Working on Some Devices

I have tried to add a fairly simple extension on top of Android's example OpenGL 2.0 project in order to add texturing to basic shapes. This seems pretty straightforward, but on certain devices (Samsung Nexus S, LG Optimus 3D, Samsung Galaxy S) the texture just does not render.
This is actually a problem that I am having on a much larger project, but I was able to reproduce the issue with the simple project below in the hope that someone here has an idea of where my code presents issues, or how to specifically architect GL textures for these devices (maybe there are issues with the devices).
To give an idea of how this object is used: In the GLSurfaceView.Renderer's onSurfaceCreated method I am instantiating a Square() object and in the onDrawFrame method I am calling Square's draw() method. However, all of the relevant code to dealing with textures should appear in this Square class which is almost exactly identical to Google's own example.
Many thanks in advance to anyone who takes a crack at this.
class Square {
private final String vertexShaderCode =
// This matrix member variable provides a hook to manipulate
// the coordinates of the objects that use this vertex shader
"uniform mat4 uMVPMatrix;" +
"attribute vec4 vPosition;" +
"attribute vec2 a_TexCoordinate;" +
"varying vec2 v_TexCoordinate;" +
"void main() {" +
// the matrix must be included as a modifier of gl_Position
" gl_Position = vPosition * uMVPMatrix;" +
" v_TexCoordinate = a_TexCoordinate;" +
"}";
private final String fragmentShaderCode =
"precision mediump float;" +
"uniform sampler2D u_Texture;" +
"varying vec2 v_TexCoordinate;" +
"void main() {" +
" gl_FragColor = texture2D(u_Texture, v_TexCoordinate);" +
"}";
private final FloatBuffer vertexBuffer;
private final FloatBuffer textureBuffer;
private final ShortBuffer drawListBuffer;
private final int mProgram;
private int mPositionHandle;
private int mColorHandle;
private int mMVPMatrixHandle;
// number of coordinates per vertex in this array
static final int COORDS_PER_VERTEX = 3;
static float squareCoords[] = { -0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, // top left
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, // bottom left
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, // bottom right
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f }; // top right
final float[] previewTextureCoordinateData =
{
0.0f, 1.0f,
0.0f, 0.0f,
1.0f, 1.0f,
1.0f, 0.0f
};
private int textureDataHandle;
private int textureUniformHandle;
private int textureCoordinateHandle;
private final short drawOrder[] = { 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3 }; // order to draw vertices
private final int vertexStride = COORDS_PER_VERTEX * 4; // 4 bytes per vertex
// Set color with red, green, blue and alpha (opacity) values
float color[] = { 0.2f, 0.709803922f, 0.898039216f, 1.0f };
private int loadTexture(final Context context, final int resourceId)
{
final int[] textureHandle = new int[1];
GLES20.glGenTextures(1, textureHandle, 0);
if (textureHandle[0] != 0)
{
final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inScaled = false; // No pre-scaling
// Read in the resource
final Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), resourceId, options);
// Bind to the texture in OpenGL
GLES20.glBindTexture(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureHandle[0]);
// Set filtering
GLES20.glTexParameteri(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GLES20.GL_NEAREST);
GLES20.glTexParameteri(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GLES20.GL_NEAREST);
// Load the bitmap into the bound texture.
GLUtils.texImage2D(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, bitmap, 0);
// Recycle the bitmap, since its data has been loaded into OpenGL.
bitmap.recycle();
}
if (textureHandle[0] == 0)
{
throw new RuntimeException("Error loading texture.");
}
return textureHandle[0];
}
public Square(Context context) {
// initialize vertex byte buffer for shape coordinates
ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// (# of coordinate values * 4 bytes per float)
squareCoords.length * 4);
bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
vertexBuffer = bb.asFloatBuffer();
vertexBuffer.put(squareCoords);
vertexBuffer.position(0);
// initialize byte buffer for the draw list
ByteBuffer dlb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// (# of coordinate values * 2 bytes per short)
drawOrder.length * 2);
dlb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
drawListBuffer = dlb.asShortBuffer();
drawListBuffer.put(drawOrder);
drawListBuffer.position(0);
ByteBuffer texCoordinates = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(previewTextureCoordinateData.length * 4);
texCoordinates.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
textureBuffer = texCoordinates.asFloatBuffer();
textureBuffer.put(previewTextureCoordinateData);
textureBuffer.position(0);
// prepare shaders and OpenGL program
int vertexShader = MyGLRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER,
vertexShaderCode);
int fragmentShader = MyGLRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER,
fragmentShaderCode);
textureDataHandle = loadTexture(context, R.drawable.color_texture);
mProgram = GLES20.glCreateProgram(); // create empty OpenGL Program
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, vertexShader); // add the vertex shader to program
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, fragmentShader); // add the fragment shader to program
GLES20.glLinkProgram(mProgram); // create OpenGL program executables
}
public void draw(float[] mvpMatrix) {
// Add program to OpenGL environment
GLES20.glUseProgram(mProgram);
// get handle to vertex shader's vPosition member
mPositionHandle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(mProgram, "vPosition");
// Enable a handle to the triangle vertices
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
// Prepare the triangle coordinate data
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(mPositionHandle, COORDS_PER_VERTEX,
GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false,
vertexStride, vertexBuffer);
textureCoordinateHandle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(mProgram, "a_TexCoordinate");
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(textureCoordinateHandle, 2, GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false,
0, textureBuffer);
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(textureCoordinateHandle);
textureUniformHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "u_Texture");
MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glGetUniformLocation");
GLES20.glActiveTexture(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE0);
GLES20.glBindTexture(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureDataHandle);
GLES20.glUniform1i(textureUniformHandle, 0);
// get handle to shape's transformation matrix
mMVPMatrixHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "uMVPMatrix");
MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glGetUniformLocation");
// Apply the projection and view transformation
GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(mMVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, mvpMatrix, 0);
MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glUniformMatrix4fv");
// Draw the square
GLES20.glDrawElements(GLES20.GL_TRIANGLES, drawOrder.length,
GLES20.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, drawListBuffer);
// Disable vertex array
GLES20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
}
}

I'll guess that this is a Power-of-two problem.
By default, the GL_TEXTURE_WRAP setting of glTexParameter is set to GL_REPEAT, and textures that use GL_REPEAT must be power-of-two sized:
Similarly, if the width or height of a texture image are not powers of two and either the
GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER is set to one of the functions that requires mipmaps
or the GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S or GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T is not
set to GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE, then the texture image unit will return
(R, G, B, A) = (0, 0, 0, 1).
You may start with a power-of-two texture, but when you use a BitmapFactory.decodeResource to generate a bitmap, it helpfully(?) scales this based on the density of a device. So for example if you load a 512*512 source texture from drawable folder on a HDPI device, I believe it scales it by 1.5x, so you're left with something that is not Po2.
This gives you the result that your textures don't work on a ton of devices, because those devices are all of a density that causes you to generate illegal texture sizes.
The solution in this case would be to place your (power of 2) source texture into the resource folder drawable-nodpi, which will prevent any density-based scaling. Either that or use CLAMP_TO_EDGE, which doesn't care about Po2.