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Android OpenGL animation

I'm at the beginning of OpenGL 2.0 and I've impemented the Google tutorial about drawing a square and a triangle. Obviously it works fine :)
Now I'm trying to add some movement (translating the square vertically). The problem it that the square moves but only once. Someone told me that there's no loop but I think that the loop is done by the "onDrawFrame" method, ain't it?.
Can anyone help me to understand where's my mistake(s)?
Thankyou for your time.
MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private GLSurfaceView mGLView;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Create a GLSurfaceView instance and set it
// as the ContentView for this Activity
mGLView = new MyGLSurfaceView(this);
setContentView(mGLView);
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
mGLView.onPause();
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
mGLView.onResume();
}
}
MyGLSurfaceView class:
public class MyGLSurfaceView extends GLSurfaceView {
private final MyGLRenderer mRenderer;
public MyGLSurfaceView(Context context) {
super(context);
// Create an OpenGL ES 2.0 context.
setEGLContextClientVersion(2);
// Set the Renderer for drawing on the GLSurfaceView
mRenderer = new MyGLRenderer();
setRenderer(mRenderer);
// Render the view only when there is a change in the drawing data
setRenderMode(GLSurfaceView.RENDERMODE_WHEN_DIRTY);
}
}
The renderer class:
public class MyGLRenderer implements GLSurfaceView.Renderer {
private static final String TAG = "MyGLRenderer";
private Triangle mTriangle;
private Square mSquare;
float i;
int direction;
// mMVPMatrix is an abbreviation for "Model View Projection Matrix"
private final float[] mMVPMatrix = new float[16];
private final float[] mProjectionMatrix = new float[16];
private final float[] mViewMatrix = new float[16];
#Override
public void onSurfaceCreated(GL10 unused, EGLConfig config) {
i = 0;
direction = 1;
// 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) {
float[] triangleScratch = new float[16];
float[] squareScratch = new float[16];
// Draw background color
GLES20.glClear(GLES20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GLES20.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
// Set the camera position (View matrix)
Matrix.setLookAtM(mViewMatrix, 0, 0, 0, -7, 0f, 0f, 0f, 0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
// Calculate the projection and view transformation
Matrix.multiplyMM(mMVPMatrix, 0, mProjectionMatrix, 0, mViewMatrix, 0);
// Separate the square and the triangle
Matrix.transposeM(squareScratch, 0, mMVPMatrix, 0);
Matrix.transposeM(triangleScratch, 0, mMVPMatrix, 0);
if(i>1) {direction = -1;}
if(i<-1) {direction = 1;}
i += 0.1 * direction;
//Introduce a translation
Matrix.translateM(squareScratch, 0, 0.0f, i, 0.0f);
// Draw square
mSquare.draw(squareScratch);
// Draw triangle
mTriangle.draw(triangleScratch);
}
#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(mProjectionMatrix, 0, -ratio, ratio, -1, 1, 3, 7);
}
/**
* Utility method for compiling a OpenGL shader.
*
* <p><strong>Note:</strong> When developing shaders, use the checkGlError()
* method to debug shader coding errors.</p>
*
* #param type - Vertex or fragment shader type.
* #param shaderCode - String containing the shader code.
* #return - Returns an id for the shader.
*/
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);
}
}
}
Square class:
public 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.
// 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[] = {
0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, // top left
0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, // bottom left
1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, // bottom right
1.0f, 1.0f, 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 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
}
/**
* 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");
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);
}
}
The entire code is here:
Link to code repository
Thanks to all the people who have the patience to take a look at it.

Thanks to all the people who took a look at this.
The solution is to comment out the following line in MyGLSurfaceView.java:
setRenderMode(GLSurfaceView.RENDERMODE_WHEN_DIRTY);
Thanks

Projection issue - Drawing text and square

I'm trying to draw text and a square with OpenGL ES 2.0.
Each one could be in any position.
But so far I can only see one of them depending on the projection mode I choose :
I only see the square if I use "Matrix.setLookAtM" to make the camera (0, -3, 0) look at (0, 0, 0)
I only see the text if I use "Matrix.orthoM" to have an orthogonal projection
cf code from "Texample2Renderer.java" at the bottom.
I would like to see both, how is it possible ? I was thinking about modifying the Square class to make it work with the orthogonal projection Mode, but I have no idea how to do this.
For the text, I'm using this code (there's a lot of code, so I prefer to post the repo):
https://github.com/d3alek/Texample2
And for the square, I'm using this code :
public class Square {
// 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 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 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};
private int mPositionHandle;
private int mColorHandle;
private int mMVPMatrixHandle;
/**
* Sets up the drawing object data for use in an OpenGL ES context.
*/
public Square() {
// BUFFER FOR SQUARE COORDS
// 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);
// BUFFER FOR DRAW ORDER
// 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 = Utilities.loadShader(
GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER,
vertexShaderCode);
int fragmentShader = Utilities.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");
//Utilities.checkEglErrorEGL14Android("glGetUniformLocation");
// Apply the projection and view transformation
GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(mMVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, mvpMatrix, 0);
//Utilities.checkEglErrorEGL14Android("glUniformMatrix4fv");
// Draw the square
GLES20.glDrawElements(
GLES20.GL_TRIANGLES, drawOrder.length,
GLES20.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, drawListBuffer);
// Disable vertex array
GLES20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
}
}
Texample2Renderer.java:
public class Texample2Renderer implements GLSurfaceView.Renderer {
private static final String TAG = "TexampleRenderer";
private Square square;
private GLText glText; // A GLText Instance
private Context context; // Context (from Activity)
private int width = 100; // Updated to the Current Width + Height in onSurfaceChanged()
private int height = 100;
private float[] mProjMatrix = new float[16];
private float[] mVMatrix = new float[16];
private float[] mVPMatrix = new float[16];
private boolean usesOrtho = false;
public Texample2Renderer(Context context) {
super();
this.context = context; // Save Specified Context
}
public void onSurfaceCreated(GL10 unused, EGLConfig config) {
// Set the background frame color
GLES20.glClearColor( 0.4f, 0.3f, 0.6f, 1.0f );
// Create the GLText
glText = new GLText(context.getAssets());
square = new Square();
// Load the font from file (set size + padding), creates the texture
// NOTE: after a successful call to this the font is ready for rendering!
glText.load( "Roboto-Regular.ttf", 20*3, 2, 2 ); // Create Font (Height: 14 Pixels / X+Y Padding 2 Pixels)
// enable texture + alpha blending
GLES20.glEnable(GLES20.GL_BLEND);
GLES20.glBlendFunc(GLES20.GL_ONE, GLES20.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
}
public void onSurfaceChanged(GL10 unused, int width, int height) { // gl.glViewport( 0, 0, width, height );
GLES20.glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
float ratio = (float) width / height;
// Take into account device orientation
if (width > height) {
Matrix.frustumM(mProjMatrix, 0, -ratio, ratio, -1, 1, 1, 10);
}
else {
Matrix.frustumM(mProjMatrix, 0, -1, 1, -1/ratio, 1/ratio, 1, 10);
}
// Save width and height
this.width = width; // Save Current Width
this.height = height; // Save Current Height
if(usesOrtho) {
int useForOrtho = Math.min(width, height);
//TODO: Is this wrong?
Matrix.orthoM(mVMatrix, 0,
-useForOrtho / 2,
useForOrtho / 2,
-useForOrtho / 2,
useForOrtho / 2, 0.1f, 100f);
}
}
public void onDrawFrame(GL10 unused) {
// Redraw background color
int clearMask = GLES20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT;
GLES20.glClear(clearMask);
if(!usesOrtho)
Matrix.setLookAtM(mVMatrix,
0, // offset
0, 0, -3f, // eye (camera's position)
0f, 0f, 0f, // center (where to look at)
0f, 1.0f, 0.0f); // up
Matrix.multiplyMM(mVPMatrix, 0, mProjMatrix, 0, mVMatrix, 0);
if(square != null)
square.draw(mVPMatrix);
// TEST: render the entire font texture
glText.drawTexture( width/2, height/2, mVPMatrix); // Draw the Entire Texture
// TEST: render some strings with the font
glText.begin( 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, mVPMatrix ); // Begin Text Rendering (Set Color WHITE)
glText.drawC("Test String 3D!", 0f, 0f, 0f, 0, -30, 0);
// glText.drawC( "Test String :)", 0, 0, 0 ); // Draw Test String
glText.draw( "Diagonal 1", 40, 40, 40); // Draw Test String
glText.draw( "Column 1", 100, 100, 90); // Draw Test String
glText.end(); // End Text Rendering
glText.begin( 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, mVPMatrix ); // Begin Text Rendering (Set Color BLUE)
glText.draw( "More Lines...", 50, 200 ); // Draw Test String
glText.draw( "The End.", 50, 200 + glText.getCharHeight(), 180); // Draw Test String
glText.end(); // End Text Rendering
}
}
I've just modified the code in Texample2Renderer.java to draw a square. I also added a boolean to switch between projection modes.
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks a lot in advance !

Try to reverse the order of vertices in your square cords:
static float squareCoords[] = {
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f}; // top right
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, // bottom right
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, // bottom left
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, // top left
Its propably facing other direction then your camera is

Actually I just needed to scale up the square, and it worked with orthogonal projection. Since the square size was "1", it was almost not visible.

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);

What is the easiest way to draw line using OpenGL-ES (android)

If I have custom renderer in opengl-es prepared:
public void onDrawFrame(GL10 gl)
{
gl.glClear(GL10.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL10.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
// here i want to draw line from [0, 0, 0] to [1, 0, 0]
}
What is the easiest and shortest way to draw line?
In ordinary OpenGL it is:
glBegin(GL_LINES);
glVertex3f(0, 0, 0);
glVertex3f(1, 0, 0);
glEnd();
But how can i get the same effect with OpenGL ES?

I am new to new to OpenGL ES 2.0 but I created a line class.
public class Line {
private FloatBuffer VertexBuffer;
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 = uMVPMatrix * vPosition;" +
"}";
private final String FragmentShaderCode =
"precision mediump float;" +
"uniform vec4 vColor;" +
"void main() {" +
" gl_FragColor = vColor;" +
"}";
protected int GlProgram;
protected int PositionHandle;
protected int ColorHandle;
protected int MVPMatrixHandle;
// number of coordinates per vertex in this array
static final int COORDS_PER_VERTEX = 3;
static float LineCoords[] = {
0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f
};
private final int VertexCount = LineCoords.length / COORDS_PER_VERTEX;
private final int VertexStride = COORDS_PER_VERTEX * 4; // 4 bytes per vertex
// Set color with red, green, blue and alpha (opacity) values
float color[] = { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f };
public Line() {
// initialize vertex byte buffer for shape coordinates
ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// (number of coordinate values * 4 bytes per float)
LineCoords.length * 4);
// use the device hardware's native byte order
bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
// create a floating point buffer from the ByteBuffer
VertexBuffer = bb.asFloatBuffer();
// add the coordinates to the FloatBuffer
VertexBuffer.put(LineCoords);
// set the buffer to read the first coordinate
VertexBuffer.position(0);
int vertexShader = ArRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER, VertexShaderCode);
int fragmentShader = ArRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, FragmentShaderCode);
GlProgram = GLES20.glCreateProgram(); // create empty OpenGL ES Program
GLES20.glAttachShader(GlProgram, vertexShader); // add the vertex shader to program
GLES20.glAttachShader(GlProgram, fragmentShader); // add the fragment shader to program
GLES20.glLinkProgram(GlProgram); // creates OpenGL ES program executables
}
public void SetVerts(float v0, float v1, float v2, float v3, float v4, float v5) {
LineCoords[0] = v0;
LineCoords[1] = v1;
LineCoords[2] = v2;
LineCoords[3] = v3;
LineCoords[4] = v4;
LineCoords[5] = v5;
VertexBuffer.put(LineCoords);
// set the buffer to read the first coordinate
VertexBuffer.position(0);
}
public void SetColor(float red, float green, float blue, float alpha) {
color[0] = red;
color[1] = green;
color[2] = blue;
color[3] = alpha;
}
public void draw(float[] mvpMatrix) {
// Add program to OpenGL ES environment
GLES20.glUseProgram(GlProgram);
// get handle to vertex shader's vPosition member
PositionHandle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(GlProgram, "vPosition");
// Enable a handle to the triangle vertices
GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(PositionHandle);
// Prepare the triangle coordinate data
GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(PositionHandle, COORDS_PER_VERTEX,
GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false,
VertexStride, VertexBuffer);
// get handle to fragment shader's vColor member
ColorHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(GlProgram, "vColor");
// Set color for drawing the triangle
GLES20.glUniform4fv(ColorHandle, 1, color, 0);
// get handle to shape's transformation matrix
MVPMatrixHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(GlProgram, "uMVPMatrix");
ArRenderer.checkGlError("glGetUniformLocation");
// Apply the projection and view transformation
GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(MVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, mvpMatrix, 0);
ArRenderer.checkGlError("glUniformMatrix4fv");
// Draw the triangle
GLES20.glDrawArrays(GLES20.GL_LINES, 0, VertexCount);
// Disable vertex array
GLES20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(PositionHandle);
}
}
And then in my Render class I create my line objects and to a container so the get draw in the by iterating over the items and calling the Line.draw method in onDrawFrame.
Here are some lines I create to make a horizon:
Line eastHorz = new Line();
eastHorz.SetVerts(10f, 10f, 0f, 10f, -10f, 0f);
eastHorz.SetColor(.8f, .8f, 0f, 1.0f);
Line northHorz = new Line();
northHorz.SetVerts(-10f, 10f, 0f, 10f, 10f, 0f);
northHorz.SetColor(0.8f, 0.8f, 0f, 1.0f);
Line westHorz = new Line();
westHorz.SetVerts(-10f, -10f, 0f, -10f, 10f, 0f);
westHorz.SetColor(0.8f, 0.8f, 0f, 1.0f);
Line southHorz = new Line();
southHorz.SetVerts(-10f, -10f, 0f, 10f, -10f, 0f);
southHorz.SetColor(0.8f, 0.8f, 0f, 1.0f);
Lines.add(eastHorz);
Lines.add(northHorz);
Lines.add(westHorz);
Lines.add(southHorz);
ArRenderer is my render class which holds the Lines, camera position etc and implements GLSurfaceView.Renderer. The loadShader method is:
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;
}

Thanks Rodney Lambert for the Line class you´ve provided. However it also would be nice to provide a simpler call in onDrawFrame, something like:
Line vertLine = new Line();
vertLine.SetVerts(-0.5f, 0.5f, 0f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0f);
vertLine.SetColor(.8f, .8f, 0f, 1.0f);
vertLine.draw(mMVPMatrix);
vertLine.SetVerts(-0.5f, 0.5f, 0f, -0.5f, -0.5f, 0f);
creates definitely a line visible inside the viewport

All of my matrix functions are not working? OpenGL ES 2.0

I am trying to make a projection matrix scaling the screen and making a coordination system. For some reason I don't think any of my matrix calling is working... the 3 function I am using are
Matrix.orthoM(mProjMatrix, 0, 0, 1520, 0, 1000, -1, 10);
Matrix.setLookAtM(mVMatrix, 0, 0, 0, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0f, 0f, 0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
Matrix.multiplyMM(mMVPMatrix, 0, mProjMatrix, 0, mVMatrix, 0);
Are they canceling each other out? anything wrong with it? (the full rendering class code is at the end)
My main goal in doing this is eventually getting to a situation where when I make a square, I could provide coordinates such as (200, 100,0) //x, y, z which are not only between -1 and 1.
Here is my full rendering class:
public class MyRenderer implements Renderer {
private static final String TAG = "MyRenderer";
Square square;
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];
private int camWidth,camHeight;
#Override
public void onSurfaceCreated(GL10 gl, EGLConfig config) {
GLES20.glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.5f);
camWidth=480;camHeight=320;
// initialize a square
square = new Square();
}
#Override
public void onDrawFrame(GL10 nope) {
GLES20.glClear(GLES20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GLES20.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
//set camera position
GLES20.glViewport(0, 0, camWidth, camHeight);
Matrix.orthoM(mProjMatrix, 0, 0, 1520, 0, 1000, -10, 999999);
Matrix.setLookAtM(mVMatrix, 0, 0, 0, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0f, 0f, 0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
Matrix.multiplyMM(mMVPMatrix, 0, mProjMatrix, 0, mVMatrix, 0);
square.draw(mMVPMatrix);
}
#Override
public void onSurfaceChanged(GL10 nope, int width, int height) {
GLES20.glViewport(0, 0, camWidth, camHeight);
Matrix.orthoM(mProjMatrix, 0, 0, 1520, 0, 1000, -10, 999999);
Matrix.setLookAtM(mVMatrix, 0, 0, 0, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0f, 0f, 0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
}
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;
}
}
My Square class (wasn't sure if needed or not, but just to be safe :) ) -
public class Square {
private final String vertexShaderCode =
"attribute vec4 vPosition;" +
"void main() {" +
" gl_Position = vPosition;" +
"}";
private final String fragmentShaderCode = "precision mediump float;"
+ "uniform vec4 vColor;" + "void main() {"
+ " gl_FragColor = vColor;" + "}";
static final int COORDS_PER_VERTEX = 3;
static float triangleCoords[] = { // in counterclockwise order:
-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
};
private short drawOrder[] = { 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3 };
private final int vertexCount = triangleCoords.length / COORDS_PER_VERTEX;
private final int vertexStride = COORDS_PER_VERTEX * 4; // bytes per vertex
// red-green-blue-alpha
float color[] = { 0.63f, 0.76f, 0.22f, 1.0f };
private final int mProgram;
private int mPositionHandle;
private int mColorHandle;
private int mMVPMatrixHandle;
private FloatBuffer vertexBuffer;
private ShortBuffer drawListBuffer;
public Square() {
ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(
// # of coords values * 4 bytes per float
triangleCoords.length * 4);
// use native byte order
bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
// create a floating point buffer from the ByteBuffer
vertexBuffer = bb.asFloatBuffer();
// add coordination to FloatBuffer
vertexBuffer.put(triangleCoords);
// set the buffer to read first coordinate
vertexBuffer.position(0);
ByteBuffer dlb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(drawOrder.length * 2);
dlb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
drawListBuffer = dlb.asShortBuffer();
drawListBuffer.put(drawOrder);
drawListBuffer.position(0);
int vertexShader = ChizRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER,
vertexShaderCode);
int fragmentShader = ChizRenderer.loadShader(GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER,
fragmentShaderCode);
mProgram = GLES20.glCreateProgram();
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, vertexShader);
GLES20.glAttachShader(mProgram, fragmentShader);
GLES20.glLinkProgram(mProgram);
}
public void draw(float[] mvpMatrix) {
// Add program to OpenGL ES 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");
// apply the projection and view transformation
GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(mMVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, mvpMatrix, 0);
// Draw the triangle
GLES20.glDrawElements(GLES20.GL_TRIANGLES, drawOrder.length,
GLES20.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, drawListBuffer);
// dispable vertex array
GLES20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);
}
}
And lastly, just so you could have some visuals:
This is how it looks on my phone with and without the three metrix functions mentioned before, it also seems that the only thing that did make any change with the width and height was GLES20.glViewport(0, 0, camWidth, camHeight);
It seems as if the metrix is doing nothing.

Looks like you adapted the sample to a square. Couple of issues here:
Call glViewPort only in onSurfaceChanged and only with the parameters given.
The vertex shader code does not use uMVPMatrix. You'd've seen this by checking the value of mMVPMatrixHandle (it's -1 for uniforms that don't exist, see here).
After the program has been linked, the locations of the shader variables are fixed, so the code may fetch them once, and not for every draw call.
Then, you'll need to adapt the coordinates of the square...