If Android support is enabled in MS VS2015, it installs Android SDK without Google Play Services and I did not find an option in SDK Manager that installs them. When I started “C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\SDK Manager.exe” with admin privileges, it automatically offered to install some 9 packages:
Below I provided parameters of three Android phones I tested my Lines game with:
| Android Version | Screen Resolution | Pixel Ratio | DPI | Screen Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4? | 320×496 (480×744/706) | 1.5 | 156.89 | 52×80 mm |
| 4.4? | 360×592 (540×888/850) | 1.5 | 160.19 | 57×94 mm |
| 6.0 | 360×592 (720×1184/1136) | 2.0 | 160.19 | ~68×123 mm |
| N/A | 800×1232 | 1.0 | 188.3295 | 108×166 mm |
Screen Resolution column contains the information in the following format: <logical resolution> (<physical resolution>/<physical height available for applications in portrait orientation>.
DPIs with ‘~’ sign are measured manually because QT (or some Android API) provides incorrect Screen Size.
VS2015 has an exciting ability to debug a C++ application on Android Emulator, but in this article I will talk about no less exciting and more time expensive ability to debug a C++ application on a real Android device. The first thing we need to spend the time with is figuring out how to enable USB debugging mode on our Android device. On my ASUS Zenfone I need to go to Settings->About->Software Information and tap on Build Number 7 times, after that I have USB debugging check box in Settings->Developer Options that I should tap as well:
Cross platform (Android, iOS, UWP) OpenGLES 2 application can be easily created in VS2015 using “OpenGLES 2 Application (Android, iOS, Windows Universal)” project template:
