Rendering SVG with OpenGL (and OpenGL ES)

Question

I am currently investigating the possibility of rendering vector graphics from an SVG file using OpenGL and OpenGL ES. I intend to target Windows and Android. My ideal solution

Answer 1

From http://shivavg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/shivavg/trunk/src/shPipeline.c?revision=14&view=markup :

static void shDrawVertices(SHPath *p, GLenum mode)
{
int start = 0;
int size = 0;

/* We separate vertex arrays by contours to properly
handle the fill modes */
glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
glVertexPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, sizeof(SHVertex), p->vertices.items);

while (start < p->vertices.size) {
size = p->vertices.items[start].flags;
glDrawArrays(mode, start, size);
start += size;
}

glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
}

So it does use a VBO. So I'd suggest making your own SVG parser / use a pre-made one, and forward the calls to ShivaVG.

You still have the problem that ShivaVG is in C (and not in Java) and creates an opengl context (and not opengles, if I read the code correctly). So even if you compile it using Android's NDK, you'll have to modify the code ( for instance, I've seen a few glVertex3f around, but they don't seem to be much needed... hope for the best). The other option, of course, it to port the code from C to Java. Maybe not as painful as you could imagine.

Good luck !