Development state [3rd October]

In my last post [about a week ago], I had said that the weekend would see some API changes that were planned to happen anyway. I decided it would be better for them to happen before the first release [it's going to be 2.0].

Well, the weekend turned out to be a week, because of some other tasks I had to fulfill over the last few days. Anyway, the changes are now in the main git repository here.

API Additions

• Added two new functions, SDLU_GetSpriteVelocity() and SDLU_GetSpriteAdvance()

API Changes

• Merged the functionality of SDLU_Get/SetSpritePaused() into SDLU_PauseSprite()
• Merged the functionality of SDLU_Get/SetButtonHidden() into SDLU_HideButton()
• Renamed SDLU_LoadTextureEx() to SDLU_LoadTextureWithColorkey()

API Removals

• Removed the shorter FPS_* macros, to avoid conficts with other libraries
• Removed SDLU_GetButtonPress(). Not only is it not required any more, but also using it would had negative impact in visuals and performance

Important changes

• Added new premake action ios, used to build the iOS port of the library (oh yeah!). See README-ios for details.
• Removed un-needed hard-coded stuff from the NetBeans project. Also, the project is now usable in NetBeans version 7.3 [may also work for older versions].
• Made several improvements and fixes at the README files

With those changes applied, and with the official (finally) iOS support, we are getting closer to a stable 2.0 release. Expect a new code snapshot soon.

-- Aggelos Kolaitis