Library (again)

Processing Development
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Hi everyone, I have a question that probably was made a lot of times but I need an updated answer.
How do I make a library?
I want to make a tilemap library for Processing but I don’t know how to proceed. I found a lot of info about this but mostly is for previous versions of Processing, should I use Eclipse? Thanks in advance.

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Take a look at this video from Daniel Shiffman, it should help you out. ;D

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Thanks, I’ll check it out :slight_smile:

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Shameless self-promotion: this tutorial talks about using Processing in Java, and includes a section on building Processing libraries.

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In a nutshell (for APDE)

  • convert your code from pde to java package. With Apde, look at build/src/processing/test to find the generatedv java source code for your pde
  • when you can compile/test in your sketch::
  • find an existing and working simple library. (In lSketchbook/ibraries
    -make a copy, lets call it mylib
  • rename/edit/delete/create things like revisiions.txt as per Processing rules
  • in the mylib/libraries/mylib.jar (which is just a zip), remove everything
  • now copy the class files as found in build/bin/classes/mylib after a sketch compile into the jar
  • almost there, we have a valid jar!
  • re-dex to create Sketcjbook/libraries/mylib/library-dex/mylib-dex.jar
    and it works in APDE!
    Test…
    Now update docs, examples, src, etc pp.

Preparing a tutorial for APDE, this might be the start…

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Find it here:

https://github.com/uheinema/Building-processing-libs-with-APDE/blob/master/README.md

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Check the Processing wiki under Library Guidelines: https://github.com/processing/processing/wiki

Kf

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You might also want to look at existing tilemap libraries and how they are set up. For example, ptmx:

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