I am trying to load an .obj file into my Android application and display it using OpenGL 2.
You can find the file here: EDIT: I removed the file, you can use any .obj file that contains the values mentiones below for testing.
There are a lot of similar questions on stackoverflow but I did not find a simple solution that does not require some large library.
The file only contains the following value types:
I tried libgdx, which worked ok, but it is a bit overkill for what I need.
I tried the oObjLoader https://github.com/seanrowens/oObjLoader without the LWJGL. The parsing seems to work, but how can I display the values in a simple scene?
The next step is to attach an image as a texture to the object. But for now I would be happy to display the file as it is.
I am open to different solutions like pre-converting the file, because it will only be this one ever within the application.
Status update Basic loading and displaying works now, as shown in my own answer.
I ended up writing a new parser, it can be used like this to build FloatBuffers to use in your Renderer:
ObjLoader objLoader = new ObjLoader(context, "Mug.obj");
numFaces = objLoader.numFaces;
// Initialize the buffers.
positions = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(objLoader.positions.length * mBytesPerFloat)
.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder()).asFloatBuffer();
positions.put(objLoader.positions).position(0);
normals = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(objLoader.normals.length * mBytesPerFloat)
.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder()).asFloatBuffer();
normals.put(objLoader.normals).position(0);
textureCoordinates = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(objLoader.textureCoordinates.length * mBytesPerFloat)
.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder()).asFloatBuffer();
textureCoordinates.put(objLoader.textureCoordinates).position(0);
and here's the parser:
public final class ObjLoader {
public final int numFaces;
public final float[] normals;
public final float[] textureCoordinates;
public final float[] positions;
public ObjLoader(Context context, String file) {
Vector<Float> vertices = new Vector<>();
Vector<Float> normals = new Vector<>();
Vector<Float> textures = new Vector<>();
Vector<String> faces = new Vector<>();
BufferedReader reader = null;
try {
InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(context.getAssets().open(file));
reader = new BufferedReader(in);
// read file until EOF
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
String[] parts = line.split(" ");
switch (parts[0]) {
case "v":
// vertices
vertices.add(Float.valueOf(parts[1]));
vertices.add(Float.valueOf(parts[2]));
vertices.add(Float.valueOf(parts[3]));
break;
case "vt":
// textures
textures.add(Float.valueOf(parts[1]));
textures.add(Float.valueOf(parts[2]));
break;
case "vn":
// normals
normals.add(Float.valueOf(parts[1]));
normals.add(Float.valueOf(parts[2]));
normals.add(Float.valueOf(parts[3]));
break;
case "f":
// faces: vertex/texture/normal
faces.add(parts[1]);
faces.add(parts[2]);
faces.add(parts[3]);
break;
}
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// cannot load or read file
} finally {
if (reader != null) {
try {
reader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
//log the exception
}
}
}
numFaces = faces.size();
this.normals = new float[numFaces * 3];
textureCoordinates = new float[numFaces * 2];
positions = new float[numFaces * 3];
int positionIndex = 0;
int normalIndex = 0;
int textureIndex = 0;
for (String face : faces) {
String[] parts = face.split("/");
int index = 3 * (Short.valueOf(parts[0]) - 1);
positions[positionIndex++] = vertices.get(index++);
positions[positionIndex++] = vertices.get(index++);
positions[positionIndex++] = vertices.get(index);
index = 2 * (Short.valueOf(parts[1]) - 1);
textureCoordinates[normalIndex++] = textures.get(index++);
// NOTE: Bitmap gets y-inverted
textureCoordinates[normalIndex++] = 1 - textures.get(index);
index = 3 * (Short.valueOf(parts[2]) - 1);
this.normals[textureIndex++] = normals.get(index++);
this.normals[textureIndex++] = normals.get(index++);
this.normals[textureIndex++] = normals.get(index);
}
}
}