
webOS


Using the Palm Pre as Xbox 360 storage
I have a dream where I plug my Palm Pre into my Xbox 360 and it is recognized as a USB Mass Storage device. I then save all my games and downloaded content to it. […]

Lab Notes: Compiling ffmpeg for WebOS
It is a dream of many to have VLC running on WebOS. I thought that with the release of the PDK, I would start exploring this. Since VLC uses many of the codecs provided by […]

Collision Detection for WebOS SDL/PDK
Collision Detection An SDL padawan you are. Drawn images to the screen using SDL_BlitSurface you have. How to detect button presses you know not! mMMmm, much to learn you still have!

Drawing Images for WebOS SDL/PDK
Drawing Images Half of making a game is drawing the images to the screen, it’s not too late to enter into the PDK contest folks! Thankfully, drawing an image is simple with the functions provided […]

Barebones SDL For WebOS PDK
This article covers creating barebones SDL apps for the WebOS PDK. The following topics are covered: How to write a minimalist SDL app How to set screen resolution based on device

Input The Event Loop for WebOS SDL/PDK
Reading Keyboard & Touch Events SDL provides everything we need to read keyboard input and screen taps. There is only 1 new data type that hasn’t been covered previously, SDL_Event, the SDL wiki says it best:

The 10-minute guide to Ares for WebOS
This is the 10-minute reference that I was looking for when I started using Ares for my WebOS projects. Topics covered: UI Basics Widget Fundamentals Using Widgets the Ares Way