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I've written a program in C++ and SDL2 and would like to publish it to the Ubuntu Touch open store. I have installed clickable and I've gotten the "Hello World" screen on my tablet. I added the SDL dependencies to the clickable.json file.

Could someone be kind enough to tell me how/where to put my C++ files and what settings to make in the CMakeLists.txt file? I have four .cpp and four .h files. I wont need to use Qml.

When I run clickable it almost compiles, but it appears to not be able to link to the SDL libraries.

Thanks!

Thanks to all for your input and suggestions so far. I ran searches online for "CMakeLists.txt SDL tutorial", and read many tutorials. This is what I have so far that seems to almost work:

1. sudo apt install libsdl2-dev
   clickable create
   I chose option [7] main-cpp - C++/QML App (built using CMake with a main.cpp)

2. I replaced the main.cpp file in my project directory with a very small 512 byte SDL test program. It just produces a blank screen for 5 seconds and then quits. I compiled and tested it with the Code::Blocks IDE and it works fine there.

3. I added these lines to my CMakeLists.txt file in my project directory and finally I got it to link up with the SDL library:
   add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp)
   find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
   include_directories(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   set(SDL2_LIBRARIES "-lSDL2")
   target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})

4. I run clickable from my project directory and it compiles the program just fine and sends it to my Ubuntu Touch tablet where I see the logo.svg flash on the screen for only 1 second. Finally, no error messages not being able to link up with SDL. However, I don't get the expected blank screen for 5 seconds. The logo.svg shows on the screen along with my project name for only 1 second, but it seems to quit before running the program which should show a blank screen for 5 seconds. On my tablet I now have the logo.svg icon displayed as one of my apps. When I click on it the icon shows along with the app name for about 1 second and then closes.

Does anyone know what I need to tweak to get SDL to run on UT through clickable? Then, like Wendigo said, we will have a working SDL recipe for UT/clickable for other app developers.

I got my C++/SDL2 program working via clickable on Ubuntu Touch. I got frustrated and put the project aside for several months, but I got back at it a few days ago. I used this demo to start with:
https://gitlab.com/zub2/SDLDemo
I'm not using the SDL2pp wrapper, just the regular SDL2 libraries. I have images, fonts, touchscreen and audio mixer working good.

The only problem I need to fix before I can publish it is my app wont seem to run completely full screen. How do I get rid of the Top Bar? The one with the clock and battery icon, etc. It's covering the top of my app window.

Here's the source of the main.cpp:

#include <SDL.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);

SDL_Window *window = SDL_CreateWindow( "SDL2Test", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 640, 480, 0 );

SDL_SetWindowFullscreen( window, SDL_TRUE );

SDL_Renderer *renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_SOFTWARE);
SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, 255, 0, 0, SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE);
SDL_RenderClear(renderer);
SDL_RenderPresent(renderer);

SDL_Delay(5000);

SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
SDL_Quit();

return 0;
}