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Release Notes

CodeWorks for Android 1R7

What’s New

• Updated suite of Android NDK, SDK, Build/Platform Tools to latest available version. (Refer to Features for more details.) 
• Nsight Tegra 3.5, Visual Studio Edition
  • Support for Android NDK64 r14
  • Support for API 24
  • Various performance improvements and bug fixes
• Tegra Graphics Debugger 2.6
  • Android O support
  • Vulkan 1.0 support

    Note the following limitations with Vulkan support:

    1. Real Time GPU signals are not yet available.
    2. The Range Profiler is not supported.
    3. Dynamic shader editing is not yet available.

    These will be added in a future release.

  • Added OpenGL Pixel History
  • Range Profiler improvements
  • Various bug fixes and performance improvements
• NVIDIA System Profiler 3.9
  • Various bug fixes and performance enhancements
• PerfKit 4.5.1
• IncrediBuild 9.2 for Visual Studio
• NVIDIA GameWorks OpenGL Samples 20180130-github-snapshot

Features

Android Development:

• Android SDK r25.2.5
• Android Build Tools r26.0.1
• Android Platform Tools r26.0.1
• Android Support Library r23.2.1
• Android Support Repository Library r47
• Android APIs
• Android NDK64 r15c
• Google USB Driver r11
• JDK 1.8.0_77
• Apache Ant 1.8.2
• Gradle 4.1

NVIDIA Libraries and Tools:

• Tegra Graphics Debugger (Win/OSX/Linux)
• Nsight Tegra, Visual Studio Edition
• NVIDIA System Profiler
• NVIDIA PerfKit
• NVIDIA® SHIELD™ Android TV Support
• NVIDIA® SHIELD™ Tablet Support

Samples, Docs and OS Images

• NVIDIA GameWorks OpenGL Samples 20180130-github-snapshot
• Tegra SDK Samples
• Tegra SDK Documentation
• Tegra X1 64-bit Based Device Support
• Tegra K1 64-bit Based Device Support

Third Party Middleware and Tools

• IncrediBuild 9.2 for Visual Studio

The pack provides sample applications, support libraries and updated documentation for the following Android game development topics:

• Pure native gaming on Android with NativeActivity
• Getting Android application lifecycle just right
• DirectStylus reference information and API 
• Tips for (and benefits of) mixing a little Java into your native Android game for better integration
• Supporting game controllers, sensors, multi-touch and device rotation

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows 10/8.1/7 (64-bit)
• Mac OS X 10.9
• Ubuntu Linux x64 (v16.04 and v14.04)

Important Notes

• Apache Ant has been deprecated, and will be removed for future releases of CodeWorks for Android.

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