printing a red triangle in openGL - c++

Question

I have the following code and am trying to print a red triangle using opengl glew ect. The program builds and shows a triangle, however it only shows a triangle when I drag the window, and the triangle shows up white not red. Not sure how to fix this issue. Below is a copy of my code (I am running in xcode).
#include <iostream>
// GLEW
#define GLEW_STATIC
#include <GL/glew.h>
// GLFW
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
static unsigned int CompileShader(unsigned int type, const std::string& source)
{
unsigned int id = glCreateShader(type);
const char* src = source.c_str();
glShaderSource(id, 1, &src, nullptr);
glCompileShader(id);
int result;
glGetShaderiv(id, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &result);
if (result != GL_FALSE)
{
int length;
glGetShaderiv(id, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &length);
char* message = (char*)alloca(length * sizeof(char));
glGetShaderInfoLog(id, length, &length, message);
std::cout << "Failed to compile " << (type == GL_VERTEX_SHADER ? "vertex" : "fragment") << "shader" << std::endl;
std::cout << message << std::endl;
glDeleteShader(id);
return 0;
}
return id;
}
static unsigned int CreateShader(const std::string& vertexShader, const std::string& fragmentShader)
{
unsigned int program = glCreateProgram();
unsigned int vs = CompileShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER, vertexShader);
unsigned int fs = CompileShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, fragmentShader);
glAttachShader(program, vs);
glAttachShader(program, fs);
glLinkProgram(program);
glValidateProgram(program);
glDeleteShader(vs);
glDeleteShader(fs);
return program;
}
int main(void)
{
GLFWwindow* window;
/* Initialize the library */
if (!glfwInit())
return -1;
/* Create a windowed mode window and its OpenGL context */
window = glfwCreateWindow(640, 480, "Hello World", NULL, NULL);
if (!window)
{
glfwTerminate();
return -1;
}
/* Make the window's context current */
glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
if (glewInit() != GLEW_OK)
std::cout << "Error!" << std::endl;
float positions[6] = {
-0.5f, -0.5f,
0.0f, 0.5f,
0.5f, -0.5f
};
unsigned int buffer;
glGenBuffers(1, &buffer);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, buffer);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 6 * sizeof(float), positions, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 2 * sizeof(float), 0);
std::string vertexShader =
"#version 330 core\n"
"\n"
"layout(location = 0) in vec4 position;\n"
"\n"
"void main()\n"
"{\n"
" gl_Position = position;\n"
"}\n";
std::string fragmentShader =
"#version 330 core\n"
"\n"
"layout(location = 0) out vec4 color;\n"
"\n"
"void main()\n"
"{\n"
" color = vec4(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);\n"
"}\n";
unsigned int shader = CreateShader(vertexShader, fragmentShader);
glUseProgram(shader);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
/* Loop until the user closes the window */
while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
{
/* Render here */
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
/* Swap front and back buffers */
glfwSwapBuffers(window);
/* Poll for and process events */
glfwPollEvents();
}
glDeleteProgram(shader);
glfwTerminate();
return 0;
}
I am using xCode and am having 2 issues:
1. the triangle is printing out white
2. the triangle only shows up when i drag the window
I have tried debugging but am not able to figure these issues out.

Answer 1

You need to go whole-hog on Core contexts on macOS if you want anything past GL 2.1:
Request a versioned Core context via GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, and GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR; it should meet or exceed the #version you're specifying in your shaders
For macOS in particular you need a forward-compatbile context; set GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT to GL_TRUE
Core contexts require a vertex array object (VAO) to draw anything; for simple stuff you can get away with creating a single one and leaving it bound
All together:
#include <GL/glew.h>
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdarg>
struct Program
{
static GLuint Load( const char* shader, ... )
{
GLuint prog = glCreateProgram();
va_list args;
va_start( args, shader );
while( shader )
{
const GLenum type = va_arg( args, GLenum );
AttachShader( prog, type, shader );
shader = va_arg( args, const char* );
}
va_end( args );
glLinkProgram( prog );
CheckStatus( prog );
return prog;
}
private:
static void CheckStatus( GLuint obj )
{
GLint status = GL_FALSE;
if( glIsShader(obj) ) glGetShaderiv( obj, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &status );
if( glIsProgram(obj) ) glGetProgramiv( obj, GL_LINK_STATUS, &status );
if( status == GL_TRUE ) return;
GLchar log[ 1 << 15 ] = { 0 };
if( glIsShader(obj) ) glGetShaderInfoLog( obj, sizeof(log), NULL, log );
if( glIsProgram(obj) ) glGetProgramInfoLog( obj, sizeof(log), NULL, log );
std::cerr << log << std::endl;
std::exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
}
static void AttachShader( GLuint program, GLenum type, const char* src )
{
GLuint shader = glCreateShader( type );
glShaderSource( shader, 1, &src, NULL );
glCompileShader( shader );
CheckStatus( shader );
glAttachShader( program, shader );
glDeleteShader( shader );
}
};
const char* vert = 1 + R"GLSL(
#version 330 core
layout(location = 0) in vec4 position;
void main()
{
gl_Position = position;
};
)GLSL";
const char* frag = 1 + R"GLSL(
#version 330 core
layout(location = 0) out vec4 color;
void main()
{
color = vec4(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
}
)GLSL";
int main(void)
{
/* Initialize the library */
if (!glfwInit())
return -1;
/* Create a windowed mode window and its OpenGL context */
glfwWindowHint( GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3 );
glfwWindowHint( GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 3 );
glfwWindowHint( GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE );
glfwWindowHint( GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE );
GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(640, 480, "Hello World", NULL, NULL);
if (!window)
{
glfwTerminate();
return -1;
}
/* Make the window's context current */
glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
if (glewInit() != GLEW_OK)
std::cout << "Error!" << std::endl;
GLuint vao = 0;
glGenVertexArrays( 1, &vao );
glBindVertexArray( vao );
float positions[6] =
{
-0.5f, -0.5f,
0.0f, 0.5f,
0.5f, -0.5f
};
unsigned int buffer;
glGenBuffers(1, &buffer);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, buffer);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 6 * sizeof(float), positions, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 2 * sizeof(float), 0);
GLuint shader = Program::Load( vert, GL_VERTEX_SHADER, frag, GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, NULL );
glUseProgram(shader);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
/* Loop until the user closes the window */
while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
{
/* Render here */
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
/* Swap front and back buffers */
glfwSwapBuffers(window);
/* Poll for and process events */
glfwPollEvents();
}
glDeleteProgram(shader);
glfwTerminate();
return 0;
}

Answer 2

Your problem may be in vertex shader because in vertex shader "layout(location = 0) in vec4 position;\n"
here you define vec4 but in you are sending vec2 from glVertexAttribPointer() function.
Try to send vec4 or try this in vertex shader
std::string vertexShader =
"#version 330 core\n"
"\n"
"layout(location = 0) in vec2 position;\n"
"\n"
"void main()\n"
"{\n"
" gl_Position = vec4(position, 0, 1);\n"
"}\n";