Why glDrawArrays doesn't draw with OpenGL on mac - c++

Question

I'm new to OpenGL and I can't figure out why nothing is displayed in the window. I'm using Mavericks (OS X 10.9.5) and there should be something missing I guess
#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
#include <SFML/OpenGL.hpp>
#include "FirstTriangleExample.h"
static const GLfloat g_vertex_buffer_data[] = {
-1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f,
1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f,
0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
};
GLuint vertexbuffer;
GLuint VertexArrayID;
void FirstTriangleExample::init() {
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.4f, 0.0f);
glGenVertexArraysAPPLE(1, &VertexArrayID);
glBindVertexArrayAPPLE(VertexArrayID);
glGenBuffers(1, &vertexbuffer);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vertexbuffer);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(g_vertex_buffer_data), g_vertex_buffer_data, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
}
// called in loop
void FirstTriangleExample::update() {
glClear( GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT );
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vertexbuffer);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 0, (void*)0);
glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
glDisableVertexAttribArray(0);
glFlush();
}
void FirstTriangleExample::dispose() {
glDeleteBuffers(1, &vertexbuffer);
glDeleteVertexArraysAPPLE(1, &VertexArrayID);
glDeleteProgram(programID);
}
with the example below everything works fine(I see the red square)
#include "RedSquareExample.h"
#include <SFML/OpenGL.hpp>
void RedSquareExample::init() {}
void RedSquareExample::update() {
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
glBegin(GL_QUADS);
glColor3f(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex2f(-0.5f, -0.5f);
glVertex2f( 0.5f, -0.5f);
glVertex2f( 0.5f, 0.5f);
glVertex2f(-0.5f, 0.5f);
glEnd();
glFlush();
}
void RedSquareExample::dispose() {}
Maybe the problem is in using APPLE extension (glGenVertexArraysAPPLE() and glBindVertexArrayAPPLE())?

Answer 1

As far as I see from your code, you are using the fixed function pipeline. But this code:
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vertexbuffer);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 0, (void*)0);
is only supposed to work when using shaders. In case of fixed function, you might want to use something like
glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
glVertexPointer(3, GL_FLOAT, 0, (void*)0);
In addition, you are not using the VAO correctly. The purpose of a VAO is to store the bindings of buffers to attributes, but you reset the binding in your update method anyhow.