Video tutorials

Here you can find a series of video tutorials on libgdx. I'd suggest watching them in order. The developed source code will be available in SVN shortly.

warning: these videos are old and out of date.

A Gentle Introduction to Libgdx

Learn how to setup a libgdx project for the desktop and Android.

Libgdx Tutorial #1 - Application, ApplicationListener and Life-Cycle

Learn about the basic application life-cycle of a libgdx application.

Libgdx Tutorial #2 - Basic File I/O

Learn about basic file input and output, using the abstraction provided by libgdx.

Libgdx Tutorial #3 - Basic Audio

Learn how to playback music and sound effects with libgdx.

Libgdx Remote

Fun with Gdx Remote (search on the Android Market for a compiled binary).

Developer's Guide
- Introduction
- Goals & Features
- Community & Support
- Contributing
- Games Built with Libgdx
- Prerequisites
- Project Setup, Running & Debugging
  - Manual Project Setup
  - Maven Integration
  - Using libgdx with IntelliJ IDEA
  - Using libgdx with Android Studio
  - RoboVM Notes
  - GWT Notes
  - GWT Super Dev Mode
- Third Party Services
  - AdMob in Libgdx
  - Swarm in Libgdx
  - NextPeer in Libgdx
  - Google Play Game Services in LibGDX
- Working from Source
  - Running Demos & Tests
  - Building libgdx from Source
- Using libgdx with other JVM languages
  - Using libgdx with Clojure
  - Using libgdx with Python
  - Using libgdx with Scala
- The Application Framework
  - The Life-Cycle
  - Starter Classes & Configuration
  - Querying
  - Logging
  - Threading
  - Interfacing with Platform-specific Code
- A Simple Game
  - Extending the Simple Game
- File Handling
- Preferences
- Input Handling
  - Configuration & Querying
  - Mouse, Touch & Keyboard * Polling * Event Handling
  - Gesture Detection
  - Simple Text Input
  - Accelerometer
  - Compass
  - Vibrator
  - Cursor Visibility & Catching
  - Back and Menu Key Catching
  - On-screen Keyboard
- Memory Management
- Audio
  - Sound Effects
  - Streaming Music
  - Playing PCM Audio
  - Recording PCM Audio
- Graphics
  - Configuration & Querying Graphics ??
  - Fullscreen & VSync
  - Continuous & Non-Continuous Rendering
  - Clearing the Screen
  - OpenGL ES Support * Configuration & Querying OpenGL ?? * Direct Access ?? * Utility Classes * Rendering Shapes * Textures & TextureRegions * Meshes * Shaders * Frame Buffer Objects
  - 2D Graphics * SpriteBatch, TextureRegions, and Sprite * Clipping, with the use of ScissorStack * Orthographic camera * Mapping Touch Coordinates ?? * NinePatches * Bitmap Fonts * Distance field fonts * Using TextureAtlases * Pixmaps * Packing Atlases Offline * Packing Atlases at Runtime * 2D Particle Effects * Tile Maps * scene2d * scene2d.ui * Skin
  - 3D Graphics ?? * Quick Start * 3D animations and skinning * Importing Blender models in LibGDX * Perspective Camera ?? * Picking ??
- Managing Your Assets
- Utilities
  - Reading & Writing JSON
  - Reading & Writing XML
  - Collections
  - Reflection
- Math Utilities
  - Interpolation
  - Vectors, Matrices, Quaternions
  - Circles, Planes, Rays, etc.
  - Bounding Volumes ??
  - Intersection & Overlap Testing ??
- Physics
  - Box2D
  - Bullet Physics
- Tools
  - Texture Packer
  - Hiero
  - Particle Editor
- Extensions
  - gdx-audio ??
  - gdx-freetype
- Deploying your Application
- Building Libgdx ??
Articles
Deprecated (May be outdated)
- The Application Framework
  - The Application Life-cycle ??
  - Modules Overview
- File Module
- Graphics Module
  - Screen & Viewport
  - 2D Graphics * Orthographic Camera * Textures, TextureRegion and SpriteBatch * Sprite Animation
- Asset Manager
- Tutorials
  - Video Tutorials
  - Beginner * Hello World * My First Triangle * Mesh, Color & Texture * Projection, Viewport, & Camera * Creating and texturing 3d models in Blender for Libgdx
  - Intermediate * Actions
  - Misc * AdMob in Libgdx * Integrating Libgdx and the Device camera * String Builder ??

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