Homebrew RELEASE Plutonium - An easy-to-use UI framework for Nintendo Switch homebrew

[XorTroll]

Plutonium - an easy-to-use UI framework for Nintendo Switch homebrew

Plutonium is a high-level, C++ graphical library with the aim of making UIs in a more simple, user-friendly way.

Here you have some sample screenshots:

For further information, check the README in the links below:

GitHub link: https://github.com/XorTroll/Plutonium
Github release: https://github.com/XorTroll/Plutonium/releases

Currently version 0.2 is the latest released version.
Enjoy making homebrew with some nice UIs!

 

[Manurocker95]

I made some stuff for SDL2 rendered games (such as buttons, toggles and stuff) so if I can contribute with anything, just ask ^^

 

[Miqote]

This is pretty neat, good stuff! I think making a good UI was one of the main reasons holding people back, or at least it was for me.

 

[XorTroll]

Just check out Goldleaf's UI, that beauty is all handled via this library.
To be honest, I made this library to have a good UI system for Goldleaf and future projects like Brew.js

 

[linuxares]

Oh neat! Really useful!

 

[Purple_Heart]

good tool

 

[annoo]

Already played around with it in the last few days. Great to see an official release!
Great job!

 

[XorTroll]

Plutonium 0.2 has been released! Introducing roundy and crispy rendering now, as you might have seen in Goldleaf!
Link: https://github.com/XorTroll/Plutonium/releases/tag/0.2

Changelog:

• Rendering:
  
  • The internal application rendering system has slightly changed to improve dialogs' rendering, which has also changed some rendering callbacks for elements.
  • New functions have been added into SDL2-based rendering system, mostly related to round shapes.
• Dialogs have been redesigned, without the old fullscreen, round shapes. Now the right joystick allows fast moving among options, and all the margins and sizes are automatically computed.
  
  
• Elements:
  
  • Rounded shapes have been added, now applying to progress bars and dialogs.
  • Some element destructors have been fixed and/or improved.
• Added a WIP focus system, which is barely untested:
  
  • It's based in Windows's focus system with UI elements.
  • Only an element has focus, and focus is changed via touch or R-Stick, based on stick directions.
  • As said it's WIP, so might not work as expected. By default elements don't use the focus system.

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Also I've updated this thread with some screenshots (how didn't I have any, this is an UI library, jesus)

 

[fourminute]

XorTroll back at it again. Good work. You forgot to include the XorTroll Industries copyright tag btw. wink wink.

 

[Deleted User]

more examples or a better usage would be very helpful... i tried it and after 5 Days of installing cuz im to silly i dont know how to add a button..... maybe because im learning C++ currently and know 5 % of the complete usages D:

 

[Manurocker95]

more examples or a better usage would be very helpful... i tried it and after 5 Days of installing cuz im to silly i dont know how to add a button..... maybe because im learning C++ currently and know 5 % of the complete usages D:

Just need to create a button object in your scene

 

[Deleted User]

Just need to create a button object in your scene

i did but always get an error from dkp

 

[Deleted User]

Why not use IMGUI ? The opengl3 renderer work as it using the glad loader build option

 

[Manurocker95]

Why not use IMGUI ? The opengl3 renderer work as it using the glad loader build option

SDL2 is a lot easier (?)

 

[Deleted User]

SDL2 is a lot easier (?)

IMGUI as a SDL2 renderer, take a look at the repo:
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui

It's a GUI cross platform framework...

 

[XorTroll]

Released 0.2.1 with a few small changes: https://github.com/XorTroll/Plutonium/releases/tag/0.2.1

Changelog:

• Elements
  
  • When moving among Menu items, going upper than the top element will move to the latest element, ang going down on the latest one will start at the top.
• Examples
  
  • Added two new examples: GlobalInputs and Dialogs.

 

[Manurocker95]

Buttons on dialog should call function pointers so custom methods could be accessed when pressing them. Nice update btw.

 

[ron1ck]

Nice tool!, I've been following some of your examples. But I want to show the applet for selecting users
And I get LibAppletExitReason_Unexpected

When debugging I noticed all the previews commands before appletHolderJoin return R_SUCCEDED,
but after doing appletHolderJoin the exit reason of LibAppletExitReason is
LibAppletExitReason_Unexpected

I used Dialogs Example as base

Do you know what I could be doing wrong?

Regards

 

[Acta]

I'm trying to build the examples, but cannot get it to compile at all. In the examples I get the following errors:

linking Dialogs.elf
f:/devkitpro/devkita64/bin/../lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/9.2.0/../../../../aarch64-none-elf/bin/ld.exe: F:/Users/Acta/Documents/GitHub/Plutonium-0.2.1/Examples/Dialogs/Plutonium/lib\libpu.a(Renderer.o): in function `romfsInit':
C:/devkitPro/libnx/include/switch/runtime/devices/romfs_dev.h:62: undefined reference to `romfsMount'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [/opt/devkitpro/libnx/switch_rules:80: /f/Users/Acta/Documents/GitHub/Plutonium-0.2.1/Examples/Dialogs/Dialogs.elf] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:156: Build] Error 2

And I also cannot compile the latest commit of Plutonium, it errors out with the following:

F:/Users/Acta/Documents/GitHub/Plutonium/Plutonium/Source/pu/ui/render/render_Renderer.cpp: In member function 'void pu::ui::render::Renderer::Initialize()':
F:/Users/Acta/Documents/GitHub/Plutonium/Plutonium/Source/pu/ui/render/render_Renderer.cpp:31:42: error: 'PlServiceType_User' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'BsdServiceType_User'?
   31 |                 Result rc = plInitialize(PlServiceType_User);
      |                                          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |                                          BsdServiceType_User
make[2]: *** [/opt/devkitpro/devkitA64/base_rules:14: render_Renderer.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:99: build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/f/Users/Acta/Documents/GitHub/Plutonium/Plutonium'
make: *** [Makefile:9: all] Error 2

Any suggestions?

 

[GatoFiestero]

I love this kind of projects.