Android with Visual Studio

Deprecated Document. Cocos2d-x V3.15 or less is the last supported version.

Environment Requirements

• A Supported OS. See Installation Prerequisites

• Visual Studio 2015 update 2+ (NOT Visual Studio Code!) https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx

Prerequisites

• Download and install Visual Studio 2015 update 2+.

• Download and install Python. Ensure that it is available in your $PATH.

• Download Cocos2d-x and unzip it where you wish.

• From a command-line, change to the location you unzipped Cocos2d-x to and run:

    python setup.py
  

Using Visual Studio with Cocos2d-x

Make sure that you are using Cocos2d-x v3.12.

Creating a new project

• Read our document on the Cocos Command-line tool and create a new project.

• Download proj.visualstudio

• copy proj.visualstudio.zip into your project's root directory and unzip it. It should fall inline with your other project directories. Example:

  

• By default proj.visualstudio contains a project called Cocos2d.sln, open this .sln file.

• Build and run!

Integrating with an existing project

• Download proj.visualstudio

• copy proj.visualstudio.zip into your project's root directory and unzip it. It should fall inline with your other project directories. Example:

  

• By default proj.visualstudio contains a project called Cocos2d.sln, feel free to re-name this to your project's name.

• Open the .sln file.

• Add any source files and resources that are required to build your project. Change any necessary build settings required by your project.

• Build and troubleshoot any integration needs.