Creating a cross-platform project

In this recipe, we will lay out a series of very simple steps for you to set up Libgdx cross-platform projects really quickly. With very little hassle, you will have a functional barebones application ready to take your brilliant game logic in.

Getting ready

Make sure you have all Libgdx dependencies installed in your development machine. If you didn't follow all the steps in the Setting up a cross-platform development environment recipe, proceed to do so before carrying on.

How to do it…

Libgdx makes use of Gradle to handle the build process. Gradle is an open source build automation tool, very similar to Apache Ant and Apache Maven. It handles your project's dependencies and downloads external libraries when necessary; ...

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