fips

FWIW pretty much all platforms have switched to manifest files now, even Windows (they're just not mandatory). For Android I simply create a dummy manifest file during the build process, along with the whole APK packaging and code-signing with a debug certificate. This might help if you want to try ditching Gradle, it's essentially the "missing link" to put the whole build process into cmake (or similar C/C++ build tools): https://github.com/floooh/fips/blob/master/tools/android-cre...

Orthodox style argument aside, this project uses a build system written by the same author called fips[0]. I've tried it myself, and it's an absolute joy to use. A few simple commands will get you up and running on any supported platform, and it does an excellent job of telling you what went wrong if there's a failure. It also has a system for compiling the same shaders to multiple platform targets. Oryol's demos[1] are impressive as well. Especially the ones that showcase emulation and various integrations of immediate-mode GUI frameworks. The entire project is underrated in my opinion. With web assembly slowly coming alive, there's a distinct lack of small, multi-platform engines designed with the web in mind. I only wish Oryol's ecosystem was larger, it could be a realistic alternative to Three.js perhaps—if it isn't already. Keep up t

Even if it doesn't has too much support, I highly recommend fips: https://github.com/floooh/fips I have been using it, adding some libs and even contributing some changes. You should really give it a try!

I'm slowly reading this with a lot of attention, will soon have a better idea of the proposal. Until there, take a look at this https://github.com/floooh/fips (and yes, I know about CPM, Biicode, Conan, Hunter, etc..)

I've spent the last few weeks to move the python build scripts into its own project (https://github.com/floooh/fips), that's why the Oryol master branch is a bit quiet at the moment, the build system stuff happens on the 'fips' branch (but this is only tested on OSX so far).