C# bindings for bx & bimg?

[jcyuan]

Hi guys, I'm developing with C#, from examples i saw bx & bimg are used and they seem very handy!
i have compiled bgfx shared libs, not sure why bx & bimg does not have a dll output, and there is no C# bindings for these 2 libs too.
is it not recommended to use them in C# or why they are missing please? thanks~

[bkaradzic]

bx, bimg are used as bgfx internals. It's unlikely they will have bindings for any other language because of following reasons:

• bx is too much C++ and low-lever to have C99 interface.
• bimg current interface is not up-to quality I would expect for library. bimg was extracted from bgfx, and interface was quickly thrown together, but it's not good IMO.

My suggestion is that you implement your own DLL and create higher-level interface for functionality you need from bx / bimg that you would call from C#. Or simply find C# alternatives.

[jcyuan]

bx, bimg are used as bgfx internals. It's unlikely they will have bindings for any other language because of following reasons:

• bx is too much C++ and low-lever to have C99 interface.
• bimg current interface is not up-to quality I would expect for library. bimg was extracted from bgfx, and interface was quickly thrown together, but it's not good IMO.

My suggestion is that you implement your own DLL and create higher-level interface for functionality you need from bx / bimg that you would call from C#. Or simply find C# alternatives.

it does make sense, thanks so much!
why i was asking for this is because i have to write a lot of code to parse varies of texture image input especially when it comes with layers and mipmap / cube stuffs like that...... and i found bimg has this already.
okay, as you said i'll create a new dll and maybe copy/or just include bimg and do some work on exporting & binding, or do you happen to know some C# lib for this out there already, sir?

[bkaradzic]

or do you happen to know some C# lib for this out there already, sir?

Not really.