The Defold SDK

The Defold SDK contains the required functionality to declare a native extension as well as interface with the low-level native platform layer on which the application runs and the high-level Lua layer in which the game logic is created.

Usage

C++ extensions can include the aggregate dmsdk/sdk.h header file:

#include <dmsdk/sdk.h>

The aggregate header includes C++ declarations and cannot be included from a C source file. C source files should include the individual C-compatible .h headers they require, for example:

#include <dmsdk/extension/extension.h>
#include <dmsdk/dlib/configfile.h>
#include <dmsdk/resource/resource.h>

Only part of dmSDK currently has a pure-C interface; not every C++ subsystem has a C equivalent. The available functions and types are documented in the C API overview and C++ API overview. The Defold SDK headers are included as a separate defoldsdk_headers.zip archive for each Defold release on GitHub. You can use these headers for code completion in your editor of choice.