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Gears on Windows Pc

Developed By: Jeff Boody

License: Free

Rating: 3,6/5 - 359 votes

Last Updated: December 23, 2023

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Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 20180602
Size 1.7 MB
Release Date June 03, 18
Category Libraries & Demo Apps

What's New:
6/2/2018• Update for Android Developer Studio• Improve about page2/27/2015• Fixed IllegalArgumentException for multitouch9/2/2014• Fixed Java signing issue8/23... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Gears for Android is a heavily modified port of the famous "gears" demo to Android.

The Gears demo is an open source project intended to help developers learn how to cre... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Gears and install on Windows PC. Gears is free Libraries & Demo app, developed by Jeff Boody. Latest version of Gears is 20180602, was released on 2018-06-03 (updated on 2023-12-23). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Gears is 3,6. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 359 users, 93 users had rated it 5*, 186 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Gears on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Gears on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Gears on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Gears using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Gears" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Gears on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Gears" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 20180602 , 7.

Download Gears 20180602 on Windows PC – 1.7 MB

Download Gears 7 on Windows PC – 100 KB

Gears for Android is a heavily modified port of the famous "gears" demo to Android.

The Gears demo is an open source project intended to help developers learn how to create OpenGL ES programs on Android. The Gears demo was originally written by Brian Paul as part of the Mesa3D project. My implementation includes variations for Java/OpenGL ES 1.x, Java/C/OpenGL ES 1.x and Java/C/OpenGL ES 2.0. I have also added several features not found in the original implementation including touch screen support, VBOs and an on-screen FPS counter.

The FPS (frames-per-second) counter is often used as a benchmark metric for graphics programs. On Android the frame rate is limited by v-sync (typically 60 FPS) which is the fastest rate that a display can refresh the screen. Since Gears is capable of rendering much faster than v-sync on most devices it provides limited benchmarking value.
6/2/2018
• Update for Android Developer Studio
• Improve about page

2/27/2015
• Fixed IllegalArgumentException for multitouch

9/2/2014
• Fixed Java signing issue

8/23/2014
• Fixed memory corruption

11/13/2013
• Added quaternions for natural rotations and rolling
• Miscelaneous cleanup
• Added ports for SDL and LOAX environments