Addition of loadTextureFromURL methods

[Deleted user]

I have an embedded TouchDB datbase, this uses a custom URL protocol to access document attachments so I need to be able to load textures from a URL.

I have this working (only tested on iOS) by adding the following static method to the ICTextureLoader and wrapping with an instance method on ICTextureCache:

• (ICTexture2D *)loadTextureFromURL:(NSURL *)url
  {
  ICTexture2D *texture = nil;

ifdef __IC_PLATFORM_MAC

NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url];
NSBitmapImageRep *image = [[NSBitmapImageRep alloc] initWithData:data];
texture = [[[ICTexture2D alloc] initWithCGImage:[image CGImage]] autorelease];

[data release];
[image release];

elif __IC_PLATFORM_IOS

// FIXME: need to determine resolution type
UIImage * image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url]];
texture = [[[ICTexture2D alloc] initWithCGImage:image.CGImage resolutionType:ICResolutionTypeUnknown] autorelease];
[image release];

endif

return texture;

}

[Tobias Lensing]

I will integrate this into the ICTextureLoader class and test it on the Mac.

A side note: we are currently thinking about rewriting ICTexture2D (it's a mess imported and adapted from cocos2d). Thus, ICTextureLoader will most likely be deprecated or redesigned at some point in the future.

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Tobias

[Tobias Lensing]

I've integrated your code into ICTextureLoader, added and refactored certain methods in ICTextureCache. It's all committed to the development branch. If you like, please feel free to test these additions.