cordova-plugin-stockfish v1.3.0

cordova-plugin-stockfish

Cordova interface for the Stockfish chess engine.

Exemple apps

• https://github.com/srenault/stockfishm/tree/master
• https://github.com/veloce/lichobile

Requirements

• android ndk

Usage

Stockfish global object exposes only 4 methods. Except for output, they all return promises:

// init engine
Stockfish.init().then(() => console.log('engine ready'))

// send commands
Stockfish.cmd('position startpos').then(() => console.log('command success'))

// register output listener
Stockfish.output(function(message) {
  console.log('stockfish message received:', message)
})

// exit engine
Stockfish.exit().then(() => console.log('engine successfully exited'))

Upgrade stockfish (lichess)

git remote add stockfish https://github.com/ddugovic/Stockfish.git
git subtree pull --prefix=src/share/stockfish --squash stockfish master

Build android

Build the native code in your project using:

ndk-build -C app/platforms/android

Build IOS

Through XCode, in the build settings menu:

• Set C++ Language Dialect option to C++11 value.
• Set C++ Standard Library option to lib++ value.

To enable variants, in custom compiler flags, Other C++ flags section, add:

-DKOTH -DTHREECHECK -DATOMIC -DHORDE -DRACE -DANTI -DCRAZYHOUSE