Deploying GWT application / LibGDX and TextureAtlas problem

Question

I encountered with a little problem. After GWT (and LibGDX) deployment I got an error:

GwtApplication: exception: Couldn't load image '/images/objects.png', file does not exist Couldn't load image '/images/objects.png', file does not exist

This error throws when TextureAtlas tries to load the image from settings.text file:

images/objects.png
format: RGBA8888
filter: Nearest,Nearest
repeat: none
hills
rotate: false
xy: 0, 0
size: 1024, 146
orig: 1024, 146
offset: 0, 0
index: -1

I tried to use any type of path

• "/assets/images/object.png"
• "/clutchkick/assets/images/object.png"
• "/public_html/clutchkick/assets/images/object.png"
• and so on..

Any suggestions?

By the way there are no any problems on android or desktop deployment.

EDIT: The same problem occurs when trying to load a Tmx map.

Answer 1

There's a bug in com.badlogic.gdx.backends.gwt.GwtFileHandle that adds a slash before the image path in the atlas, but here is a workaround:

Put the atlas files are inside a folder like "assets/images/", don't put it directly in the assets folder, and make sure the image path in atlas file is correct (relative to atlas), then it should work.

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Or you can just fix the GwtFileHandle class:

Find this code in com.badlogic.gdx.backends.gwt.GwtFileHandle

public FileHandle child (String name) {
    return new GwtFileHandle(preloader, file + (file.endsWith("/") ? "" : "/") + name, FileType.Internal);
}

And change it to following code

public FileHandle child (String name) {
    return new GwtFileHandle(preloader, file.isEmpty() ? "" : (file + (file.endsWith("/") ? "" : "/")) + name, FileType.Internal);
}