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+## Large Thin Wrapper
+A thin OpenGL core-to-OpenGL ES wrapper, primarily intended for running Minecraft.
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+# Building
+`./gradlew :ltw:assembleRelease`
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+After completion, an AAR with native libraries will be available in `ltw/build/outputs/aar/ltw-release.aar`