Can you make some things public?

[evilduck41]

Request for some public items such as
bgfx::ProgramHandle loadProgram(bx::FileReaderI* _reader, const char* _vsName, const char* _fsName);

We use our own reader and this function is not predeclared in the h files. Thanks

Also a way to easily check if bgfx has been initialized or at least shutdown knowing its initialized so it doesn't crash if no initialization

[bkaradzic]

Request for some public items such as
bgfx::ProgramHandle loadProgram(bx::FileReaderI* _reader, const char* _vsName, const char* _fsName);
We use our own reader and this function is not predeclared in the h files. Thanks

That's not part of bgfx library at all, it's just used in examples.

Also a way to easily check if bgfx has been initialized or at least shutdown knowing its initialized so it doesn't crash if no initialization

When you call bgfx::init it returns bool that indicated if bgfx initialized or not.
https://bkaradzic.github.io/bgfx/bgfx.html#_CPPv4N4bgfx4initERK4Init

You can store that value somewhere, and use it for whatever you need. Just clear it when you call shutdown.