SDL_metal.h
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/*
Simple DirectMedia Layer
Copyright (C) 1997-2025 Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
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*/
/**
* # CategoryMetal
*
* Header file for functions to creating Metal layers and views on SDL
* windows.
*/
#ifndef SDL_metal_h_
#define SDL_metal_h_
#include "SDL_video.h"
#include "begin_code.h"
/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* A handle to a CAMetalLayer-backed NSView (macOS) or UIView (iOS/tvOS).
*
* This can be cast directly to an NSView or UIView.
*/
typedef void *SDL_MetalView;
/**
* \name Metal support functions
*/
/* @{ */
/**
* Create a CAMetalLayer-backed NSView/UIView and attach it to the specified
* window.
*
* On macOS, this does *not* associate a MTLDevice with the CAMetalLayer on
* its own. It is up to user code to do that.
*
* The returned handle can be casted directly to a NSView or UIView. To access
* the backing CAMetalLayer, call SDL_Metal_GetLayer().
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.12.
*
* \sa SDL_Metal_DestroyView
* \sa SDL_Metal_GetLayer
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_MetalView SDLCALL SDL_Metal_CreateView(SDL_Window * window);
/**
* Destroy an existing SDL_MetalView object.
*
* This should be called before SDL_DestroyWindow, if SDL_Metal_CreateView was
* called after SDL_CreateWindow.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.12.
*
* \sa SDL_Metal_CreateView
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_Metal_DestroyView(SDL_MetalView view);
/**
* Get a pointer to the backing CAMetalLayer for the given view.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.14.
*
* \sa SDL_Metal_CreateView
*/
extern DECLSPEC void *SDLCALL SDL_Metal_GetLayer(SDL_MetalView view);
/**
* Get the size of a window's underlying drawable in pixels (for use with
* setting viewport, scissor & etc).
*
* \param window SDL_Window from which the drawable size should be queried.
* \param w Pointer to variable for storing the width in pixels, may be NULL.
* \param h Pointer to variable for storing the height in pixels, may be NULL.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.14.
*
* \sa SDL_GetWindowSize
* \sa SDL_CreateWindow
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_Metal_GetDrawableSize(SDL_Window* window, int *w,
int *h);
/* @} *//* Metal support functions */
/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#include "close_code.h"
#endif /* SDL_metal_h_ */
SDL_MetalView
void * SDL_MetalView
Definition SDL_metal.h:45
SDL_Metal_GetLayer
void * SDL_Metal_GetLayer(SDL_MetalView view)
SDL_Metal_DestroyView
void SDL_Metal_DestroyView(SDL_MetalView view)
SDL_Metal_CreateView
SDL_MetalView SDL_Metal_CreateView(SDL_Window *window)
SDL_Metal_GetDrawableSize
void SDL_Metal_GetDrawableSize(SDL_Window *window, int *w, int *h)
SDL_video.h
SDL_Window
struct SDL_Window SDL_Window
Definition SDL_video.h:95
begin_code.h
close_code.h