2 Simple DirectMedia Layer
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25 * Header file for functions to creating Metal layers and views on SDL windows.
31 #include "SDL_video.h"
33 #include "begin_code.h"
34 /* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
40 * \brief A handle to a CAMetalLayer-backed NSView (macOS) or UIView (iOS/tvOS).
42 * \note This can be cast directly to an NSView or UIView.
44 typedef void *SDL_MetalView;
47 * \name Metal support functions
52 * \brief Create a CAMetalLayer-backed NSView/UIView and attach it to the
55 * On macOS, this does *not* associate a MTLDevice with the CAMetalLayer on its
56 * own. It is up to user code to do that.
58 * The returned handle can be casted directly to a NSView or UIView.
59 * To access the backing CAMetalLayer, call SDL_Metal_GetLayer().
61 * \note \a window must be created with the SDL_WINDOW_METAL flag.
63 * \sa SDL_Metal_DestroyView
64 * \sa SDL_Metal_GetLayer
66 extern DECLSPEC SDL_MetalView SDLCALL SDL_Metal_CreateView(SDL_Window * window);
69 * \brief Destroy an existing SDL_MetalView object.
71 * This should be called before SDL_DestroyWindow, if SDL_Metal_CreateView was
72 * called after SDL_CreateWindow.
74 * \sa SDL_Metal_CreateView
76 extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_Metal_DestroyView(SDL_MetalView view);
79 * \brief Get a pointer to the backing CAMetalLayer for the given view.
81 * \sa SDL_MetalCreateView
83 extern DECLSPEC void *SDLCALL SDL_Metal_GetLayer(SDL_MetalView view);
86 * \brief Get the size of a window's underlying drawable in pixels (for use
87 * with setting viewport, scissor & etc).
89 * \param window SDL_Window from which the drawable size should be queried
90 * \param w Pointer to variable for storing the width in pixels,
92 * \param h Pointer to variable for storing the height in pixels,
95 * This may differ from SDL_GetWindowSize() if we're rendering to a high-DPI
96 * drawable, i.e. the window was created with SDL_WINDOW_ALLOW_HIGHDPI on a
97 * platform with high-DPI support (Apple calls this "Retina"), and not disabled
98 * by the \c SDL_HINT_VIDEO_HIGHDPI_DISABLED hint.
100 * \note On macOS high-DPI support must be enabled for an application by
101 * setting NSHighResolutionCapable to true in its Info.plist.
103 * \sa SDL_GetWindowSize()
104 * \sa SDL_CreateWindow()
106 extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_Metal_GetDrawableSize(SDL_Window* window, int *w,
109 /* @} *//* Metal support functions */
111 /* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
115 #include "close_code.h"
117 #endif /* SDL_metal_h_ */