Vulkan-Docs/appendices/VK_MVK_macos_surface.txt

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// Copyright (c) 2015-2018 The Brenwill Workshop Ltd. This work is licensed under a
// Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License; see
// http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
include::meta/VK_MVK_macos_surface.txt[]
*Last Modified Date*::
2017-02-24
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
- Bill Hollings, The Brenwill Workshop Ltd.
The `VK_MVK_macos_surface` extension is an instance extension.
It provides a mechanism to create a slink:VkSurfaceKHR object (defined by
the `<<VK_KHR_surface>>` extension) that refers to an code:NSView, the
native surface type of macOS, which is underpinned by a dlink:CAMetalLayer,
to support rendering to the surface using Apple's Metal framework.
=== New Object Types
None.
=== New Enum Constants
* Extending elink:VkStructureType:
** ename:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MACOS_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_MVK
=== New Enums
None.
=== New Structures
* slink:VkMacOSSurfaceCreateInfoMVK
=== New Functions
* flink:vkCreateMacOSSurfaceMVK
=== Issues
None.
=== Version History
* Revision 1, 2017-02-15 (Bill Hollings)
- Initial draft.
* Revision 2, 2017-02-24 (Bill Hollings)
- Minor syntax fix to emphasize firm requirement for NSView to be backed
by a CAMetalLayer.