Sdk graphics api documentation

Platform specific native graphics functions.

Namespace: dmGraphics
Include: #include <dmsdk/graphics/graphics_native.h>
TYPES
HContext Context handle
HTexture Texture handle
HRenderTarget Rendertarget handle
HVertexProgram Vertex program handle
HFragmentProgram Fragment program handle
HProgram Program handle
HVertexBuffer Vertex buffer handle
HIndexBuffer Index buffer handle
HUniformLocation Uniform location handle
HVertexDeclaration Vertex declaration handle
HVertexStreamDeclaration Vertex stream declaration handle
ENUMS
HandleResult
RenderTargetAttachment
TextureFormat
CompareFunc
FaceWinding
StencilOp
BufferUsage
BufferAccess
IndexBufferFormat
PrimitiveType Primitive type
Type Data type
BlendFactor Blend factor
FUNCTIONS
dmGraphics::HTexture GetRenderTargetAttachment(dmGraphics::HRenderTarget render_target, dmGraphics::RenderTargetAttachment attachment_type) Get the attachment texture from a render target. R...
dmGraphics::HandleResult GetTextureHandle(dmGraphics::HTexture texture, void** out_handle) Get the native graphics API texture object from an...
dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration NewVertexStreamDeclaration(dmGraphics::HContext context) Create new vertex stream declaration. A stream dec...
void AddVertexStream(dmGraphics::HContext context, const char* name, uint32_t size, dmGraphics::Type type, bool normalize) Adds a stream to a stream declaration
void AddVertexStream(dmGraphics::HContext context, uint64_t name_hash, uint32_t size, dmGraphics::Type type, bool normalize) Adds a stream to a stream declaration
void DeleteVertexStreamDeclaration(dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration stream_declaration) Delete vertex stream declaration
dmGraphics::HVertexDeclaration NewVertexDeclaration(dmGraphics::HContext context, dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration stream_declaration) Create new vertex declaration from a vertex stream...
dmGraphics::HVertexDeclaration NewVertexDeclaration(dmGraphics::HContext context, dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration stream_declaration, uint32_t stride) Create new vertex declaration from a vertex stream...
void DeleteVertexDeclaration(dmGraphics::HVertexDeclaration vertex_declaration) Delete vertex declaration
dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer NewVertexBuffer(dmGraphics::HContext context, uint32_t size, void* data, dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage) Create new vertex buffer with initial data
void DeleteVertexBuffer(dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer) Delete vertex buffer
void SetVertexBufferData(dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer, uint32_t size, void* data, dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage) Set vertex buffer data
void SetVertexBufferSubData(dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, void* data) Set subset of vertex buffer data
uint32_t GetMaxElementsVertices(dmGraphics::HContext context) Get the max number of vertices allowed by the syst...
dmGraphics::HIndexBuffer NewIndexBuffer(dmGraphics::HContext context, uint32_t size, void* data, dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage) Create new index buffer with initial data
void DeleteIndexBuffer(dmGraphics::HIndexBuffer buffer) Delete the index buffer
void SetIndexBufferData(dmGraphics::HIndexBuffer buffer, uint32_t size, void* data, dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage) Set index buffer data
void SetIndexBufferSubData(dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, void* data) Set subset of index buffer data
void IsIndexBufferFormatSupported(dmGraphics::HContext context, dmGraphics::IndexBufferFormat format, bool result) Check if the index format is supported
uint32_t GetMaxElementsIndices(dmGraphics::HContext context) Get the max number of indices allowed by the syste...
bool IsExtensionSupported(dmGraphics::HContext context, const char* extension) check if an extension is supported
bool IsTextureFormatSupported(dmGraphics::HContext context, TextureFormat format) check if a specific texture format is supported
uint32_t GetNumSupportedExtensions(dmGraphics::HContext context)
const char* GetSupportedExtension(dmGraphics::HContext context, uint32_t index) get the supported extension
id dmGraphics::GetNativeiOSUIWindow() get iOS UIWindow
id dmGraphics::GetNativeiOSUIView() get iOS UIView
id dmGraphics::GetNativeiOSEAGLContext() get iOS EAGLContext
id dmGraphics::GetNativeOSXNSWindow() get OSX NSWindow
id dmGraphics::GetNativeOSXNSView() get OSX NSView
id dmGraphics::GetNativeOSXNSOpenGLContext() get OSX NSOpenGLContext
HWND dmGraphics::GetNativeWindowsHWND() get Win32 HWND
HGLRC dmGraphics::GetNativeWindowsHGLRC() get Win32 HGLRC
EGLContext dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidEGLContext() get Android EGLContext
EGLSurface dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidEGLSurface() get Android EGLSurface
JavaVM* dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidJavaVM() get Android native JavaVM
jobject dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidActivity() get Android native jobject
struct android_app* dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidApp() get Android app object
Window dmGraphics::GetNativeX11Window() get Linux X11Window
GLXContext dmGraphics::GetNativeX11GLXContext() get Linux X11GLXContext

Functions

GetRenderTargetAttachment

dmGraphics::HTexture GetRenderTargetAttachment(dmGraphics::HRenderTarget render_target, dmGraphics::RenderTargetAttachment attachment_type)

Get the attachment texture from a render target. Returns zero if no such attachment texture exists.

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HRenderTarget render_target the render target
dmGraphics::RenderTargetAttachment attachment_type the attachment to get

RETURNS

dmGraphics::HTexture the attachment texture

GetTextureHandle

dmGraphics::HandleResult GetTextureHandle(dmGraphics::HTexture texture, void** out_handle)

Get the native graphics API texture object from an engine texture handle. This depends on the graphics backend and is not guaranteed to be implemented on the currently running adapter.

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HTexture texture the texture handle
void** out_handle a pointer to where the raw object should be stored

RETURNS

dmGraphics::HandleResult the result of the query

NewVertexStreamDeclaration

dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration NewVertexStreamDeclaration(dmGraphics::HContext context)

Create new vertex stream declaration. A stream declaration contains a list of vertex streams that should be used to create a vertex declaration from.

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context

RETURNS

dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration the vertex declaration

AddVertexStream

void AddVertexStream(dmGraphics::HContext context, const char* name, uint32_t size, dmGraphics::Type type, bool normalize)

Adds a stream to a stream declaration

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
const char* name the name of the stream
uint32_t size the size of the stream, i.e number of components
dmGraphics::Type type the data type of the stream
bool normalize true if the stream should be normalized in the 0..1 range

AddVertexStream

void AddVertexStream(dmGraphics::HContext context, uint64_t name_hash, uint32_t size, dmGraphics::Type type, bool normalize)

Adds a stream to a stream declaration

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
uint64_t name_hash the name hash of the stream
uint32_t size the size of the stream, i.e number of components
dmGraphics::Type type the data type of the stream
bool normalize true if the stream should be normalized in the 0..1 range

DeleteVertexStreamDeclaration

void DeleteVertexStreamDeclaration(dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration stream_declaration)

Delete vertex stream declaration

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration stream_declaration the vertex stream declaration

NewVertexDeclaration

dmGraphics::HVertexDeclaration NewVertexDeclaration(dmGraphics::HContext context, dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration stream_declaration)

Create new vertex declaration from a vertex stream declaration

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration stream_declaration the vertex stream declaration

RETURNS

dmGraphics::HVertexDeclaration the vertex declaration

NewVertexDeclaration

dmGraphics::HVertexDeclaration NewVertexDeclaration(dmGraphics::HContext context, dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration stream_declaration, uint32_t stride)

Create new vertex declaration from a vertex stream declaration and an explicit stride value, where the stride is the number of bytes between each consecutive vertex in a vertex buffer

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
dmGraphics::HVertexStreamDeclaration stream_declaration the vertex stream declaration
uint32_t stride the stride between the start of each vertex (in bytes)

RETURNS

dmGraphics::HVertexDeclaration the vertex declaration

DeleteVertexDeclaration

void DeleteVertexDeclaration(dmGraphics::HVertexDeclaration vertex_declaration)

Delete vertex declaration

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HVertexDeclaration vertex_declaration the vertex declaration

NewVertexBuffer

dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer NewVertexBuffer(dmGraphics::HContext context, uint32_t size, void* data, dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage)

Create new vertex buffer with initial data

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
uint32_t size the size of the buffer (in bytes). May be 0
void* data the data
dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage the usage

RETURNS

dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer the vertex buffer

DeleteVertexBuffer

void DeleteVertexBuffer(dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer)

Delete vertex buffer

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer the buffer

SetVertexBufferData

void SetVertexBufferData(dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer, uint32_t size, void* data, dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage)

Set vertex buffer data

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer the buffer
uint32_t size the size of the buffer (in bytes). May be 0
void* data the data
dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage the usage

SetVertexBufferSubData

void SetVertexBufferSubData(dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, void* data)

Set subset of vertex buffer data

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer the buffer
uint32_t offset the offset into the desination buffer (in bytes)
uint32_t size the size of the buffer (in bytes). May be 0
void* data the data

GetMaxElementsVertices

uint32_t GetMaxElementsVertices(dmGraphics::HContext context)

Get the max number of vertices allowed by the system in a vertex buffer

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context

RETURNS

uint32_t the count

NewIndexBuffer

dmGraphics::HIndexBuffer NewIndexBuffer(dmGraphics::HContext context, uint32_t size, void* data, dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage)

Create new index buffer with initial data

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
uint32_t size the size of the buffer (in bytes). May be 0
void* data the data
dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage the usage

RETURNS

dmGraphics::HIndexBuffer the index buffer

DeleteIndexBuffer

void DeleteIndexBuffer(dmGraphics::HIndexBuffer buffer)

Delete the index buffer

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HIndexBuffer buffer the index buffer

SetIndexBufferData

void SetIndexBufferData(dmGraphics::HIndexBuffer buffer, uint32_t size, void* data, dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage)

Set index buffer data

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HIndexBuffer buffer the buffer
uint32_t size the size of the buffer (in bytes). May be 0
void* data the data
dmGraphics::BufferUsage buffer_usage the usage

SetIndexBufferSubData

void SetIndexBufferSubData(dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, void* data)

Set subset of index buffer data

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HVertexBuffer buffer the buffer
uint32_t offset the offset into the desination buffer (in bytes)
uint32_t size the size of the buffer (in bytes). May be 0
void* data the data

IsIndexBufferFormatSupported

void IsIndexBufferFormatSupported(dmGraphics::HContext context, dmGraphics::IndexBufferFormat format, bool result)

Check if the index format is supported

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
dmGraphics::IndexBufferFormat format the format
bool result true if the format is supoprted

GetMaxElementsIndices

uint32_t GetMaxElementsIndices(dmGraphics::HContext context)

Get the max number of indices allowed by the system in an index buffer

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context

RETURNS

uint32_t the count

IsExtensionSupported

bool IsExtensionSupported(dmGraphics::HContext context, const char* extension)

check if an extension is supported

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
const char* extension the extension.

RETURNS

bool true if the extension was supported

IsTextureFormatSupported

bool IsTextureFormatSupported(dmGraphics::HContext context, TextureFormat format)

check if a specific texture format is supported

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
TextureFormat format the texture format.

RETURNS

bool true if the texture format was supported

GetNumSupportedExtensions

uint32_t GetNumSupportedExtensions(dmGraphics::HContext context)

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context

RETURNS

uint32_t the number of supported extensions

GetSupportedExtension

const char* GetSupportedExtension(dmGraphics::HContext context, uint32_t index)

get the supported extension

PARAMETERS

dmGraphics::HContext context the context
uint32_t index the index of the extension

RETURNS

const char* the extension. 0 if index was out of bounds

dmGraphics::GetNativeiOSUIWindow

id dmGraphics::GetNativeiOSUIWindow()

Get iOS UIWindow native handle (id). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

id native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeiOSUIView

id dmGraphics::GetNativeiOSUIView()

Get iOS UIView native handle (id). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

id native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeiOSEAGLContext

id dmGraphics::GetNativeiOSEAGLContext()

Get iOS EAGLContext native handle (id). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

id native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeOSXNSWindow

id dmGraphics::GetNativeOSXNSWindow()

Get OSX NSWindow native handle (id). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

id native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeOSXNSView

id dmGraphics::GetNativeOSXNSView()

Get OSX NSView native handle (id). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

id native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeOSXNSOpenGLContext

id dmGraphics::GetNativeOSXNSOpenGLContext()

Get OSX NSOpenGLContext native handle (id). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

id native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeWindowsHWND

HWND dmGraphics::GetNativeWindowsHWND()

Get Win32 windows native handle (HWND). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

HWND native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeWindowsHGLRC

HGLRC dmGraphics::GetNativeWindowsHGLRC()

Get Win32 gl rendercontext native handle (HGLRC). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

HGLRC native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidEGLContext

EGLContext dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidEGLContext()

Get Android EGLContext native handle (EGLContext). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

EGLContext native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidEGLSurface

EGLSurface dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidEGLSurface()

Get Android EGLSurface native handle (EGLSurface). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

EGLSurface native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidJavaVM

JavaVM* dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidJavaVM()

Get Android JavaVM ptr. Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

JavaVM* native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidActivity

jobject dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidActivity()

Get Android native jobject. Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

jobject native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidApp

struct android_app* dmGraphics::GetNativeAndroidApp()

Get Android app object. Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

struct android_app* native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeX11Window

Window dmGraphics::GetNativeX11Window()

Get Linux X11Window windows native handle (Window). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

Window native handle

dmGraphics::GetNativeX11GLXContext

GLXContext dmGraphics::GetNativeX11GLXContext()

Get Linux X11GLXContext native handle (GLXContext). Any other platform return zero.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

GLXContext native handle

Types

HContext

Context handle

HTexture

Texture handle

HRenderTarget

Rendertarget handle

HVertexProgram

Vertex program handle

HFragmentProgram

Fragment program handle

HProgram

Program handle

HVertexBuffer

Vertex buffer handle

HIndexBuffer

Index buffer handle

HUniformLocation

Uniform location handle

HVertexDeclaration

Vertex declaration handle

HVertexStreamDeclaration

Vertex stream declaration handle

Enums

HandleResult

HANDLE_RESULT_OK
HANDLE_RESULT_NOT_AVAILABLE
HANDLE_RESULT_ERROR

RenderTargetAttachment

ATTACHMENT_COLOR
ATTACHMENT_DEPTH
ATTACHMENT_STENCIL
MAX_ATTACHMENT_COUNT

TextureFormat

TEXTURE_FORMAT_LUMINANCE
TEXTURE_FORMAT_LUMINANCE_ALPHA
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGB
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGB_16BPP
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA_16BPP
TEXTURE_FORMAT_DEPTH
TEXTURE_FORMAT_STENCIL
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGB_PVRTC_2BPPV1
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGB_PVRTC_4BPPV1
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA_PVRTC_2BPPV1
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA_PVRTC_4BPPV1
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGB_ETC1
TEXTURE_FORMAT_R_ETC2
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RG_ETC2
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA_ETC2
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA_ASTC_4x4
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGB_BC1
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA_BC3
TEXTURE_FORMAT_R_BC4
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RG_BC5
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA_BC7
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGB16F
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGB32F
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA16F
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA32F
TEXTURE_FORMAT_R16F
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RG16F
TEXTURE_FORMAT_R32F
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RG32F
TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA32UI
TEXTURE_FORMAT_COUNT

CompareFunc

COMPARE_FUNC_NEVER
COMPARE_FUNC_LESS
COMPARE_FUNC_LEQUAL
COMPARE_FUNC_GREATER
COMPARE_FUNC_GEQUAL
COMPARE_FUNC_EQUAL
COMPARE_FUNC_NOTEQUAL
COMPARE_FUNC_ALWAYS

FaceWinding

FACE_WINDING_CCW
FACE_WINDING_CW

StencilOp

STENCIL_OP_KEEP
STENCIL_OP_ZERO
STENCIL_OP_REPLACE
STENCIL_OP_INCR
STENCIL_OP_INCR_WRAP
STENCIL_OP_DECR
STENCIL_OP_DECR_WRAP
STENCIL_OP_INVERT

BufferUsage

BUFFER_USAGE_STREAM_DRAW
BUFFER_USAGE_DYNAMIC_DRAW
BUFFER_USAGE_STATIC_DRAW 
Preferred for buffers that never change

BufferAccess

BUFFER_ACCESS_READ_ONLY
BUFFER_ACCESS_WRITE_ONLY
BUFFER_ACCESS_READ_WRITE

IndexBufferFormat

INDEXBUFFER_FORMAT_16
INDEXBUFFER_FORMAT_32

PrimitiveType

Primitive type

PRIMITIVE_LINES
PRIMITIVE_TRIANGLES
PRIMITIVE_TRIANGLE_STRIP

Type

Data type

TYPE_BYTE
TYPE_UNSIGNED_BYTE
TYPE_SHORT
TYPE_UNSIGNED_SHORT
TYPE_INT
TYPE_UNSIGNED_INT
TYPE_FLOAT
TYPE_FLOAT_VEC4
TYPE_FLOAT_MAT4
TYPE_SAMPLER_2D
TYPE_SAMPLER_CUBE
TYPE_SAMPLER_2D_ARRAY
TYPE_FLOAT_VEC2
TYPE_FLOAT_VEC3
TYPE_FLOAT_MAT2
TYPE_FLOAT_MAT3

BlendFactor

Blend factor

BLEND_FACTOR_ZERO
BLEND_FACTOR_ONE
BLEND_FACTOR_SRC_COLOR
BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC_COLOR
BLEND_FACTOR_DST_COLOR
BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_DST_COLOR
BLEND_FACTOR_SRC_ALPHA
BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA
BLEND_FACTOR_DST_ALPHA
BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA
BLEND_FACTOR_SRC_ALPHA_SATURATE
BLEND_FACTOR_CONSTANT_COLOR
BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_COLOR
BLEND_FACTOR_CONSTANT_ALPHA
BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_ALPHA