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Version: v3.0.0-preview

Vulkan-Specific Views and Windows (i.e. IVulkanView, IVulkanWindow)

Information​

  • Introduced in Preview 3
  • Active in 1.1.1
  • Deprecated in 1.2
  • Removed in 2.0

Why are we removing it?​

Currently, Vulkan-specific functions are accessed by first checking if a IView or IWindow supports Vulkan, and then casting the IView or IWindow to a IVulkanView or IVulkanWindow respectively. This can get quite messy. As such, we decided to instead move all API or platform specific functions into interfaces accessed via a nullable property in IView and IWindow, as follows:

Old​

if (window.IsVulkanSupported && window is IVulkanWindow vkWindow)
{
    vkWindow.CreateSurface(...);
}

New​

if (window.VkSurface != null)
{
    window.VkSurface.CreateSurface(...);
}

All OpenGL functions will get the same treatment, but both the Vulkan-specific and OpenGL-specific functions will continue to be accessible through the main IView and IWindow interfaces through extension methods.