MetalInstancedHelix/AAPLView.h

/*
 Copyright (C) 2015 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 See LICENSE.txt for this sample’s licensing information
 
 Abstract:
 View for Metal Sample Code. Manages screen drawable framebuffers and expects a delegate to repond to render commands to perform drawing.
*/
 
#import <QuartzCore/CAMetalLayer.h>
#import <Metal/Metal.h>
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 
@protocol AAPLViewDelegate;
 
@interface AAPLView : UIView
@property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet id <AAPLViewDelegate> delegate;
 
// view has a handle to the metal device when created
@property (nonatomic, readonly) id <MTLDevice> device;
 
// the current drawable created within the view's CAMetalLayer
@property (nonatomic, readonly) id <CAMetalDrawable> currentDrawable;
 
// The current framebuffer can be read by delegate during -[MetalViewDelegate render:]
// This call may block until the framebuffer is available.
@property (nonatomic, readonly) MTLRenderPassDescriptor *renderPassDescriptor;
 
// set these pixel formats to have the main drawable framebuffer get created with depth and/or stencil attachments
@property (nonatomic) MTLPixelFormat depthPixelFormat;
@property (nonatomic) MTLPixelFormat stencilPixelFormat;
@property (nonatomic) NSUInteger     sampleCount;
 
// view controller will be call off the main thread
- (void)display;
 
// release any color/depth/stencil resources. view controller will call when paused.
- (void)releaseTextures;
 
@end
 
// rendering delegate (App must implement a rendering delegate that responds to these messages
@protocol AAPLViewDelegate <NSObject>
 
@required
// called if the view changes orientation or size, renderer can precompute its view and projection matricies here for example
- (void)reshape:(AAPLView *)view;
 
// delegate should perform all rendering here
- (void)render:(AAPLView *)view;
 
@end