VK_OHOS_surface

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2025-05-16

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

• Weilan Chen, Huawei
• Zehui Lin, Huawei
• Pan Gao, Huawei
• Zhao Zhang, Huawei
• Yang Shi, Huawei

Description

The VK_OHOS_surface extension is an instance extension. It provides a mechanism to create a VkSurfaceKHR object (defined by the VK_KHR_surface extension) that refers to an OHNativeWindow, the native surface type of Open Harmony OS. Common consumer endpoints for OHNativeWindows are the system window compositor, video encoders, and application-specific compositors.

New Base Types

• OHNativeWindow

New Commands

• vkCreateSurfaceOHOS

New Structures

• VkSurfaceCreateInfoOHOS

New Bitmasks

• VkSurfaceCreateFlagsOHOS

New Enum Constants

• VK_OHOS_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_OHOS_SURFACE_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_OHOS

Version History

• Revision 1, 2025-05-19 (Weilan Chen)
  • Internal revisions