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PowerVR SDK

  • Introduction
  • Build Instructions
  • PowerVR SDK on GitHub

PowerVR SDK Examples

  • OpenGL ES Examples
  • OpenGL ES Safety Critical Examples
  • Vulkan Examples
  • OpenCL Examples

PowerVR SDK Framework

  • Overview
  • Creating a Typical Application
    • Creating the Application Skeleton
    • Writing the Functions
      • initApplication
      • initView
        • Setting Up InitView
        • Creating Textures
        • Creating Buffers
        • Setting Up Objects
      • renderFrame
      • releaseView
      • quitApplication
  • Render Pass Optimisations
  • Debugging Applications
  • Appendices
    • Making Applications Platform Independent
    • Additional Header Files
    • Useful Namespaces
    • Handling Inputs
  • FAQs
    • Which Header Files Should I Include?
    • Which Libraries Should Be Linked Against?
    • Does Library Link Order Matter?
    • Are There Any Dependencies to be Aware of?
    • What About Linking Against OpenGL ES, or Vulkan, respectively?
    • What are the Strategies for Command Buffers? What about Threading?
    • How Are PVRVk Objects Created?
    • How Are PVRVK Objects Cleaned Up?
    • How Is a UIRenderer Cleaned Up?
    • Do Any API Objects Need to be Manually Kept Alive?
    • How Are Files/Assets/Resources Loaded?
    • Defining Buffer layouts with StructuredBufferView

PVRCore

  • Introduction to PVRCore
  • Included Files
    • AndroidAssetStream.h
    • Errors.h
    • IAssetProvider.h
    • Log.h
    • PVRCore.h
    • RefCounted.h
    • Threading.h
    • Time_.h
    • Utils.h
    • WindowsResourceStream.h
    • CameraKeyFrame.h
    • FPSCamera.h
    • TPSCamera.h
    • CommandLine.h
    • glm.h
    • AxisAlignedBox.h
    • MathUtils.h
    • Plane.h
    • Rectangle.h
    • Rectangle3D.h
    • Effect.h
    • PFXParser.h
    • BufferStream.h
    • FilePath.h
    • FileStream.h
    • Stream.h
    • CompileTimeHash.h
    • StringFunctions.h
    • StringHash.h
    • UnicodeConverter.h
    • MetaData.h
    • PVRTDecompress.h
    • PixelFormat.h
    • Texture.h
    • TextureDefines.h
    • TextureHeader.h
    • TextureLoad.h
    • TextureLoadAsync.h
    • FileDefinesBMP.h
    • FileDefinesDDS.h
    • FileDefinesKTX.h
    • FileDefinesPVR.h
    • FileDefinesTGA.h
    • FileDefinesXNB.h
    • PaletteExpander.h
    • TGAWriter.h
    • TextureIO.h
    • TextureReaderBMP.h
    • TextureReaderDDS.h
    • TextureReaderKTX.h
    • TextureReaderPVR.h
    • TextureReaderTGA.h
    • TextureReaderXNB.h
    • TextureWriterPVR.h
    • FreeValue.h
    • GpuDataTypes.h
    • Types.h
  • Classes
  • Structs
  • Namespaces
  • Functions

PVRUtils

  • Introduction to PVRUtils
  • Included Files
    • ArialBoldFont.h
    • EaglPlatformHandles.h
    • EglPlatformContext.h
    • EglPlatformHandles.h
    • ImaginationLogo.h
    • MultiObject.h
    • OpenCLUtils.h
    • BindingsGles.h
    • ConvertToGlesTypes.h
    • ErrorsGles.h
    • HelperGles.h
    • ModelGles.h
    • PBRUtilsGles.h
    • ShaderUtilsGles.h
    • SpriteGles.h
    • TextureUtilsGles.h
    • UIRendererGles.h
    • UIRendererShaders_ES.h
    • BindingsGlsc.h
    • PBRUtils.h
    • PVRUtilsGles.h
    • PVRUtilsGlsc.h
    • PVRUtilsTypes.h
    • PVRUtilsVk.h
    • StructuredMemory.h
    • AccelerationStructure.h
    • AsynchronousVk.h
    • ConvertToPVRVkTypes.h
    • HelperVk.h
    • MemoryAllocator.h
    • PBRUtilsIrradianceFragShader.h
    • PBRUtilsPreFilterFragShader.h
    • PBRUtilsPrefilteredFragShader.h
    • PBRUtilsVertShader.h
    • PBRUtilsVk.h
    • ShaderUtilsVk.h
    • SpriteVk.h
    • UIRendererFragShader.h
    • UIRendererVertShader.h
    • UIRendererVk.h
  • Classes
  • Structs
  • Namespaces
  • Functions
  • Additional Information
    • PVRUtilsVk
    • PVRUtilsEs
    • UIRenderer
      • Introduction to UIRenderer Sprites and Layouts
      • Setting Up a Simple UIRenderer Layout
      • Creating Fonts for Use With UIRenderer
      • Using UIRenderer Sprites
      • Rendering UIRenderer Sprites
      • UIRenderer Recommendations
    • Rendering without PVRUtils

PVRAssets

  • Introduction to PVRAssets
  • Included Files
    • BoundingBox.h
    • Geometry.h
    • Helper.h
    • IndexedArray.h
    • Model.h
    • PVRAssets.h
    • ShadowVolume.h
    • Volume.h
    • GltfReader.h
    • PODDefines.h
    • PODReader.h
    • Animation.h
    • Camera.h
    • FormattedUserData.h
    • Light.h
    • Mesh.h
  • Classes
  • Structs
  • Namespaces
  • Functions
  • Additional Information

PVRShell

  • Introduction to PVRShell
  • Included Files
    • AppController.h
    • AppController.h
    • ViewMTL.h
    • InternalOS.h
    • ShellOS.h
    • WindowsOSData.h
    • PVRShell.h
    • Shell.h
    • ShellData.h
    • StateMachine.h
  • Classes
  • Structs
  • Namespaces
  • Functions

PVRVk

  • Introduction to PVRVk
  • Included Files
    • AccelerationStructureVk.h
    • ApiObjectsVk.h
    • BufferVk.h
    • CommandBufferVk.h
    • CommandPoolVk.h
    • CommonHelpers.h
    • ComputePipelineVk.h
    • DebugReportCallbackVk.h
    • DebugUtilsMessengerVk.h
    • DebugUtilsVk.h
    • DescriptorSetVk.h
    • DeviceMemoryVk.h
    • DeviceVk.h
    • DisplayModeVk.h
    • DisplayVk.h
    • EventVk.h
    • ExtensionsVk.h
    • FenceVk.h
    • ForwardDecObjectsVk.h
    • FramebufferVk.h
    • GraphicsPipelineVk.h
    • HeadersVk.h
    • ImageVk.h
    • InstanceVk.h
    • LayersVk.h
    • MemoryBarrierVk.h
    • PVRVk.h
    • PVRVkObjectBaseVk.h
    • PhysicalDeviceVk.h
    • PipelineCacheVk.h
    • PipelineConfigVk.h
    • PipelineLayoutVk.h
    • PipelineVk.h
    • PopulateCreateInfoVk.h
    • QueryPoolVk.h
    • QueueVk.h
    • RaytracingPipelineVk.h
    • RenderPassVk.h
    • SamplerVk.h
    • SemaphoreVk.h
    • ShaderModuleVk.h
    • SurfaceVk.h
    • SwapchainVk.h
    • TimelineSemaphoreVk.h
    • TypesVk.h
    • VulkanBase.h
    • pvrvk_vulkan_sc_minimal_wrapper.h
    • pvrvk_vulkan_wrapper.h
  • Classes
  • Structs
  • Namespaces
  • Functions
  • Additional Information
    • Using PVRVk
    • Synchronisation in PVRVk

PVRCamera

  • Introduction to PVRCamera
  • Included Files
    • CameraInterface.h
    • PVRCamera.h
  • Classes
  • Namespaces
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Appendices#

This section contains additional information and tips for getting the most out of the PowerVR Framework.

  • Making Applications Platform Independent
  • Additional Header Files
  • Useful Namespaces
  • Handling Inputs
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