render_session.h File Reference

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Typedefs
typedef enum mln_render_result	mln_render_result

Enumerations
enum	mln_render_result : uint32_t { MLN_RENDER_RESULT_RENDERED = 0 , MLN_RENDER_RESULT_NO_UPDATE , MLN_RENDER_RESULT_SIZE_PENDING , MLN_RENDER_RESULT_TARGET_NOT_READY }

Functions
mln_status	mln_render_session_resize (mln_render_session session, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, double scale_factor)
mln_status	mln_render_session_render_update (mln_render_session session, mln_render_result *out_result, bool *out_needs_repaint)
mln_status	mln_render_session_detach (mln_render_session session)
mln_status	mln_render_session_destroy (mln_render_session session)
mln_status	mln_render_session_reduce_memory_use (mln_render_session session)
mln_status	mln_render_session_clear_data (mln_render_session session)
mln_status	mln_render_session_dump_debug_logs (mln_render_session session)

Detailed Description

Public C API declarations for render sessions.

Typedef Documentation

mln_render_result

typedef enum mln_render_result mln_render_result

Outcome of a successful mln_render_session_render_update() call.

Enumeration Type Documentation

mln_render_result

enum mln_render_result : uint32_t

Outcome of a successful mln_render_session_render_update() call.

Enumerator
MLN_RENDER_RESULT_RENDERED	The call rendered a frame into the render target.
MLN_RENDER_RESULT_NO_UPDATE	The call produced no frame.
MLN_RENDER_RESULT_SIZE_PENDING	The map has not applied the session's current size yet.
MLN_RENDER_RESULT_TARGET_NOT_READY	The render target had no frame to draw into.

Function Documentation

mln_render_session_clear_data()

mln_status mln_render_session_clear_data

(

mln_render_session

session

)

Clears renderer data for the session.

Returns:

• MLN_STATUS_OK on success.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT when session is null or not live.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_STATE when the session is detached or no renderer has been created for the session yet.
• MLN_STATUS_WRONG_THREAD when called from a thread other than the session owner thread.
• MLN_STATUS_NATIVE_ERROR when the render backend reports no renderer backend, or when an internal exception is converted to status.

mln_render_session_destroy()

mln_status mln_render_session_destroy

(

mln_render_session

session

)

Destroys a render session handle.

If the session is still attached, this function detaches it first.

Returns:

• MLN_STATUS_OK on success.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT when session is null or not live.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_STATE when a texture frame is acquired.
• MLN_STATUS_WRONG_THREAD when called from a thread other than the session owner thread.
• MLN_STATUS_NATIVE_ERROR when an internal exception is converted to status.

mln_render_session_detach()

mln_status mln_render_session_detach

(

mln_render_session

session

)

Detaches backend-bound render resources from the map while keeping the session handle live for destruction.

After detach, resize, render, readback, acquire, and renderer maintenance operations return MLN_STATUS_INVALID_STATE.

Returns:

• MLN_STATUS_OK on success.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT when session is null or not live.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_STATE when already detached or a texture frame is acquired.
• MLN_STATUS_WRONG_THREAD when called from a thread other than the session owner thread.
• MLN_STATUS_NATIVE_ERROR when an internal exception is converted to status.

mln_render_session_dump_debug_logs()

mln_status mln_render_session_dump_debug_logs

(

mln_render_session

session

)

Dumps renderer debug logs for the session through MapLibre Native logging.

Returns:

• MLN_STATUS_OK on success.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT when session is null or not live.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_STATE when the session is detached or no renderer has been created for the session yet.
• MLN_STATUS_WRONG_THREAD when called from a thread other than the session owner thread.
• MLN_STATUS_NATIVE_ERROR when the render backend reports no renderer backend, or when an internal exception is converted to status.

mln_render_session_reduce_memory_use()

mln_status mln_render_session_reduce_memory_use

(

mln_render_session

session

)

Asks the session renderer to release cached resources where possible.

Returns:

• MLN_STATUS_OK on success.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT when session is null or not live.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_STATE when the session is detached or no renderer has been created for the session yet.
• MLN_STATUS_WRONG_THREAD when called from a thread other than the session owner thread.
• MLN_STATUS_NATIVE_ERROR when the render backend reports no renderer backend, or when an internal exception is converted to status.

mln_render_session_render_update()

mln_status mln_render_session_render_update	(	mln_render_session	session,
		mln_render_result *	out_result,
		bool *	out_needs_repaint )

Renders the map's latest render update into the session's render target.

A surface session presents the frame. A texture session writes it into the target texture.

*out_result reports which of these outcomes the call reached, and each one names the wake that a host waits for before it calls again:

• MLN_RENDER_RESULT_RENDERED means the target holds a new frame. The map retains its latest update, so a host redraws on demand after a resize or a surface expose and gates a frame loop on MLN_RUNTIME_EVENT_MAP_RENDER_UPDATE_AVAILABLE.
• MLN_RENDER_RESULT_NO_UPDATE means the call produced no frame. The map either has no update yet, or the Metal backend has not created an owned texture because content is not ready. Wait for MLN_RUNTIME_EVENT_MAP_RENDER_UPDATE_AVAILABLE.
• MLN_RENDER_RESULT_SIZE_PENDING means the session resized and the map, which applies its size on its own thread, is still behind. The map publishes an update for the new size on its own, so wait for the next MLN_RUNTIME_EVENT_MAP_RENDER_UPDATE_AVAILABLE.
• MLN_RENDER_RESULT_TARGET_NOT_READY means the render target had no frame available, such as a Metal surface whose next drawable is nil. No map update resolves this, so wait for a host event that changes the target, or back off and retry.

In MLN_MAP_MODE_STATIC, pump a resize through the map before requesting the still image. The session applies its extent on the map's owner thread, and a still image requested before that lands reports MLN_RENDER_RESULT_SIZE_PENDING.

*out_needs_repaint reports whether the map asked for another frame while it rendered this one, as during an ongoing camera transition. It is set only when *out_result is MLN_RENDER_RESULT_RENDERED, and reads false for every other outcome. This is the same signal that MLN_RUNTIME_EVENT_MAP_RENDER_FRAME_FINISHED carries in its needs_repaint field, delivered here without the event round trip, so a host can re-arm its frame loop before it drains events.

Returns:

• MLN_STATUS_OK on success, with *out_result and *out_needs_repaint set.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT when session is null or not live, or out_result or out_needs_repaint is null.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_STATE when the session is detached or a texture frame is currently acquired.
• MLN_STATUS_WRONG_THREAD when called from a thread other than the session owner thread.
• MLN_STATUS_NATIVE_ERROR when the render backend reports no renderer backend, or when an internal exception is converted to status.

mln_render_session_resize()

mln_status mln_render_session_resize	(	mln_render_session	session,
		uint32_t	width,
		uint32_t	height,
		double	scale_factor )

Resizes an attached render session.

Width and height are logical map dimensions. The scale_factor value maps them to physical backend pixels. Resizing sets the map size, so the map viewport and the render target extent stay the same value.

Surface and session-owned texture sessions resize in place. Caller-owned borrowed texture targets return MLN_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED because the texture is sized by its owner; hand a replacement over with the mln_*_borrowed_texture_set_target() function for the backend. See texture.h.

The session renderer survives a resize, carrying the tile pyramid, glyph and image atlases, and symbol placement across to the new size. A scale_factor that differs from the session's current value retires the renderer instead, because its shaders are compiled for a fixed pixel ratio, and renderer-held tile and atlas state starts empty on the next mln_render_session_render_update(). Map state such as camera, style, sources, and feature state survives either way. The session pushes map feature state into a replacement renderer on the next render update.

Passing a scale_factor that differs from the map's mln_map_options scale_factor logs a warning; see mln_map_options.

Returns:

• MLN_STATUS_OK on success.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT when session is null or not live, dimensions are zero, scale_factor is non-positive or non-finite, or scaled dimensions are too large.
• MLN_STATUS_INVALID_STATE when the session is detached or a texture frame is currently acquired.
• MLN_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED when resizing is not supported by the session kind or mode, such as a caller-owned borrowed texture target.
• MLN_STATUS_WRONG_THREAD when called from a thread other than the session owner thread.
• MLN_STATUS_NATIVE_ERROR when an internal exception is converted to status.