CAMetalLayer(3)

# CAMetalLayer(3) Manual Page

## Name

CAMetalLayer - CoreAnimation native layer type for Metal

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## C Specification

To remove an unnecessary compile time dependency, an incomplete type definition of CAMetalLayer is provided in the Vulkan headers:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_metal_surface
    #ifdef __OBJC__
    @class CAMetalLayer;
    #else
    typedef void CAMetalLayer;
    #endif

## Description

The actual CAMetalLayer type is defined in the QuartzCore framework.

## See Also

VK_EXT_metal_surface

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

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