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1 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 #ifndef FLUTTER_SHELL_PLATFORM_WINDOWS_PUBLIC_FLUTTER_WINDOWS_H_
6 #define FLUTTER_SHELL_PLATFORM_WINDOWS_PUBLIC_FLUTTER_WINDOWS_H_
7 
8 #include <dxgi.h>
9 #include <stddef.h>
10 #include <stdint.h>
11 #include <windows.h>
12 
13 #include "flutter_export.h"
14 #include "flutter_messenger.h"
16 
17 #if defined(__cplusplus)
18 extern "C" {
19 #endif
20 
21 typedef void (*VoidCallback)(void* /* user data */);
22 
23 // Opaque reference to a Flutter view controller.
24 struct FlutterDesktopViewController;
25 typedef struct FlutterDesktopViewController* FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef;
26 
27 // Opaque reference to a Flutter window.
28 struct FlutterDesktopView;
29 typedef struct FlutterDesktopView* FlutterDesktopViewRef;
30 
31 // Opaque reference to a Flutter engine instance.
32 struct FlutterDesktopEngine;
33 typedef struct FlutterDesktopEngine* FlutterDesktopEngineRef;
34 
35 // The unique identifier for a view.
36 typedef int64_t FlutterDesktopViewId;
37 
38 // Configures how the Flutter engine selects a GPU.
39 typedef enum {
40  // No preference.
42  // Prefer energy efficiency over performance, such as an integrated GPU.
43  // This falls back to a high performance GPU if no low power GPU is
44  // available.
46  // Prefer performance over energy efficiency, such as a discrete GPU or
47  // dedicated GPU.
48  // This falls back to a low power GPU if no high performance GPU is available.
51 
52 // Configures the thread policy for running the UI isolate.
53 typedef enum {
54  // Default value. Currently will run the UI isolate on separate thread,
55  // later will be changed to running the UI isolate on platform thread.
57  // Run the UI isolate on platform thread.
59  // Run the UI isolate on a separate thread.
62 
63 // Configures the accessibility implementation used by Flutter.
64 typedef enum {
65  // Default value. Flutter will automatically select the best available
66  // implementation.
68  // Use the IAccessible implementation.
70  // Use the experimental IAccessibleEx implementation.
73 
74 // Configures the Impeller enablement switch.
75 typedef enum {
76  // Use the default Impeller enablement behavior.
78  // Enable Impeller.
80  // Disable Impeller.
83 
84 // Properties for configuring a Flutter engine instance.
85 typedef struct {
86  // The path to the flutter_assets folder for the application to be run.
87  // This can either be an absolute path or a path relative to the directory
88  // containing the executable.
89  const wchar_t* assets_path;
90 
91  // The path to the icudtl.dat file for the version of Flutter you are using.
92  // This can either be an absolute path or a path relative to the directory
93  // containing the executable.
94  const wchar_t* icu_data_path;
95 
96  // The path to the AOT library file for your application, if any.
97  // This can either be an absolute path or a path relative to the directory
98  // containing the executable. This can be nullptr for a non-AOT build, as
99  // it will be ignored in that case.
100  const wchar_t* aot_library_path;
101 
102  // The name of the top-level Dart entrypoint function. If null or the empty
103  // string, 'main' is assumed. If a custom entrypoint is used, this parameter
104  // must specifiy the name of a top-level function in the same Dart library as
105  // the app's main() function. Custom entrypoint functions must be decorated
106  // with `@pragma('vm:entry-point')` to ensure the method is not tree-shaken
107  // by the Dart compiler.
108  const char* dart_entrypoint;
109 
110  // Number of elements in the array passed in as dart_entrypoint_argv.
112 
113  // Array of Dart entrypoint arguments. This is deep copied during the call
114  // to FlutterDesktopEngineCreate.
115  const char** dart_entrypoint_argv;
116 
117  // GPU choice preference
118  // If not set defaults to NoPreference;
120 
121  // Policy for the thread that runs UI isolate.
122  // If not set defaults to Default;
124 
125  // The accessibility mode.
126  // This can be used to enable the experimental IAccessibleEx implementation.
128 
129  // Policy for enabling the Impeller renderer.
132 
133 // ========== View Controller ==========
134 
135 // Creates a view that hosts and displays the given engine instance.
136 //
137 // This takes ownership of |engine|, so FlutterDesktopEngineDestroy should no
138 // longer be called on it, as it will be called internally when the view
139 // controller is destroyed. If creating the view controller fails, the engine
140 // will be destroyed immediately.
141 //
142 // If |engine| is not already running, the view controller will start running
143 // it automatically before displaying the window.
144 //
145 // The caller owns the returned reference, and is responsible for calling
146 // FlutterDesktopViewControllerDestroy. Returns a null pointer in the event of
147 // an error.
148 //
149 // The Win32 implementation accepts width, height with view hookup explicitly
150 // performed using the caller using HWND parenting.
153  int height,
154  FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine);
155 
156 // Shuts down the engine instance associated with |controller|, and cleans up
157 // associated state.
158 //
159 // |controller| is no longer valid after this call.
162 
163 // Returns the view controller's view ID.
165  FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef view_controller);
166 
167 // Returns the handle for the engine running in FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef.
168 //
169 // Its lifetime is the same as the |controller|'s.
172 
173 // Returns the view managed by the given controller.
176 
177 // Requests new frame from the engine and repaints the view.
180 
181 // Allows the Flutter engine and any interested plugins an opportunity to
182 // handle the given message.
183 //
184 // If the WindowProc was handled and further handling should stop, this returns
185 // true and |result| will be populated. |result| is not set if returning false.
188  HWND hwnd,
189  UINT message,
190  WPARAM wparam,
191  LPARAM lparam,
192  LRESULT* result);
193 
194 // ========== Engine ==========
195 
196 // Creates a Flutter engine with the given properties.
197 //
198 // The caller owns the returned reference, and is responsible for calling
199 // FlutterDesktopEngineDestroy. The lifetime of |engine_properties| is required
200 // to extend only until the end of this call.
202  const FlutterDesktopEngineProperties* engine_properties);
203 
204 // Shuts down and destroys the given engine instance. Returns true if the
205 // shutdown was successful, or if the engine was not running.
206 //
207 // |engine| is no longer valid after this call.
209 
210 // Starts running the given engine instance.
211 //
212 // The entry_point parameter is deprecated but preserved for
213 // backward-compatibility. If desired, a custom Dart entrypoint function can be
214 // set in the dart_entrypoint field of the FlutterDesktopEngineProperties
215 // struct passed to FlutterDesktopEngineCreate.
216 //
217 // If specified, entry_point must be the name of a top-level function from the
218 // same Dart library that contains the app's main() function, and must be
219 // decorated with `@pragma(vm:entry-point)` to ensure the method is not
220 // tree-shaken by the Dart compiler. If conflicting non-null values are passed
221 // to this function and via the FlutterDesktopEngineProperties struct, the run
222 // will fail.
223 //
224 // Returns false if running the engine failed.
226  const char* entry_point);
227 
228 // DEPRECATED: This is no longer necessary to call, Flutter will take care of
229 // processing engine messages transparently through DispatchMessage.
230 //
231 // Processes any pending events in the Flutter engine, and returns the
232 // number of nanoseconds until the next scheduled event (or max, if none).
233 //
234 // This should be called on every run of the application-level runloop, and
235 // a wait for native events in the runloop should never be longer than the
236 // last return value from this function.
237 FLUTTER_EXPORT uint64_t
239 
241  FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine);
242 
243 // Returns the plugin registrar handle for the plugin with the given name.
244 //
245 // The name must be unique across the application.
248  const char* plugin_name);
249 
250 // Returns the messenger associated with the engine.
251 //
252 // This does not provide an owning reference, so should *not* be balanced with a
253 // call to |FlutterDesktopMessengerRelease|.
254 //
255 // Callers should use |FlutterDesktopMessengerAddRef| if the returned pointer
256 // will potentially outlive 'engine', such as when passing it to another thread.
259 
260 // Returns the texture registrar associated with the engine.
263 
264 // Schedule a callback to be called after the next frame is drawn.
265 //
266 // This must be called from the platform thread. The callback is executed only
267 // once on the platform thread.
271  void* user_data);
272 
273 // Returns true if the current thread is the platform thread.
274 // This can be called on any thread.
276  FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine);
277 
278 // Schedule a callback to be called on the platform thread.
279 //
280 // This can be called on any thread. The callback is executed only
281 // once on the platform thread.
282 //
283 // If the task is discarded without being executed (e.g. during engine
284 // shutdown), |on_cancel| is called on the platform thread so the caller can
285 // cleanup allocations. |on_cancel| can be nullptr if no cleanup is needed.
289  VoidCallback on_cancel,
290  void* user_data);
291 
292 // ========== View ==========
293 
294 // Returns the backing HWND for manipulation in host application.
296 
297 // Returns the DXGI adapter used for rendering or nullptr in case of error.
298 // The caller must release the adapter.
299 // DEPRECATED: Use |FlutterDesktopEngineGetGraphicsAdapter| instead.
301  FlutterDesktopViewRef view);
302 
303 // Retrieves the DXGI adapter used for rendering. Returns true if the adapter
304 // was successfully retrieved, or false if an error occured.
305 // The caller must provide a valid pointer to an IDXGIAdapter* and is
306 // responsible for releasing the adapter.
309  IDXGIAdapter** adapter_out);
310 
311 // Called to pass an external window message to the engine for lifecycle
312 // state updates. Non-Flutter windows must call this method in their WndProc
313 // in order to be included in the logic for application lifecycle state
314 // updates. Returns a result if the message should be consumed.
317  HWND hwnd,
318  UINT message,
319  WPARAM wparam,
320  LPARAM lparam,
321  LRESULT* result);
322 
323 // ========== Plugin Registrar (extensions) ==========
324 // These are Windows-specific extensions to flutter_plugin_registrar.h
325 
326 // Function pointer type for top level WindowProc delegate registration.
327 //
328 // The user data will be whatever was passed to
329 // FlutterDesktopRegisterTopLevelWindowProcHandler.
330 //
331 // Implementations should populate |result| and return true if the WindowProc
332 // was handled and further handling should stop. |result| is ignored if the
333 // function returns false.
334 typedef bool (*FlutterDesktopWindowProcCallback)(HWND /* hwnd */,
335  UINT /* uMsg */,
336  WPARAM /*wParam*/,
337  LPARAM /* lParam*/,
338  void* /* user data */,
339  LRESULT* result);
340 
341 // Returns the implicit view associated with this registrar's engine instance,
342 // or null if there is no implicit view.
343 //
344 // See:
345 // https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/dart-ui/PlatformDispatcher/implicitView.html
346 //
347 // DEPRECATED: Use |FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarGetViewById| instead.
350 
351 // Returns the view associated with the registrar's engine instance, or null if
352 // the view does not exist.
355  FlutterDesktopViewId view_id);
356 
357 FLUTTER_EXPORT void
361  void* user_data);
362 
363 FLUTTER_EXPORT void
367 
368 // Retrieves the DXGI adapter used for rendering. Returns true if the adapter
369 // was successfully retrieved, or false if an error occured.
370 // The caller must provide a valid pointer to an IDXGIAdapter* and is
371 // responsible for releasing the adapter.
374  IDXGIAdapter** adapter_out);
375 
376 // ========== Freestanding Utilities ==========
377 
378 // Gets the DPI for a given |hwnd|, depending on the supported APIs per
379 // windows version and DPI awareness mode. If nullptr is passed, returns the DPI
380 // of the primary monitor.
381 //
382 // This uses the same logic and fallback for older Windows versions that is used
383 // internally by Flutter to determine the DPI to use for displaying Flutter
384 // content, so should be used by any code (e.g., in plugins) that translates
385 // between Windows and Dart sizes/offsets.
387 
388 // Gets the DPI for a given |monitor|. If the API is not available, a default
389 // DPI of 96 is returned.
390 //
391 // See FlutterDesktopGetDpiForHWND for more information.
392 FLUTTER_EXPORT UINT FlutterDesktopGetDpiForMonitor(HMONITOR monitor);
393 
394 // Reopens stdout and stderr and resysncs the standard library output streams.
395 // Should be called if output is being directed somewhere in the runner process
396 // (e.g., after an AllocConsole call).
398 
399 #if defined(__cplusplus)
400 } // extern "C"
401 #endif
402 
403 #endif // FLUTTER_SHELL_PLATFORM_WINDOWS_PUBLIC_FLUTTER_WINDOWS_H_
#define FLUTTER_EXPORT
struct FlutterDesktopMessenger * FlutterDesktopMessengerRef
struct FlutterDesktopTextureRegistrar * FlutterDesktopTextureRegistrarRef
FLUTTER_EXPORT bool FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarGetGraphicsAdapter(FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarRef registrar, IDXGIAdapter **adapter_out)
FLUTTER_EXPORT void FlutterDesktopResyncOutputStreams()
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopViewRef FlutterDesktopViewControllerGetView(FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef controller)
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopTextureRegistrarRef FlutterDesktopEngineGetTextureRegistrar(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine)
struct FlutterDesktopViewController * FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef
FLUTTER_EXPORT void FlutterDesktopViewControllerDestroy(FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef controller)
bool(* FlutterDesktopWindowProcCallback)(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM, void *, LRESULT *result)
struct FlutterDesktopEngine * FlutterDesktopEngineRef
FLUTTER_EXPORT bool FlutterDesktopEngineRun(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine, const char *entry_point)
FLUTTER_EXPORT bool FlutterDesktopEngineIsPlatformThread(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine)
FlutterDesktopUIThreadPolicy
@ RunOnPlatformThread
@ RunOnSeparateThread
@ Default
FLUTTER_EXPORT bool FlutterDesktopEngineProcessExternalWindowMessage(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine, HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam, LRESULT *result)
int64_t FlutterDesktopViewId
FLUTTER_EXPORT HWND FlutterDesktopViewGetHWND(FlutterDesktopViewRef view)
FLUTTER_EXPORT void FlutterDesktopViewControllerForceRedraw(FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef controller)
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopMessengerRef FlutterDesktopEngineGetMessenger(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine)
struct FlutterDesktopView * FlutterDesktopViewRef
FlutterDesktopGpuPreference
@ LowPowerPreference
@ HighPerformancePreference
@ NoPreference
FLUTTER_EXPORT void FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarRegisterTopLevelWindowProcDelegate(FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarRef registrar, FlutterDesktopWindowProcCallback delegate, void *user_data)
FLUTTER_EXPORT IDXGIAdapter * FlutterDesktopViewGetGraphicsAdapter(FlutterDesktopViewRef view)
void(* VoidCallback)(void *)
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopViewRef FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarGetViewById(FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarRef registrar, FlutterDesktopViewId view_id)
FLUTTER_EXPORT bool FlutterDesktopEngineDestroy(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine)
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopEngineRef FlutterDesktopViewControllerGetEngine(FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef controller)
FLUTTER_EXPORT UINT FlutterDesktopGetDpiForHWND(HWND hwnd)
FLUTTER_EXPORT void FlutterDesktopEnginePostPlatformThreadTask(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine, VoidCallback callback, VoidCallback on_cancel, void *user_data)
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarRef FlutterDesktopEngineGetPluginRegistrar(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine, const char *plugin_name)
FlutterDesktopImpellerSwitch
@ DefaultImpeller
@ EnabledImpeller
@ DisabledImpeller
FlutterDesktopAccessibilityMode
@ IAccessibleMode
@ IAccessibleExMode
@ DefaultAccessibilityMode
FLUTTER_EXPORT bool FlutterDesktopEngineGetGraphicsAdapter(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine, IDXGIAdapter **adapter_out)
FLUTTER_EXPORT void FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarUnregisterTopLevelWindowProcDelegate(FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarRef registrar, FlutterDesktopWindowProcCallback delegate)
FLUTTER_EXPORT UINT FlutterDesktopGetDpiForMonitor(HMONITOR monitor)
FLUTTER_EXPORT void FlutterDesktopEngineReloadSystemFonts(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine)
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopViewId FlutterDesktopViewControllerGetViewId(FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef view_controller)
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopEngineRef FlutterDesktopEngineCreate(const FlutterDesktopEngineProperties *engine_properties)
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef FlutterDesktopViewControllerCreate(int width, int height, FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine)
FLUTTER_EXPORT bool FlutterDesktopViewControllerHandleTopLevelWindowProc(FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef controller, HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam, LRESULT *result)
FLUTTER_EXPORT void FlutterDesktopEngineSetNextFrameCallback(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine, VoidCallback callback, void *user_data)
FLUTTER_EXPORT uint64_t FlutterDesktopEngineProcessMessages(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine)
FLUTTER_EXPORT FlutterDesktopViewRef FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarGetView(FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarRef registrar)
FlutterDesktopBinaryReply callback
Win32Message message
FlutterDesktopAccessibilityMode accessibility_mode
FlutterDesktopImpellerSwitch impeller_switch
FlutterDesktopUIThreadPolicy ui_thread_policy
FlutterDesktopGpuPreference gpu_preference