MonoTouch.Metal

GPU-accelerated 3D rendering and data-parallel computation.

Remarks

The Metal framework, introduced in iOS 8, provides low-level control of Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) accelerated rendering and data-parallel computation (GPGPU).

The Metal framework provides low-level access to the A7 GPU. Metal provides precompiled shaders, state objects, and explicit command scheduling. Its facilities can be used for either 3D rendering or General-Purpose GPU computation.

Classes

Type	Reason
IMTLBlitCommandEncoder	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLBuffer	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLCommandBuffer	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLCommandEncoder	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLCommandQueue	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLComputeCommandEncoder	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLComputePipelineState	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLDepthStencilState	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLDevice	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLDrawable	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLFunction	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLLibrary	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLParallelRenderCommandEncoder	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLRenderCommandEncoder	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLRenderPipelineState	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLResource	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLSamplerState	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
IMTLTexture	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
MTLArgument	Encapsulates a single parameter to a Metal function.
MTLArgumentAccess	Function access restrictions of argument data in the shader code.
MTLArgumentType	The resource type of an argument of a function.
MTLArrayType	Encapsulates the details of an array argument to a Metal function.
MTLBlendFactor	Argument values for use with MonoTouch.Metal.MTLBlendOperation.
MTLBlendOperation	How the source and destination values are combined.
MTLClearColor	An RGBA color representing a clear pixel.
MTLClearValue	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
MTLColorWriteMask	Permits or restricts writing to specific color channels.
MTLCommandBufferError	Enumeration of error codes describing why a command buffer has failed.
MTLCommandBufferStatus	The state of the command-buffer state-machine. Enqueued->Committed->Scheduled->Completed.
MTLCompareFunction	Holds a comparison test. When the comparison test passes, the incoming fragment is compared to the stored data at the specified location.
MTLCompileOptions	Configures the compilation of a Metal shader library.
MTLComputePipelineReflection	Encapsulates the details of the arguments of the compute function used to create an MonoTouch.Metal.MTLComputePipelineState object.
MTLCpuCacheMode	Enumerates what cache mode is used for CPU mapping of a resource.
MTLCullMode	Enumerates modes for culling and which types of primitives are culled.
MTLDataType	The data type of a function argument, as used in the shader language code.
MTLDeallocator	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
MTLDepthStencilDescriptor	Configures a depth stencil test operation.
MTLDevice	Represents a single GPU.
MTLDevice_Extensions	Extension methods to the MonoTouch.Metal.IMTLDevice interface to support all the methods from the MonoTouch.Metal.MTLDevice protocol.
MTLDrawable	Interface definition for objects that can receive rendering commands.
MTLFeatureSet	The hardware feature set available on the device.
MTLFunctionType	The type of a Metal function.
MTLIndexType	The index type for an index buffer.
MTLLibraryError	Enumerates errors possible in the creation of an MTLLibrary or MTLFunction object.
MTLLoadAction	An action performed at the start of a rendering pass.
MTLOrigin	The location of a pixel in an image or texture.
MTLPipelineOption	Options relating to argument information in the creation of a pipeline.
MTLPixelFormat	The format used by pixels, including color, depth, compression technigue, and data type for components.
MTLPrimitiveType	Enumerates the primitive geometry used for drawing commands.
MTLPurgeableState	The purgeable state of the resource.
MTLRegion	A rectangle of pixels in an image or texture.
MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor	Configures a render target of a framebuffer.
MTLRenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptor	A MonoTouch.Metal.MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor that holds the clear color for the rendering pass.
MTLRenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptorArray	Holds an array of MonoTouch.Metal.MTLRenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptor objects.
MTLRenderPassDepthAttachmentDescriptor	A MonoTouch.Metal.MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor that holds the clear depth for a rendering pass.
MTLRenderPassDescriptor	Defines the rendering target for pixels generated by a rendering pass.
MTLRenderPassStencilAttachmentDescriptor	A MonoTouch.Metal.MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor that holds the clear stencil for a rendering pass.
MTLRenderPipelineColorAttachmentDescriptor	Configures a color attachment associated with a rendering pipeline.
MTLRenderPipelineColorAttachmentDescriptorArray	An array of MonoTouch.Metal.MTLRenderPipelineColorAttachmentDescriptor objects.
MTLRenderPipelineDescriptor	Configures a rendering pipeline with rasterization properties, visibility, blending, and shader functions.
MTLRenderPipelineError	Enumerates errors possible in the creation of a MTLRenderPipelineState.
MTLRenderPipelineReflection	The arguments (see MonoTouch.Metal.MTLArgument) of a vertex or fragment function within a MonoTouch.Metal.MTLRenderPipelineState.
MTLResourceOptions	Holds options used by buffer and texture objects.
MTLSamplerAddressMode	The wrapping mode. Used when a fetch falls outside the bounds of a texture.
MTLSamplerDescriptor	Configures a sampler (see MonoTouch.Metal.MTLSamplerState).
MTLSamplerMinMagFilter	Options for calculating the pixel value returned within a mipmap level.
MTLSamplerMipFilter	Options for calculating the pixel value returned with multiple mipmap levels.
MTLScissorRect	The retangle used for the scissor fragment test.
MTLSize	The dimensions of a grid, image, texture, or threadgroup.
MTLStencilDescriptor	Configures a stencil test operation.
MTLStencilOperation	What to do if a stencil value passes or fails a comparison test.
MTLStoreAction	The action to be performed at the end of a rendering pass.
MTLStructMember	Describes a single field within a MonoTouch.Metal.MTLStructType struct.
MTLStructType	Defines a type representing a struct, which can be passed as an argument to Metal functions.
MTLTextureDescriptor	Configuration for MonoTouch.Metal.MTLTexture objects.
MTLTextureType	The dimensionality of each texture and how multiple images are arranged.
MTLTriangleFillMode	How to rasterize triangle and triangle-strip primitives.
MTLVertexAttribute	An attribute for per-vertex input to a vertex shader function.
MTLVertexAttributeDescriptor	An attribute for per-vertex input for a vertex shader function.
MTLVertexAttributeDescriptorArray	Holds an array of MonoTouch.Metal.MTLVertexAttributeDescriptor objects.
MTLVertexBufferLayoutDescriptor	Configures how vertex and attribute data are fetched by a vertex shader function.
MTLVertexBufferLayoutDescriptorArray	Holds an array of MonoTouch.Metal.MTLVertexBufferLayoutDescriptor objects.
MTLVertexDescriptor	Maps vertex data in memory to attributes in a vertex shader.
MTLVertexFormat	Enumerates vertex data formats (type and number).
MTLVertexStepFunction	The frequency at which the vertex shader function should fetch attribute data.
MTLViewport	Defines the clipping viewport.
MTLVisibilityResultMode	Whether to monitor samples that pass depth and stencil tests.
MTLWinding	Vertex winding rule for front-facing primitives.