Use this tag for questions MetalKit, a framework that provides functions and classes intended to reduce the effort required to create a Metal application. Consider using a more specific tag such as [mtkview] or [mtktextureloader].
MetalKit is a framework that first appeared in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan. It provides functions and classes intended to reduce the effort required to create a Metal application.
The following functions are the three key areas MetalKit provides:
- Texture Loading enables your application to load textures from various sources easily. Loading of textures can be achieved in an asynchronous way with only a few lines of code. For more information, please see the
MTKTextureLoaderClass Reference. - Model Handling enables Metal-specific functionality to easily interface with Model I/O assets; these highly-optimized functions and objects make up of a collection that enables efficient data transfer between Metal buffers and Model I/O.
- View Management provides a standard implementation of a Metal view and an optional drawing delegate, which reduce greatly the amount of code needed to generate graphics rendering in Metal app. For more information, please see the
MTKViewClass Reference andMTKViewDelegateProtocol Reference.
This tag is appropriate for general questions about MetalKit. Specific questions about any of the aformentioned functions should use a more specific tag instead, such as mtkview or mtktextureloader.
