winit-sonoma-fix/README.md
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Android: rework backend to use android-activity crate (#2444)
This updates the Android backend to use the android-activity crate instead
of ndk-glue. This solves a few issues:
1. The backend is agnostic of the application's choice of Activity base
   class
2. Winit is no longer responsible for handling any Java synchronization
   details, since these are encapsulated by the design of
   android_activity
3. The backend no longer depends on global / static getters for state
   such as the native_window() which puts it in a better position to
   support running multiple activities within a single Android process.
4. Redraw requests are flagged, not queued, in a way that avoids taking
   priority over user events (resolves #2299)

To make it possible for application crates to avoid explicitly
depending on the `android-activity` crate (and avoid version conflicts)
this re-exports the android-activity crate under:

  `winit::platform::android::activity::*`

This also adds `android-native-activity` and `android-game-activity`
features that set the corresponding android-activity features.

Addresses: PR https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/pull/1892
Addresses: PR https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/pull/2307
Addresses: PR https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/pull/2343

Addresses: #2293
Resolves: #2299

Co-authored-by: Markus Siglreithmaier <m.siglreith@gmail.com>

Co-authored-by: Markus Siglreithmaier <m.siglreith@gmail.com>
2022-11-10 17:55:19 +01:00

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# winit - Cross-platform window creation and management in Rust
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```toml
[dependencies]
winit = "0.27.5"
```
## [Documentation](https://docs.rs/winit)
For features _within_ the scope of winit, see [FEATURES.md](FEATURES.md).
For features _outside_ the scope of winit, see [Missing features provided by other crates](https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/wiki/Missing-features-provided-by-other-crates) in the wiki.
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## Usage
Winit is a window creation and management library. It can create windows and lets you handle
events (for example: the window being resized, a key being pressed, a mouse movement, etc.)
produced by window.
Winit is designed to be a low-level brick in a hierarchy of libraries. Consequently, in order to
show something on the window you need to use the platform-specific getters provided by winit, or
another library.
```rust
use winit::{
event::{Event, WindowEvent},
event_loop::{ControlFlow, EventLoop},
window::WindowBuilder,
};
fn main() {
let event_loop = EventLoop::new();
let window = WindowBuilder::new().build(&event_loop).unwrap();
event_loop.run(move |event, _, control_flow| {
*control_flow = ControlFlow::Wait;
match event {
Event::WindowEvent {
event: WindowEvent::CloseRequested,
window_id,
} if window_id == window.id() => *control_flow = ControlFlow::Exit,
_ => (),
}
});
}
```
Winit is only officially supported on the latest stable version of the Rust compiler.
### Cargo Features
Winit provides the following features, which can be enabled in your `Cargo.toml` file:
* `serde`: Enables serialization/deserialization of certain types with [Serde](https://crates.io/crates/serde).
* `x11` (enabled by default): On Unix platform, compiles with the X11 backend
* `wayland` (enabled by default): On Unix platform, compiles with the Wayland backend
* `mint`: Enables mint (math interoperability standard types) conversions.
### Platform-specific usage
#### Wayland
Note that windows don't appear on Wayland until you draw/present to them.
`winit` doesn't do drawing, try the examples in [`glutin`] instead.
[`glutin`]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/glutin
#### WebAssembly
To run the web example: `cargo run-wasm --example web`
Winit supports compiling to the `wasm32-unknown-unknown` target with `web-sys`.
On the web platform, a Winit window is backed by a `<canvas>` element. You can
either [provide Winit with a `<canvas>` element][web with_canvas], or [let Winit
create a `<canvas>` element which you can then retrieve][web canvas getter] and
insert it into the DOM yourself.
For example code using Winit with WebAssembly, check out the [web example]. For
information on using Rust on WebAssembly, check out the [Rust and WebAssembly
book].
[web with_canvas]: https://docs.rs/winit/latest/wasm32-unknown-unknown/winit/platform/web/trait.WindowBuilderExtWebSys.html#tymethod.with_canvas
[web canvas getter]: https://docs.rs/winit/latest/wasm32-unknown-unknown/winit/platform/web/trait.WindowExtWebSys.html#tymethod.canvas
[web example]: ./examples/web.rs
[Rust and WebAssembly book]: https://rustwasm.github.io/book/
#### Android
The Android backend builds on (and exposes types from) the [`ndk`](https://docs.rs/ndk/0.7.0/ndk/) crate.
Native Android applications need some form of "glue" crate that is responsible
for defining the main entry point for your Rust application as well as tracking
various life-cycle events and synchronizing with the main JVM thread.
Winit uses the [android-activity](https://github.com/rib/android-activity) as a
glue crate (prior to `0.28` it used
[ndk-glue](https://github.com/rust-windowing/android-ndk-rs/tree/master/ndk-glue).
The version of the glue crate that your application depends on _must_ match the
version that Winit depends on because the glue crate is responsible for your
application's main entrypoint. If Cargo resolves multiple versions they will
clash.
`winit` glue compatibility table:
| winit | ndk-glue |
| :---: | :--------------------------: |
| 0.28 | `android-activity = "0.4"` |
| 0.27 | `ndk-glue = "0.7"` |
| 0.26 | `ndk-glue = "0.5"` |
| 0.25 | `ndk-glue = "0.3"` |
| 0.24 | `ndk-glue = "0.2"` |
The recommended way to avoid a conflict with the glue version is to avoid explicitly
depending on the `android-activity` crate, and instead consume the API that
is re-exported by Winit under `winit::platform::android::activity::*`
Running on an Android device needs a dynamic system library, add this to Cargo.toml:
```toml
[lib]
name = "main"
crate-type = ["cdylib"]
```
All Android applications are based on an `Activity` subclass and the
`android-activity` crate is designed to support different choices for this base
class. Your application _must_ specify the base class it needs via a feature flag:
| Base Class | Feature Flag | Notes |
| :--------------: | :---------------: | :-----: |
| `NativeActivity` | `android-native-activity` | Built-in to Android - it is possible to use without compiling any Java or Kotlin code. Java or Kotlin code may be needed to subclass `NativeActivity` to access some platform features. It does not derive from the [`AndroidAppCompat`] base class.|
| [`GameActivity`] | `android-game-activity` | Derives from [`AndroidAppCompat`] which is a defacto standard `Activity` base class that helps support a wider range of Android versions. Requires a build system that can compile Java or Kotlin and fetch Android dependencies from a [Maven repository][agdk_jetpack] (or link with an embedded [release][agdk_releases] of [`GameActivity`]) |
[`GameActivity`]: https://developer.android.com/games/agdk/game-activity
[`GameTextInput`]: https://developer.android.com/games/agdk/add-support-for-text-input
[`AndroidAppCompat`]: https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/appcompat/app/AppCompatActivity
[agdk_jetpack]: https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/games
[agdk_releases]: https://developer.android.com/games/agdk/download#agdk-libraries
[Gradle]: https://developer.android.com/studio/build
For example, add this to Cargo.toml:
```toml
winit = { version = "0.28", features = [ "android-native-activity" ] }
[target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
android_logger = "0.11.0"
```
And, for example, define an entry point for your library like this:
```rust
#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
use winit::platform::android::activity::AndroidApp;
#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
#[no_mangle]
fn android_main(app: AndroidApp) {
use winit::platform::android::EventLoopBuilderExtAndroid;
android_logger::init_once(android_logger::Config::default().with_min_level(log::Level::Trace));
let event_loop = EventLoopBuilder::with_user_event()
.with_android_app(app)
.build();
_main(event_loop);
}
```
For more details, refer to these `android-activity` [example applications](https://github.com/rib/android-activity/tree/main/examples).
##### Converting from `ndk-glue` to `android-activity`
If your application is currently based on `NativeActivity` via the `ndk-glue` crate and building with `cargo apk` then the minimal changes would be:
1. Remove `ndk-glue` from your `Cargo.toml`
2. Enable the `"android-native-activity"` feature for Winit: `winit = { version = "0.28", features = [ "android-native-activity" ] }`
3. Add an `android_main` entrypoint (as above), instead of using the '`[ndk_glue::main]` proc macro from `ndk-macros` (optionally add a dependency on `android_logger` and initialize logging as above).
4. Pass a clone of the `AndroidApp` that your application receives to Winit when building your event loop (as shown above).
#### MacOS
A lot of functionality expects the application to be ready before you start
doing anything; this includes creating windows, fetching monitors, drawing,
and so on, see issues [#2238], [#2051] and [#2087].
If you encounter problems, you should try doing your initialization inside
`Event::NewEvents(StartCause::Init)`.
#### iOS
Similar to macOS, iOS's main `UIApplicationMain` does some init work that's required
by all UI related code, see issue [#1705]. You should consider creating your windows
inside `Event::NewEvents(StartCause::Init)`.
[#2238]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/issues/2238
[#2051]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/issues/2051
[#2087]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/issues/2087
[#1705]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/issues/1705