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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 // Properties for configuring a Flutter engine instance.
64 typedef struct {
65  // The path to the flutter_assets folder for the application to be run.
66  // This can either be an absolute path or a path relative to the directory
67  // containing the executable.
68  const wchar_t* assets_path;
69 
70  // The path to the icudtl.dat file for the version of Flutter you are using.
71  // This can either be an absolute path or a path relative to the directory
72  // containing the executable.
73  const wchar_t* icu_data_path;
74 
75  // The path to the AOT library file for your application, if any.
76  // This can either be an absolute path or a path relative to the directory
77  // containing the executable. This can be nullptr for a non-AOT build, as
78  // it will be ignored in that case.
79  const wchar_t* aot_library_path;
80 
81  // The name of the top-level Dart entrypoint function. If null or the empty
82  // string, 'main' is assumed. If a custom entrypoint is used, this parameter
83  // must specifiy the name of a top-level function in the same Dart library as
84  // the app's main() function. Custom entrypoint functions must be decorated
85  // with `@pragma('vm:entry-point')` to ensure the method is not tree-shaken
86  // by the Dart compiler.
87  const char* dart_entrypoint;
88 
89  // Number of elements in the array passed in as dart_entrypoint_argv.
91 
92  // Array of Dart entrypoint arguments. This is deep copied during the call
93  // to FlutterDesktopEngineCreate.
94  const char** dart_entrypoint_argv;
95 
96  // GPU choice preference
98 
99  // Policy for the thread that runs UI isolate.
102 
103 // ========== View Controller ==========
104 
105 // Creates a view that hosts and displays the given engine instance.
106 //
107 // This takes ownership of |engine|, so FlutterDesktopEngineDestroy should no
108 // longer be called on it, as it will be called internally when the view
109 // controller is destroyed. If creating the view controller fails, the engine
110 // will be destroyed immediately.
111 //
112 // If |engine| is not already running, the view controller will start running
113 // it automatically before displaying the window.
114 //
115 // The caller owns the returned reference, and is responsible for calling
116 // FlutterDesktopViewControllerDestroy. Returns a null pointer in the event of
117 // an error.
118 //
119 // The Win32 implementation accepts width, height with view hookup explicitly
120 // performed using the caller using HWND parenting.
123  int height,
124  FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine);
125 
126 // Shuts down the engine instance associated with |controller|, and cleans up
127 // associated state.
128 //
129 // |controller| is no longer valid after this call.
132 
133 // Returns the view controller's view ID.
135  FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef view_controller);
136 
137 // Returns the handle for the engine running in FlutterDesktopViewControllerRef.
138 //
139 // Its lifetime is the same as the |controller|'s.
142 
143 // Returns the view managed by the given controller.
146 
147 // Requests new frame from the engine and repaints the view.
150 
151 // Allows the Flutter engine and any interested plugins an opportunity to
152 // handle the given message.
153 //
154 // If the WindowProc was handled and further handling should stop, this returns
155 // true and |result| will be populated. |result| is not set if returning false.
158  HWND hwnd,
159  UINT message,
160  WPARAM wparam,
161  LPARAM lparam,
162  LRESULT* result);
163 
164 // ========== Engine ==========
165 
166 // Creates a Flutter engine with the given properties.
167 //
168 // The caller owns the returned reference, and is responsible for calling
169 // FlutterDesktopEngineDestroy. The lifetime of |engine_properties| is required
170 // to extend only until the end of this call.
172  const FlutterDesktopEngineProperties* engine_properties);
173 
174 // Shuts down and destroys the given engine instance. Returns true if the
175 // shutdown was successful, or if the engine was not running.
176 //
177 // |engine| is no longer valid after this call.
179 
180 // Starts running the given engine instance.
181 //
182 // The entry_point parameter is deprecated but preserved for
183 // backward-compatibility. If desired, a custom Dart entrypoint function can be
184 // set in the dart_entrypoint field of the FlutterDesktopEngineProperties
185 // struct passed to FlutterDesktopEngineCreate.
186 //
187 // If specified, entry_point must be the name of a top-level function from the
188 // same Dart library that contains the app's main() function, and must be
189 // decorated with `@pragma(vm:entry-point)` to ensure the method is not
190 // tree-shaken by the Dart compiler. If conflicting non-null values are passed
191 // to this function and via the FlutterDesktopEngineProperties struct, the run
192 // will fail.
193 //
194 // Returns false if running the engine failed.
196  const char* entry_point);
197 
198 // DEPRECATED: This is no longer necessary to call, Flutter will take care of
199 // processing engine messages transparently through DispatchMessage.
200 //
201 // Processes any pending events in the Flutter engine, and returns the
202 // number of nanoseconds until the next scheduled event (or max, if none).
203 //
204 // This should be called on every run of the application-level runloop, and
205 // a wait for native events in the runloop should never be longer than the
206 // last return value from this function.
207 FLUTTER_EXPORT uint64_t
209 
211  FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine);
212 
213 // Returns the plugin registrar handle for the plugin with the given name.
214 //
215 // The name must be unique across the application.
218  const char* plugin_name);
219 
220 // Returns the messenger associated with the engine.
221 //
222 // This does not provide an owning reference, so should *not* be balanced with a
223 // call to |FlutterDesktopMessengerRelease|.
224 //
225 // Callers should use |FlutterDesktopMessengerAddRef| if the returned pointer
226 // will potentially outlive 'engine', such as when passing it to another thread.
229 
230 // Returns the texture registrar associated with the engine.
233 
234 // Schedule a callback to be called after the next frame is drawn.
235 //
236 // This must be called from the platform thread. The callback is executed only
237 // once on the platform thread.
241  void* user_data);
242 
243 // ========== View ==========
244 
245 // Returns the backing HWND for manipulation in host application.
247 
248 // Returns the DXGI adapter used for rendering or nullptr in case of error.
250  FlutterDesktopViewRef view);
251 
252 // Called to pass an external window message to the engine for lifecycle
253 // state updates. Non-Flutter windows must call this method in their WndProc
254 // in order to be included in the logic for application lifecycle state
255 // updates. Returns a result if the message should be consumed.
258  HWND hwnd,
259  UINT message,
260  WPARAM wparam,
261  LPARAM lparam,
262  LRESULT* result);
263 
264 // ========== Plugin Registrar (extensions) ==========
265 // These are Windows-specific extensions to flutter_plugin_registrar.h
266 
267 // Function pointer type for top level WindowProc delegate registration.
268 //
269 // The user data will be whatever was passed to
270 // FlutterDesktopRegisterTopLevelWindowProcHandler.
271 //
272 // Implementations should populate |result| and return true if the WindowProc
273 // was handled and further handling should stop. |result| is ignored if the
274 // function returns false.
275 typedef bool (*FlutterDesktopWindowProcCallback)(HWND /* hwnd */,
276  UINT /* uMsg */,
277  WPARAM /*wParam*/,
278  LPARAM /* lParam*/,
279  void* /* user data */,
280  LRESULT* result);
281 
282 // Returns the implicit view associated with this registrar's engine instance,
283 // or null if there is no implicit view.
284 //
285 // See:
286 // https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/dart-ui/PlatformDispatcher/implicitView.html
287 //
288 // DEPRECATED: Use |FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarGetViewById| instead.
291 
292 // Returns the view associated with the registrar's engine instance, or null if
293 // the view does not exist.
296  FlutterDesktopViewId view_id);
297 
298 FLUTTER_EXPORT void
302  void* user_data);
303 
304 FLUTTER_EXPORT void
308 
309 // ========== Freestanding Utilities ==========
310 
311 // Gets the DPI for a given |hwnd|, depending on the supported APIs per
312 // windows version and DPI awareness mode. If nullptr is passed, returns the DPI
313 // of the primary monitor.
314 //
315 // This uses the same logic and fallback for older Windows versions that is used
316 // internally by Flutter to determine the DPI to use for displaying Flutter
317 // content, so should be used by any code (e.g., in plugins) that translates
318 // between Windows and Dart sizes/offsets.
320 
321 // Gets the DPI for a given |monitor|. If the API is not available, a default
322 // DPI of 96 is returned.
323 //
324 // See FlutterDesktopGetDpiForHWND for more information.
325 FLUTTER_EXPORT UINT FlutterDesktopGetDpiForMonitor(HMONITOR monitor);
326 
327 // Reopens stdout and stderr and resysncs the standard library output streams.
328 // Should be called if output is being directed somewhere in the runner process
329 // (e.g., after an AllocConsole call).
331 
332 #if defined(__cplusplus)
333 } // extern "C"
334 #endif
335 
336 #endif // FLUTTER_SHELL_PLATFORM_WINDOWS_PUBLIC_FLUTTER_WINDOWS_H_
#define FLUTTER_EXPORT
struct FlutterDesktopMessenger * FlutterDesktopMessengerRef
struct FlutterDesktopTextureRegistrar * FlutterDesktopTextureRegistrarRef
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)
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 FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarRef FlutterDesktopEngineGetPluginRegistrar(FlutterDesktopEngineRef engine, const char *plugin_name)
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
FlutterDesktopUIThreadPolicy ui_thread_policy
FlutterDesktopGpuPreference gpu_preference