macos: Add (experimental) Vulkan support
Add Vulkan support to GTK on macOS via MoltenVK.
At this moment the demo app renders and looks pretty okay-ish.
Install
- Install the latest Vulkan SDK and set up your environment.
meson setup ...-
export GSK_RENDERER=vulkan(GL is preffered) - build and run the gtk4-demo app
Open issues
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After a while complains about swapchain mismatches: (gtk4-demo:34539): Gdk-WARNING **: 14:12:37.064: vkAcquireNextImageKHR(): A swapchain no longer matches the surface properties exactly, but can still be used to present to the surface successfully. (VK_SUBOPTIMAL_KHR) (1000001003) -
Doesn't run on secondary monitor. -
Window starts flickering sometimes (sync issue?) -
Doesn't scale when moved from one monitor to another (different scale factor?) -
windows do not show on gtk_widget_set_visible (), but do withgtk_window_present () -
Prefer Vulkan over GL renderer for macOS
Help is appreciated since I have no experience with Vulkan and Metal.
A meson fix for dealing with Vulkan installed in a user's home directory: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/14557
Edited by Arjan Molenaar
