C Specification

The application can determine the available instance extensions by calling xrEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties:

// Provided by XR_VERSION_1_0
XrResult xrEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties(
    const char*                                 layerName,
    uint32_t                                    propertyCapacityInput,
    uint32_t*                                   propertyCountOutput,
    XrExtensionProperties*                      properties);

Parameters

Parameter Descriptions

  • layerName is either NULL or a pointer to a string naming the API layer to retrieve extensions from, as returned by xrEnumerateApiLayerProperties.

  • propertyCapacityInput is the capacity of the properties array, or 0 to indicate a request to retrieve the required capacity.

  • propertyCountOutput is a pointer to the count of properties written, or a pointer to the required capacity in the case that propertyCapacityInput is insufficient.

  • properties is a pointer to an array of XrExtensionProperties structures, but can be NULL if propertyCapacityInput is 0.

  • See the Buffer Size Parameters section for a detailed description of retrieving the required properties size.

Description

Because the list of available layers may change externally between calls to xrEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties, two calls may retrieve different results if a layerName is available in one call but not in another. The extensions supported by a layer may also change between two calls, e.g. if the layer implementation is replaced by a different version between those calls.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • If layerName is not NULL, layerName must be a null-terminated UTF-8 string

  • propertyCountOutput must be a pointer to a uint32_t value

  • If propertyCapacityInput is not 0, properties must be a pointer to an array of propertyCapacityInput XrExtensionProperties structures

Return Codes
On success, this command returns

  • XR_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  • XR_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILURE

  • XR_ERROR_RUNTIME_FAILURE

  • XR_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY

  • XR_ERROR_SIZE_INSUFFICIENT

  • XR_ERROR_RUNTIME_UNAVAILABLE

  • XR_ERROR_API_LAYER_NOT_PRESENT

See Also

XR_VERSION_1_0, XrExtensionProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the OpenXR Specification

This page is extracted from the OpenXR Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

Copyright

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