VkInstance(3)

VkInstance - Opaque handle to an instance object

There is no global state in Vulkan and all per-application state is stored in a VkInstance object. Creating a VkInstance object initializes the Vulkan library and allows the application to pass information about itself to the implementation.

Instances are represented by VkInstance handles:

PFN_vkGetInstanceProcAddrLUNARG, VK_DEFINE_HANDLE, VK_VERSION_1_0, vkCreateAndroidSurfaceKHR, vkCreateDebugReportCallbackEXT, vkCreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT, vkCreateDirectFBSurfaceEXT, vkCreateDisplayPlaneSurfaceKHR, vkCreateHeadlessSurfaceEXT, vkCreateIOSSurfaceMVK, vkCreateImagePipeSurfaceFUCHSIA, vkCreateInstance, vkCreateMacOSSurfaceMVK, vkCreateMetalSurfaceEXT, vkCreateScreenSurfaceQNX, vkCreateStreamDescriptorSurfaceGGP, vkCreateSurfaceOHOS, vkCreateUbmSurfaceSEC, vkCreateViSurfaceNN, vkCreateWaylandSurfaceKHR, vkCreateWin32SurfaceKHR, vkCreateXcbSurfaceKHR, vkCreateXlibSurfaceKHR, vkDebugReportMessageEXT, vkDestroyDebugReportCallbackEXT, vkDestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT, vkDestroyInstance, vkDestroySurfaceKHR, vkEnumeratePhysicalDeviceGroups, vkEnumeratePhysicalDeviceGroups, vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices, vkGetInstanceProcAddr, vkSubmitDebugUtilsMessageEXT

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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