VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatResolvePropertiesANDROID(3)

# VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatResolvePropertiesANDROID(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatResolvePropertiesANDROID - Structure defining properties of resolves using an external format

## C Specification

The VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatResolvePropertiesANDROID structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_ANDROID_external_format_resolve
    typedef struct VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatResolvePropertiesANDROID {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        VkFormat           colorAttachmentFormat;
    } VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatResolvePropertiesANDROID;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `colorAttachmentFormat` is a VkFormat specifying the format of color attachment images that must be used for color attachments when resolving to the specified external format. If the implementation supports external format resolves for the specified external format, this value will be a color format supporting the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT in VkFormatProperties::`optimalTilingFeatures` as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with `format` equal to `colorAttachmentFormat` If external format resolves are not supported, this value will be VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED.

## Description

Any Android hardware buffer created with the `GRALLOC_USAGE_HW_RENDER` flag must be renderable in some way in Vulkan, either:

- VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatPropertiesANDROID::`format` must be a format that supports VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT or VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT in VkFormatProperties::`optimalTilingFeatures`; or

- `colorAttachmentFormat` must be a format that supports VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT in VkFormatProperties::`optimalTilingFeatures`.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatResolvePropertiesANDROID-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_FORMAT_RESOLVE_PROPERTIES_ANDROID

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID

## See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_format_resolve, VkFormat, VkStructureType

## Document Notes

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.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0