VkPhysicalDeviceLayeredApiKHR(3)

# VkPhysicalDeviceLayeredApiKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceLayeredApiKHR - API implemented by the layered implementation

## C Specification

The list of possible API implementations of a layered implementation underneath the Vulkan physical device, as returned in VkPhysicalDeviceLayeredApiPropertiesKHR::`layeredAPI`, are:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_maintenance7
    typedef enum VkPhysicalDeviceLayeredApiKHR {
        VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_VULKAN_KHR = 0,
        VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_D3D12_KHR = 1,
        VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_METAL_KHR = 2,
        VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_OPENGL_KHR = 3,
        VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_OPENGLES_KHR = 4,
    } VkPhysicalDeviceLayeredApiKHR;

## Description

- VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_VULKAN_KHR - the device implements the Vulkan API.

- VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_D3D12_KHR - the device implements the D3D12 API.

- VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_METAL_KHR - the device implements the Metal API.

- VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_OPENGL_KHR - the device implements the OpenGL API.

- VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_API_OPENGLES_KHR - the device implements the OpenGL ES API.

## See Also

VK_KHR_maintenance7, VkPhysicalDeviceLayeredApiPropertiesKHR

## 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