SurfaceImageSource Class

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Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Imaging

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Provides Microsoft DirectX shared surfaces to draw into and then composes the bits into app content.

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Microsoft.UI.Xaml.WinUIContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
class SurfaceImageSource : ImageSource

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Microsoft.UI.Xaml.WinUIContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
public class SurfaceImageSource : ImageSource

Public Class SurfaceImageSource
Inherits ImageSource

Inheritance: Object IInspectable DependencyObject ImageSource SurfaceImageSource

Derived: Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Imaging.VirtualSurfaceImageSource

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Remarks

This class is a display area for Microsoft DirectX interoperation whereby Microsoft DirectX content can draw within an otherwise XAML-composed UI. One consideration for a SurfaceImageSource is that while it can incorporate the Microsoft DirectX content, the rendering cycle is still XAML-centric. Too many Microsoft DirectX draws in this render model can result in latency or poor responsiveness. If you anticipate a high number of redraws for your Microsoft DirectX content, and you intend to display that content full-screen without any surrounding XAML UI, you probably should use the SwapChainBackgroundPanel technique instead. Another alternative for non-full-screen content is to render to a separate scratch surface on a background thread, then copy its contents to the surface returned from BeginDraw on the UI thread. This can unblock the UI thread at the cost of higher memory usage.

For more info on how to draw to a SurfaceImageSource, including sample code, see DirectX and XAML interop.

This class has additional API, but those API are for Microsoft DirectX interoperation and are not part of the general app programming model otherwise described in this documentation. For example, from the Microsoft DirectX side, you can call BeginDraw.

SurfaceImageSource derived classes

SurfaceImageSource is the parent class for VirtualSurfaceImageSource.

Constructors

SurfaceImageSource(Int32, Int32, Boolean)	Initializes a new instance of the SurfaceImageSource class, specifying the size of the drawing area, and whether opacity is expected to be always full opacity. Use this with `isOpaque=true` if SurfaceImageSource should not support transparency; this can increase performance.
SurfaceImageSource(Int32, Int32)	Initializes a new instance of the SurfaceImageSource class, specifying the size of the drawing area.

Properties

Dispatcher	Always returns `null` in a Windows App SDK app. Use DispatcherQueue instead. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
DispatcherQueue	Gets the `DispatcherQueue` that this object is associated with. The `DispatcherQueue` represents a facility that can access the `DependencyObject` on the UI thread even if the code is initiated by a non-UI thread. (Inherited from DependencyObject)

Methods

ClearValue(DependencyProperty)	Clears the local value of a dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
GetAnimationBaseValue(DependencyProperty)	Returns any base value established for a dependency property, which would apply in cases where an animation is not active. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
GetValue(DependencyProperty)	Returns the current effective value of a dependency property from a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
ReadLocalValue(DependencyProperty)	Returns the local value of a dependency property, if a local value is set. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
RegisterPropertyChangedCallback(DependencyProperty, DependencyPropertyChangedCallback)	Registers a notification function for listening to changes to a specific DependencyProperty on this DependencyObject instance. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
SetValue(DependencyProperty, Object)	Sets the local value of a dependency property on a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject)
UnregisterPropertyChangedCallback(DependencyProperty, Int64)	Cancels a change notification that was previously registered by calling RegisterPropertyChangedCallback. (Inherited from DependencyObject)

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