Generate Vulkan header files for each shader
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This guide shows you how to generate the Vulkan C++ headers for each host OS from the shader files.
Download the Khronos Group Glslang Tool: Candidate of July 26, 2020 on your local machine.
Unzip it.
Check its version:
Windows
bin\glslangValidator --version
macOS
./bin/glslangValidator --version
Linux
./bin/glslangValidator --version
In the Cardboard repository, locate the sdk/rendering/android/shaders folder and save its path.
Generate the Vulkan header files in C++:
Windows
bin\glslangValidator -V --vn distortion_frag %SHADERS_FOLDER_PATH%\distortion.frag -o distortion_frag.spv.h
bin\glslangValidator -V --vn distortion_vert %SHADERS_FOLDER_PATH%\distortion.vert -o distortion_vert.spv.h
macOS
./bin/glslangValidator -V --vn distortion_frag $SHADERS_FOLDER_PATH/distortion.frag -o distortion_frag.spv.h
./bin/glslangValidator -V --vn distortion_vert $SHADERS_FOLDER_PATH/distortion.vert -o distortion_vert.spv.h
Linux
./bin/glslangValidator -V --vn distortion_frag $SHADERS_FOLDER_PATH/distortion.frag -o distortion_frag.spv.h
./bin/glslangValidator -V --vn distortion_vert $SHADERS_FOLDER_PATH/distortion.vert -o distortion_vert.spv.h
You should now have distortion_frag.spv.h and distortion_vert.spv.h.
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