QuartzCore.framework

QuartzCore.framework
Public Framework
Availabile	2.0 – present
Class Prefix	CA
Headers	[headers.cynder.me]

QuartzCore, also known as Core Animation, is an Objective-C framework that to declaratively build an animatable scene graph. CoreAnimation uses a unique rendering model where the graphics operations are run in a separate process.

For an example of using it, see Page Flip.

Debugging

Signature	unsigned CAGetDebugFlags();
Available in	2.0 –

Signature	void CASetDebugFlags(unsigned flags);
Available in	2.0 –

Applications linked with QuartzCore will recognize the following debugging (boolean) environment variables:

Flag	Environment variable	Meaning
1	CA_COLOR_FLUSH
2	CA_COLOR_COPY	Color Copied Images
4	CA_COLOR_OPAQUE	Color Blended Layers: Shows opaque vs non-opaque regions in green and red
8	CA_COLOR_NO_WAIT	Color Immediately: Like the "no delay after flash" option in Quartz Debug
16	CA_AUTO_FLUSH
32	CA_PRINT_TREE
64	CA_PRINT_OBJECTS
128	CA_LOG_IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS	Logs all implicitly created transactions: "Started implicit transaction for thread 0x7fff7be65300"
256	CA_LOG_MEMORY_USAGE	When there's some CA activity, periodically prints lines like these: "CoreAnimation buffers: currently 0.0522MB; maximum 0.1MB"
512	CA_LOG_IMAGE_COPIES	"CoreAnimation: copied CGImageRef 0x6200001a0380 - RGB mask (bug!)"
1024	CA_PRINT_PERF	When there's some CA activity, periodically prints number of transactions since last time
2048	CA_DISABLE_OCCLUSION_CULLING
4096	CA_DISABLE_DIRTY_REGIONS
8192	CA_LOG_TRIPLE_BUFFERING
16384	CA_COLOR_SUBPIXEL
32768	CA_DISABLE_RENDER
65536	CA_ALWAYS_RENDER
131072	CA_COLOR_OFFSCREEN
262144	CA_COLOR_DETACHED
524288	CA_COLOR_CACHED
1048576	CA_DISABLE_DETACHED

Alternatively, you can use the CASetDebugFlags() to update the flags in runtime.

Other environment variables

Additionally, the following environment variables not governed by CASetDebugFlags() also exist:

Environment variable	Default	Meaning
CA_BENCHMARK LK_BENCHMARK	false	-
CA_LOG_IMAGE_QUEUE_FRAMES	false	-
CA_PRINT_SHADERS	false	Log the vertex and fragment shader codes when creating them.
CA_DISABLED_EXTENSIONS	NULL	A space-delimited list of the following OpenGL extensions that should be disabled: GL_APPLE_client_storage GL_APPLE_fence GL_APPLE_tile_order_rot GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_OES_framebuffer_object GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_texture_npot
CA_DISABLE_WORKAROUNDS	false	-
CA_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS	?	-
CA_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE	?	-
CA_ENABLE_OGL	true	-
CA_ENABLE_TILING	true	-
CA_RESIZE_YUV_SCALE	0.8	-
MBX2D_OFFSCREEN MBX2D_PAGE_FLIP	true	-
CA_CLONE_OVERSCAN_AMOUNT	0.0?	-
CA_CLONE_DISPLAY	false	-

Versions

Firmware	2.0	2.1	2.2	3.0	3.1	3.2
SourceCache version	N/A
dylib version	1.6

References

• Official reference: http://developer.apple.com/iPhone/library/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Reference/QuartzCoreRefCollection/index.html