VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID(3)

# VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID - Structure describing the image format properties of an Android hardware buffer

## C Specification

The format properties of an Android hardware buffer can be obtained by including a `VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID` structure in the `pNext` chain of the VkAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID structure passed to vkGetAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID. This structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer with VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2 or VK_VERSION_1_3
    typedef struct VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID {
        VkStructureType                  sType;
        void*                            pNext;
        VkFormat                         format;
        uint64_t                         externalFormat;
        VkFormatFeatureFlags2            formatFeatures;
        VkComponentMapping               samplerYcbcrConversionComponents;
        VkSamplerYcbcrModelConversion    suggestedYcbcrModel;
        VkSamplerYcbcrRange              suggestedYcbcrRange;
        VkChromaLocation                 suggestedXChromaOffset;
        VkChromaLocation                 suggestedYChromaOffset;
    } VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID;

## Members

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

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

- `format` is the Vulkan format corresponding to the Android hardware buffer’s format, or VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED if there is not an equivalent Vulkan format.

- `externalFormat` is an implementation-defined external format identifier for use with VkExternalFormatANDROID. It must not be zero.

- `formatFeatures` describes the capabilities of this external format when used with an image bound to memory imported from `buffer`.

- `samplerYcbcrConversionComponents` is the component swizzle that should be used in VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo.

- `suggestedYcbcrModel` is a suggested color model to use in the VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo.

- `suggestedYcbcrRange` is a suggested numerical value range to use in VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo.

- `suggestedXChromaOffset` is a suggested X chroma offset to use in VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo.

- `suggestedYChromaOffset` is a suggested Y chroma offset to use in VkSamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo.

## Description

The bits reported in `formatFeatures` must include the bits reported in the corresponding fields of `VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatPropertiesANDROID`::`formatFeatures`.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_FORMAT_PROPERTIES_2_ANDROID

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID

## See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2, VK_VERSION_1_3, VkChromaLocation, VkComponentMapping, VkFormat, VkFormatFeatureFlags2, VkSamplerYcbcrModelConversion, VkSamplerYcbcrRange, 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.

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