vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID(3)

# vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID - Get an Android hardware buffer for a memory object

## C Specification

To export an Android hardware buffer referencing the payload of a Vulkan device memory object, call:

    // Provided by VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer
    VkResult vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkMemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID* pInfo,
        struct AHardwareBuffer**                    pBuffer);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that created the device memory being exported.

- `pInfo` is a pointer to a VkMemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID structure containing parameters of the export operation.

- `pBuffer` will return an Android hardware buffer referencing the payload of the device memory object.

## Description

Each call to `vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID` must return an Android hardware buffer with a new reference acquired in addition to the reference held by the VkDeviceMemory. To avoid leaking resources, the application must release the reference by calling `AHardwareBuffer_release` when it is no longer needed. When called with the same handle in VkMemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID::`memory`, `vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID` must return the same Android hardware buffer object. If the device memory was created by importing an Android hardware buffer, `vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID` must return that same Android hardware buffer object.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID-device-parameter
  `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- VUID-vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID-pInfo-parameter
  `pInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkMemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID structure

- VUID-vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID-pBuffer-parameter
  `pBuffer` must be a valid pointer to a valid pointer to an AHardwareBuffer value

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, VkDevice, VkMemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID

## 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