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CALayerMBS.available as boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method CoreAnimation MBS MacCG Plugin 13.1 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns true if CALayer is available.

True on Mac and False on Windows/Linux.

CALayerMBS.layer as CALayerMBS

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method CoreAnimation MBS MacCG Plugin 13.1 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Creates and returns an instance of the layer object.

Returns the initialized layer object or nil if initialization was not successful.
If you subclass CALayer, you may override this method and use it to provide an instance of your specific subclass.

CALayerMBS.layerFromHandle(Handle as Integer) as CALayerMBS

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method CoreAnimation MBS MacCG Plugin 21.0 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns a new MBS layer object for the given handle.

Handle must be pointing to a CALayer, UIView or NSView.
Returns nil in case of an error.

See also:

Some examples using this method:

CALayerMBS.layerFromHandle(Handle as Ptr) as CALayerMBS

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method CoreAnimation MBS MacCG Plugin 21.0 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns a new MBS layer object for the given handle.

Handle must be pointing to a CALayer, UIView or NSView.
Returns nil in case of an error.

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