VulkanScope 0.15.5

What's New

• Added Vulkan 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 core feature inspection.
• Added detailed Vulkan 1.4 physical-device properties.
• Added pipeline cache UUID reporting.
• Added sparse residency property reporting.
• Added subgroup property reporting.
• Expanded physical-device properties, limits and feature information.
• Added instance layer information.
• Added device layer information and layer extension details.
• Expanded Vulkan extension feature/property inspection.
• Added broader vendor-specific extension coverage.
• Added detailed queue-family capability reporting.
• Added queue presentation support information.
• Added detailed memory heap and memory type information.
• Expanded Vulkan format capability inspection.
• Added detailed surface capabilities.
• Added surface format and color-space inspection.
• Added presentation mode inspection.
• Added Android Display information.
• Added HDR capability inspection.
• Added HDR luminance information.
• Added wide-color / wide-gamut display information.
• Added Vulkan Surface color-space inspection separately from Android physical display gamut information.
• Added Vulkan Profile evaluation.
• Added Vulkan Roadmap 2022 profile support.
• Added Vulkan Roadmap 2024 profile support.
• Added Vulkan Roadmap 2026 profile support.
• Added Android Baseline 2022 profile support.
• Added Vulkan Video capability inspection.
• Added Vulkan Video decode capability inspection.
• Added Vulkan Video encode capability inspection.
• Added H.264 Video support inspection.
• Added H.265 Video support inspection.
• Added VP9 Video support inspection.
• Added AV1 Video support inspection.
• Added Vulkan Video codec profile information.
• Added Vulkan Video format-property inspection.
• Added Vulkan Video queue capability information.
• Added encoder rate-control capability information.
• Added bitrate and quality-level information where exposed.
• Added offline Khronos Vulkan registry-driven query metadata.
• Added validated native query coverage for registry-defined Vulkan structures.
• Added Turnip / third-party Vulkan driver support.
• Added Vulkan ICD selection for alternative drivers.
• Added Mesa-style driver selection environment support.
• Added multi-device capability reporting.
• Added Material 3 Expressive-based Android interface.

VulkanScope 0.4

Overview

VulkanScope 0.4 focuses on simplifying the navigation structure and removing duplicated or unnecessary UI elements.

What's New

• Instance tab removed

  • The separate Instance tab has been removed.
  • Its contents have been moved into the Vulkan tab.

• Vulkan tab simplified

  • Removed the duplicated Explore section from the Vulkan tab.
  • Explore remains available from Overview.

• Overview cleanup

  • Removed Device Detected from the GPU/device header area.
  • Removed Offline Inspection from the same area.

• Navigation

  • The navigation structure is now more concise, with Instance information consolidated under Vulkan.

VulkanScope 0.2.25

Highlights

• Improved the responsive layout for portrait and landscape orientations.
• Added a Material 3 Expressive navigation experience.
• Landscape mode uses a navigation rail, while portrait mode keeps the bottom navigation bar.
• Made the navigation rail vertically scrollable on devices where all destinations do not fit on screen.
• Adjusted Quick Access cards and buttons so they fit correctly on smaller portrait displays.

Vulkan & Driver Information

• Preserved the existing Vulkan tab icon and red accent color.
• Improved the Overview screen's GPU and Vulkan driver information.
• Turnip availability now requires both:
  • arm64-v8a ABI
  • A compatible Adreno GPU
• Updated the unavailable-ABI message to make both Turnip requirements explicit.
• Improved the distinction between the system Vulkan driver and Turnip / third-party drivers.

Adaptive Icon

• Updated the VulkanScope launcher icon to better comply with Android adaptive icon safe-zone requirements.
• Kept the existing VulkanScope logo artwork and proportions while fitting it within the launcher safe area.
• Improved icon placement for Android launchers and APK installation/update surfaces.
• The splash screen was not changed.

Build

• Fixed Compose layout and scrolling compilation issues.

Notes

This release focuses on responsive UI improvements, Vulkan/Turnip detection messaging, and Android launcher icon compatibility.

VulkanScope 0.2.20

Changes

• Added Vulkan Instance information
• Added Vulkan Device information
• Added Vulkan extensions and feature information
• Added Surface capabilities and supported formats
• Added search and support filtering for Extensions and Surface information
• Added Memory, Queue and Format information
• Improved GPU vendor detection, including Adreno and Imagination/PowerVR
• Added Turnip-related GPU/driver information
• Added installed application ABI information
• Added HTML/TXT export of Vulkan information
• Added application and developer information
• Improved Overview interface and Vulkan navigation icon
• Improved navigation bar appearance
• Added support for additional Android ABIs