OpenXR SDK 1.0.26 (2022-11-18)

This release contains new reflection headers, fixes and improvements to the
loader and hello_xr (especially on Android), some spec clarifications,
improvements to tooling, and a variety of new vendor and multi-vendor
extensions.

• Registry
  • Add new XR_EXT_active_action_set_priority vendor extension.
    (internal MR 2288,
    internal issue 1699)
  • Add new XR_HTC_passthrough vendor extension.
    (internal MR 2349)
  • Add new XR_HTC_foveation vendor extension.
    (internal MR 2377)
  • Add a warning to XR_COMPOSITION_LAYER_CORRECT_CHROMATIC_ABERRATION_BIT saying
    that it is not in use and planned for deprecation
    (internal MR 2378,
    internal issue 1751)
  • Add new XR_META_headset_id vendor extension.
    (internal MR 2410)
  • Improve Schematron rules for the registry XML and update the tool version used.
    (internal MR 2418,
    internal MR 2426,
    internal MR 2457,
    internal MR 2460,
    internal MR 2465)
  • Register author ID and reserve vendor extensions for ByteDance.
    (internal MR 2482,
    OpenXR-Docs PR 137)
  • Register author ID for danwillm and reserve vendor extensions.
    (OpenXR-Docs PR 138)
  • Reserve vendor extensions for Microsoft.
    (internal MR 2478)
  • XR_EXTX_overlay: Fix XML markup to correct generated valid usage for the
    event structure.
    (internal MR 2307)
  • XR_EXT_performance_settings: Fix XML markup to correct generated valid usage,
    bump revision.
    (internal MR 2306)
  • XR_HTCX_vive_tracker_interaction: Fix XML markup to correct generated valid
    usage for the event structure.
    (internal MR 2310)
  • XR_HTC_facial_tracking: Update vendor extension to version 2.
    (internal MR 2416)
  • specification/scripts: Added new functionality in codegen scripts to support
    creating single extension headers. Usage: python3 scripts/genxr.py -registry registry/xr.xml -standaloneExtension XR_FB_color_space standalone_header
    (internal MR 2417)
• SDK
  • In-line comments added to openxr_reflection.h
    (internal MR 2357)
  • New openxr_reflection_structs.h and openxr_reflection_parent_structs.h
    reflection headers, containing additional, limited reflection expansion macro
    definitions.
    (internal MR 2357)
  • loader: Add missing RegCloseKey call.
    (internal MR 2433)
  • loader: Report STL usage as "none" in script-built Android AAR because we
    expose no C++ symbols.
    (OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 332,
    internal issue 1829,
    internal issue 1831)
  • loader: Minor changes to fix a missing-prototypes warning/error.
    (OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 345)
  • hello_xr: Correctly handle the case of 0 items returned in the Vulkan plugin.
    (internal MR 2363)
  • hello_xr: Android exit should use ANativeActivity_finish.
    (internal MR 2409,
    OpenXR-SDK-Source issue 329,
    internal issue 1820)
  • hello_xr: Simplify platform plugin for POSIX platforms.
    (internal MR 2443,
    internal MR 2436)
  • hello_xr: Minor tidy up of initialization code.
    (internal MR 2449)
  • hello_xr: Add android.permission.VIBRATE permission needed by some runtimes
    for the controller haptics.
    (internal MR 2486)
  • hello_xr: Bump Android Gradle Plugin usage to 7.0.4 to fix building of hello_xr
    on M1 device
    (OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 334)
  • cmake: Use standard CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR to specify included directories.
    (OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 347)
  • Android: Remove Gradle build files from loader directory: they were unused
    because the Android Gradle Plugin could not build our AAR file correctly as
    desired.
    (internal MR 2453)
  • Android: Upgrade to gradle version 7.
    (internal MR 2474)
  • Enable dependabot for GitHub Actions.
    (OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 351,
    OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 352,
    OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 256)
  • Fix CI generation of NuGet packages.
    (OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 350)
  • Improve GitHub CI for OpenXR-SDK-Source.
    (OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 351,
    OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 352,
    OpenXR-SDK-Source PR 256)

The Android loader can be found on Maven Central, by adding the following line to your Android app's build.gradle dependencies section:

implementation 'org.khronos.openxr:openxr_loader_for_android:1.0.26'

Alternately, the AAR file (plus signature by the spec editor key and associated POM) are attached to this release.

Other release files are signed by Ryan Pavlik's key, key fingerprint F029455EAB70F520FF4A03BD7F534CD56F00321E.

NOTE: At some future point, release artifacts will begin to all be signed by the spec editor key.