MSDisplayLink

The missing DisplayLink driver for Apple platforms. Use CADisplayLink on UIKit and CVDisplayLink on AppKit.

Battle tested in ColorfulX

Called MS but it has nothing to do with Microsoft. :P

Preview

Installation

Swift Package Manager

.package(url: "https://github.com/Lakr233/MSDisplayLink.git", from: "1.0.0")

CocoaPods

Never thought about it.

Usage

UIKit/AppKit

Follow the steps to get called. The DisplayLinkDelegate is friendly to confirm for a UIView or NSView.

• Hold reference to DisplayLink object.
• Confirm to DisplayLinkDelegate protocol to get called within synchronization().
• Call displayLink.delegatingObject with a DisplayLinkDelegate object.

Tech Tips:

• Call to synchronization() is performed at a background thread.
• Scheduler is a serial queue unique to each DisplayLinkDriver holds by DisplayLink.
  • Queue inherits the quality of service from the where you created the DisplayLink.
  • Does not make scene to use concurrent queue.
  • Does not share the queue across different DisplayLink objects.
  • Queue names are same.

SwiftUI

import MSDisplayLink
import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {
    @State var frame: Int = 0
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            Text("MSDisplayLink Trigger: \(frame)")
                .monospacedDigit()
                .contentTransition(.numericText())
        }
        .animation(.interactiveSpring, value: frame)
        .modifier(DisplayLinkModifier(scheduleToMainThread: true) {
            frame += 1
        })
        .padding()
    }
}

License

MIT License

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2024.08.14