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feat(windows): embed Bloom in a host window via bloom_attach_hwnd (Perry UI BloomView, #2395)#70

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feat(windows): embed Bloom in a host window via bloom_attach_hwnd (Perry UI BloomView, #2395)#70
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The engine side of the Perry UI BloomView widget (PerryTS/perry#5518) — lets Bloom render into a host-provided window instead of always creating its own top-level window, so it can live as a render view inside a normal Perry UI app (analogous to Flame inside Flutter). Pairs with perry-issue #2395.

Changes

  • native/windows/src/lib.rs: factor the wgpu surface + engine init out of bloom_init_window into init_engine_for_hwnd, shared with a new FFI:
    • bloom_attach_hwnd(hwnd, w, h) — build the surface on a host-provided HWND and classic-subclass it so Bloom still sees WM_SIZE / keyboard / mouse (its own wndproc never runs for a foreign-class window), then chain to the original proc.
    • bloom_resize(physW, physH, logW, logH) — explicit resize.
    • An EMBEDDED flag: bloom_begin_drawing skips its own message pump (the host owns the loop) and bloom_window_should_close reports "stay open".
  • src/core/index.ts: attachToHwnd / resize TS wrappers (re-exported from src/index.ts).
  • package.json: declare bloom_attach_hwnd / bloom_resize in the native-library function manifest so Perry links them.
  • embed-perry/: a demo Perry UI app that embeds a live Bloom 3D scene.

Usage

import { BloomView, bloomViewGetHwnd } from 'perry/ui';
import { attachToHwnd, beginDrawing, endDrawing, clearBackground /* … */ } from 'bloom';

const view = BloomView(820, 480);
let attached = 0;
setInterval(() => {
  if (!attached) { attachToHwnd(bloomViewGetHwnd(view), 820, 480); attached = 1; }
  beginDrawing(); clearBackground({ r: 18, g: 22, b: 34, a: 255 }); /* …draw 3D… */ endDrawing();
}, 16);

The host owns the message loop, so drive frames yourself (don't call runGame, which blocks).

Status

  • Windows only. Per-platform attach (NSView / UIView / GTK4 dmabuf) is a follow-up; the Perry-side BloomView widget already links on all targets.
  • Verified end-to-end: the embed-perry/ demo compiles and renders a live, animating 3D scene inside a Perry UI window, including resize (see embed-perry/bloomFull.png).
  • The demo requires the BloomView Perry build from feat(ui): BloomView — embed the Bloom engine in a Perry UI app (#2395) PerryTS/perry#5518 to compile/run.

🔗 Perry-side PR: PerryTS/perry#5518

…rry UI BloomView, #2395)

Lets Bloom render into a host-provided child window instead of always creating
its own top-level window — the engine side of the Perry UI `BloomView` widget
(PerryTS/perry#5518), analogous to Flame inside Flutter.

- native/windows/src/lib.rs: factor the wgpu surface + engine init out of
  bloom_init_window into init_engine_for_hwnd, shared with a new FFI
  bloom_attach_hwnd(hwnd, w, h). It builds the surface on the host HWND and
  classic-subclasses it (WM_SIZE/keyboard/mouse → engine). Add bloom_resize,
  an EMBEDDED flag (begin_drawing skips its own message pump; should_close
  reports "stay open" since the host owns the loop).
- src/core/index.ts: attachToHwnd / resize TS wrappers (+ src/index.ts export).
- package.json: declare bloom_attach_hwnd / bloom_resize in the native-library
  function manifest.
- embed-perry/: a demo Perry UI app embedding a live Bloom 3D scene (requires
  the BloomView Perry build from PerryTS/perry#5518 to compile/run).

Windows only for now; per-platform attach (NSView/UIView/dmabuf) is a follow-up.
@proggeramlug proggeramlug merged commit bca54a2 into main Jun 22, 2026
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proggeramlug added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 22, 2026
The ffi-parity check was already red on main (29 failures): #69 added the
mesh-scratch / tonemap / bloom-intensity / auto-exposure FFI functions and
#70 added bloom_attach_hwnd / bloom_resize to the shared manifest, but
neither was exported (or allowlisted) on the platforms that don't pick
them up automatically. The manifest contract requires every platform to
export every entry, so the attach PR can't go green without closing them.

- bloom_resize: real on macOS/iOS/tvOS/visionOS/Android/Linux — it just
  forwards to the shared Renderer::resize (same body as the Windows impl
  from #70), so host-driven BloomView resizing now works on every target,
  not only Windows.
- bloom_attach_hwnd: no-op stub on the non-Windows native platforms (it's
  HWND-specific; those hosts use bloom_attach_native). Mirrors #70's own
  cfg(not(windows)) no-op.
- watchos: regenerated ffi_stubs.rs covers the new entries.
- web: documented the genuinely-unimplemented entries in
  tools/validate-ffi.js WEB_GAP_ALLOWLIST (pointer-taking mesh scratch =
  same WASM linear-memory TODO as bloom_scene_set_lod; post-FX controls
  not yet wired in the web crate; attach_hwnd N/A on canvas).

validate-ffi now passes 0 failures / 0 warnings across all 8 platforms.
macOS rebuilds + renders a scene end-to-end; iOS cross-compiles.
proggeramlug added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 22, 2026
…y#5519) (#71)

* feat(attach): host-surface attach path on all platforms (PerryTS/perry#5519)

Add a per-platform "attach to a host-provided surface" entry point so a
BloomView (Perry UI) can hand the engine a native view/window/surface it
already owns, instead of the engine creating its own window. Previously
only Windows could embed (via the engine#70 bloom_attach_hwnd work);
every other target created a view but no renderer attached to it.

Engine
- native/shared/src/attach.rs: factor the wgpu bring-up — instance →
  surface → adapter → device → swapchain → Renderer → EngineState —
  duplicated in every platform's bloom_init_window into one
  attach_engine() helper, parameterised by backend bitmask, dimensions
  (logical + physical for HiDPI), and a FormatPreference (Srgb / NonSrgb
  / First) covering each platform's swapchain-format policy. Returns a
  Result instead of panicking so a host attaching to a not-yet-realized
  view can recover.
- One unified ABI symbol bloom_attach_native(handle, w, h) -> f64 rather
  than distinct per-platform names: the function manifest is shared and
  validate-ffi requires every platform to export every entry, so a
  single symbol (each platform interpreting `handle` as its own
  view/window/surface pointer) is cleaner than N stubs. TS exposes the
  named wrappers attachToNSView / attachToUIView / attachToSurface +
  attachToNativeView, all forwarding to it.
- macOS: bloom_init_window refactored to use attach_engine (proves the
  factoring) + real bloom_attach_native on a host NSView.
- iOS / tvOS / visionOS: real attach on a host UIView (tvOS/visionOS use
  a non-sRGB swapchain to match their windowed path).
- Android: real attach on a host ANativeWindow.
- Windows: real attach on a host HWND.
- Linux: documented stub returning 0 — GTK4 GtkWidget→GdkSurface
  bridging is the larger follow-up the issue calls out.
- watchOS: regenerated no-op stub (no wgpu). web: wasm_bindgen no-op
  (web builds its surface from the canvas id).
- package.json manifest entry; validate-ffi passes 0/0 across all 8
  platforms.

Verification
- shared compiles (native + wasm32); macОS builds and renders a scene
  end-to-end headless (getScreenWidth/Height read back 320x240 from the
  attached EngineState, 30 frames, clean exit); iOS cross-compiles; web
  wasm32 checks. Android/Linux/Windows cross-builds blocked locally by
  missing C cross-toolchains (NDK / linux-gcc / MSVC), not by this code.

* chore(ffi): close pre-existing ffi-parity gaps so CI is green

The ffi-parity check was already red on main (29 failures): #69 added the
mesh-scratch / tonemap / bloom-intensity / auto-exposure FFI functions and
#70 added bloom_attach_hwnd / bloom_resize to the shared manifest, but
neither was exported (or allowlisted) on the platforms that don't pick
them up automatically. The manifest contract requires every platform to
export every entry, so the attach PR can't go green without closing them.

- bloom_resize: real on macOS/iOS/tvOS/visionOS/Android/Linux — it just
  forwards to the shared Renderer::resize (same body as the Windows impl
  from #70), so host-driven BloomView resizing now works on every target,
  not only Windows.
- bloom_attach_hwnd: no-op stub on the non-Windows native platforms (it's
  HWND-specific; those hosts use bloom_attach_native). Mirrors #70's own
  cfg(not(windows)) no-op.
- watchos: regenerated ffi_stubs.rs covers the new entries.
- web: documented the genuinely-unimplemented entries in
  tools/validate-ffi.js WEB_GAP_ALLOWLIST (pointer-taking mesh scratch =
  same WASM linear-memory TODO as bloom_scene_set_lod; post-FX controls
  not yet wired in the web crate; attach_hwnd N/A on canvas).

validate-ffi now passes 0 failures / 0 warnings across all 8 platforms.
macOS rebuilds + renders a scene end-to-end; iOS cross-compiles.

* chore(ci): grandfather renderer/mod.rs at 11985 lines (#69 growth)

renderer/mod.rs grew to 11985 lines in #69 (clouds / foliage wind /
additive fog / immediate-mode shadows) but the ratcheting file-lines
baseline was left at 11775, leaving check-file-lines red on main. Record
the new grandfathered size so the gate is green; the baseline still only
ratchets down from here. No code change.
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