KhronosGroup/OpenXR-SDK release-1.0.26

OpenXR SDK 1.0.26

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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)

Attached release artifacts are signed by specification editor Ryan Pavlik's key, with fingerprint F029455EAB70F520FF4A03BD7F534CD56F00321E.

Additional binaries are available from the OpenXR-SDK-Source repo release 1.0.26