CrossView - Minimal Modern Cross-Platform Window (OS Entry Point) Management System Library in C++20

CrossView is a cross-platform library designed for creating and managing windows across multiple platforms. It abstracts platform-specific window (OS Entry Point) management code into a unified interface, allowing you to create and manipulate windows in a platform-agnostic way.

GPT-4

Features

• Cross-platform support planned for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, WebAssembly, PS5, Xbox, and a No-op/Console mode.

• Window Creation and Management on Multiple Operating Systems.

• Platform-specific implementation details hidden behind a common interface.

• Namespace 'almond' Prevents Global Code Leaks and seemlessly integrates with the fleshed out engine versions of the library.

• C++20 and Factory Pattern Design- a bit of old and new, the systems are entirely the highest technology built from hybrid design to accomidate all scenarios.

• Platform-Specific Factories - Oh yeah did I mention it has FACTORIES?! :D

• Memory Management and Error Handling - yes I am going to port all output to a logger and create an actual debug mode. Using std::unique_ptr to manage the CrossView object, which is a safe and efficient choice.

• Split-Screen and VR Features After Windows Update broke my main ssd I had to rebuild from scratch, split screen features coming in the near future.

Tested

• Tested in Windows 11 With Console and WindowsDesktopApplication, Static and Dll now complete!

Platforms

## Supported Platforms

- **Windows** (Win32)
- **macOS** (Cocoa)
- **Linux** (XCB or XLib)
- **Android**
- **iOS** (UIKit)
- **WebAssembly** (Emscripten)
- **PlayStation 5** (PS5)
- **Xbox**
- **No-op Console** (Headless mode)

Installation

Prerequisites

• C++20 or later
• CMake 3.10 or later

Building

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Autodidac/CrossView.git
   cd CrossView

Build using WIN32 ( Windows 11 64bit ) in Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio Code Applications:

Simply open the provided crossview folder in vs code, customized proj and solution files make this possible. Otherwise for Visual Studio Community 2022 Simply run the provided vs solution file CrossView.sln in the main folder

Generate build files using CMake:

Run cmake to generate the build files, then compile:

Build the project:

Basic Build:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

Run:

After building, you can run the generated executable. If you built with headless mode, the console window will be allocated as needed.

Usage

Example Console Batch

@echo off
Example_CrossView.exe
pause

Example

#include "CrossView.h"

// Requires no int main() since it's internal to the lib's

Example Implementation (for Win32)

#include "CrossView.h"  // Platform-specific include

// Requires no int main() since it's internal to the lib's

Platform-specific Implementations

The platform-specific implementation files are organized into separate source files. Each implementation file contains the initialization, window creation, and shutdown code for a specific platform.

-Windows: EntryPoint_Win32.cpp and EntryPoint_Win32.h

-macOS: EntryPoint_Mac.cpp and EntryPoint_Mac.h // not reimplemented yet

-Linux: EntryPoint_Linux.cpp and EntryPoint_Linux.h // not reimplemented yet

-Android: EntryPoint_Android.cpp and EntryPoint_Android.h // not reimplemented yet

-iOS: EntryPoint_IOS.cpp and EntryPoint_IOS.h // not reimplemented yet

-WebAssembly: EntryPoint_WebAssembly.cpp and EntryPoint_WebAssembly.h // not reimplemented yet

-PlayStation 5: EntryPoint_PS5.cpp and EntryPoint_PS5.h // not reimplemented yet

-Xbox: EntryPoint_Xbox.cpp and EntryPoint_Xbox.h // not reimplemented yet

-No-op or Fallback Console: EntryPoint_Headless.cpp and EntryPoint_Headless.h

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see the CONTRIBUTING.md file for guidelines.

Acknowledgements

This project was developed with the support of OpenAI's GPT-4, which provided valuable assistance in generating code and design ideas. We appreciate the power and capabilities of GPT-4 in aiding the creation of this project.

CrossView - A GPT4 Crossplatform Library For All! Almost Entirely Built and Designed by AI - Even much of this readme and the CMakeLists.txt are written by GPT-4.. what a wonderful tool Thank You Again!

-Also Shout Out to Similar Project CrossWindow - A Referenced and Alternate Library using C++11-17.