examples/example_sdl2_metal/main.mm

// Dear ImGui: standalone example application for SDL2 + Metal
// (SDL is a cross-platform general purpose library for handling windows, inputs, OpenGL/Vulkan/Metal graphics context creation, etc.)

// Learn about Dear ImGui:
// - FAQ                  https://dearimgui.com/faq
// - Getting Started      https://dearimgui.com/getting-started
// - Documentation        https://dearimgui.com/docs (same as your local docs/ folder).
// - Introduction, links and more at the top of imgui.cpp

#include "imgui.h"
#include "imgui_impl_sdl2.h"
#include "imgui_impl_metal.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <SDL.h>

#import <Metal/Metal.h>
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

int main(int, char**)
{
    // Setup Dear ImGui context
    IMGUI_CHECKVERSION();
    ImGui::CreateContext();
    ImGuiIO& io = ImGui::GetIO(); (void)io;
    io.ConfigFlags |= ImGuiConfigFlags_NavEnableKeyboard;  // Enable Keyboard Controls
    io.ConfigFlags |= ImGuiConfigFlags_NavEnableGamepad;   // Enable Gamepad Controls

    // Setup style
    ImGui::StyleColorsDark();
    //ImGui::StyleColorsLight();

    // Load Fonts
    // - If no fonts are loaded, dear imgui will use the default font. You can also load multiple fonts and use ImGui::PushFont()/PopFont() to select them.
    // - AddFontFromFileTTF() will return the ImFont* so you can store it if you need to select the font among multiple.
    // - If the file cannot be loaded, the function will return a nullptr. Please handle those errors in your application (e.g. use an assertion, or display an error and quit).
    // - The fonts will be rasterized at a given size (w/ oversampling) and stored into a texture when calling ImFontAtlas::Build()/GetTexDataAsXXXX(), which ImGui_ImplXXXX_NewFrame below will call.
    // - Use '#define IMGUI_ENABLE_FREETYPE' in your imconfig file to use Freetype for higher quality font rendering.
    // - Read 'docs/FONTS.md' for more instructions and details.
    // - Remember that in C/C++ if you want to include a backslash \ in a string literal you need to write a double backslash \\ !
    //io.Fonts->AddFontDefault();
    //io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("c:\\Windows\\Fonts\\segoeui.ttf", 18.0f);
    //io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("../../misc/fonts/DroidSans.ttf", 16.0f);
    //io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("../../misc/fonts/Roboto-Medium.ttf", 16.0f);
    //io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("../../misc/fonts/Cousine-Regular.ttf", 15.0f);
    //ImFont* font = io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF("c:\\Windows\\Fonts\\ArialUni.ttf", 18.0f, nullptr, io.Fonts->GetGlyphRangesJapanese());
    //IM_ASSERT(font != nullptr);

    // Setup SDL
    // (Some versions of SDL before <2.0.10 appears to have performance/stalling issues on a minority of Windows systems,
    // depending on whether SDL_INIT_GAMECONTROLLER is enabled or disabled.. updating to latest version of SDL is recommended!)
    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_TIMER | SDL_INIT_GAMECONTROLLER) != 0)
    {
        printf("Error: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        return -1;
    }

    // Inform SDL that we will be using metal for rendering. Without this hint initialization of metal renderer may fail.
    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_RENDER_DRIVER, "metal");

    // Enable native IME.
    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_IME_SHOW_UI, "1");

    SDL_Window* window = SDL_CreateWindow("Dear ImGui SDL+Metal example", SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, 1280, 720, SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE | SDL_WINDOW_ALLOW_HIGHDPI);
    if (window == nullptr)
    {
        printf("Error creating window: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        return -2;
    }

    SDL_Renderer* renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC);
    if (renderer == nullptr)
    {
        printf("Error creating renderer: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
        return -3;
    }

    // Setup Platform/Renderer backends
    CAMetalLayer* layer = (__bridge CAMetalLayer*)SDL_RenderGetMetalLayer(renderer);
    layer.pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatBGRA8Unorm;
    ImGui_ImplMetal_Init(layer.device);
    ImGui_ImplSDL2_InitForMetal(window);

    id<MTLCommandQueue> commandQueue = [layer.device newCommandQueue];
    MTLRenderPassDescriptor* renderPassDescriptor = [MTLRenderPassDescriptor new];

    // Our state
    bool show_demo_window = true;
    bool show_another_window = false;
    float clear_color[4] = {0.45f, 0.55f, 0.60f, 1.00f};

    // Main loop
    bool done = false;
    while (!done)
    {
        @autoreleasepool
        {
            // Poll and handle events (inputs, window resize, etc.)
            // You can read the io.WantCaptureMouse, io.WantCaptureKeyboard flags to tell if dear imgui wants to use your inputs.
            // - When io.WantCaptureMouse is true, do not dispatch mouse input data to your main application, or clear/overwrite your copy of the mouse data.
            // - When io.WantCaptureKeyboard is true, do not dispatch keyboard input data to your main application, or clear/overwrite your copy of the keyboard data.
            // Generally you may always pass all inputs to dear imgui, and hide them from your application based on those two flags.
            SDL_Event event;
            while (SDL_PollEvent(&event))
            {
                ImGui_ImplSDL2_ProcessEvent(&event);
                if (event.type == SDL_QUIT)
                    done = true;
                if (event.type == SDL_WINDOWEVENT && event.window.event == SDL_WINDOWEVENT_CLOSE && event.window.windowID == SDL_GetWindowID(window))
                    done = true;
            }

            int width, height;
            SDL_GetRendererOutputSize(renderer, &width, &height);
            layer.drawableSize = CGSizeMake(width, height);
            id<CAMetalDrawable> drawable = [layer nextDrawable];

            id<MTLCommandBuffer> commandBuffer = [commandQueue commandBuffer];
            renderPassDescriptor.colorAttachments[0].clearColor = MTLClearColorMake(clear_color[0] * clear_color[3], clear_color[1] * clear_color[3], clear_color[2] * clear_color[3], clear_color[3]);
            renderPassDescriptor.colorAttachments[0].texture = drawable.texture;
            renderPassDescriptor.colorAttachments[0].loadAction = MTLLoadActionClear;
            renderPassDescriptor.colorAttachments[0].storeAction = MTLStoreActionStore;
            id <MTLRenderCommandEncoder> renderEncoder = [commandBuffer renderCommandEncoderWithDescriptor:renderPassDescriptor];
            [renderEncoder pushDebugGroup:@"ImGui demo"];

            // Start the Dear ImGui frame
            ImGui_ImplMetal_NewFrame(renderPassDescriptor);
            ImGui_ImplSDL2_NewFrame();
            ImGui::NewFrame();

            // 1. Show the big demo window (Most of the sample code is in ImGui::ShowDemoWindow()! You can browse its code to learn more about Dear ImGui!).
            if (show_demo_window)
                ImGui::ShowDemoWindow(&show_demo_window);

            // 2. Show a simple window that we create ourselves. We use a Begin/End pair to create a named window.
            {
                static float f = 0.0f;
                static int counter = 0;

                ImGui::Begin("Hello, world!");                          // Create a window called "Hello, world!" and append into it.

                ImGui::Text("This is some useful text.");               // Display some text (you can use a format strings too)
                ImGui::Checkbox("Demo Window", &show_demo_window);      // Edit bools storing our window open/close state
                ImGui::Checkbox("Another Window", &show_another_window);

                ImGui::SliderFloat("float", &f, 0.0f, 1.0f);            // Edit 1 float using a slider from 0.0f to 1.0f
                ImGui::ColorEdit3("clear color", (float*)&clear_color); // Edit 3 floats representing a color

                if (ImGui::Button("Button"))                            // Buttons return true when clicked (most widgets return true when edited/activated)
                    counter++;
                ImGui::SameLine();
                ImGui::Text("counter = %d", counter);

                ImGui::Text("Application average %.3f ms/frame (%.1f FPS)", 1000.0f / io.Framerate, io.Framerate);
                ImGui::End();
            }

            // 3. Show another simple window.
            if (show_another_window)
            {
                ImGui::Begin("Another Window", &show_another_window);   // Pass a pointer to our bool variable (the window will have a closing button that will clear the bool when clicked)
                ImGui::Text("Hello from another window!");
                if (ImGui::Button("Close Me"))
                    show_another_window = false;
                ImGui::End();
            }

            // Rendering
            ImGui::Render();
            ImGui_ImplMetal_RenderDrawData(ImGui::GetDrawData(), commandBuffer, renderEncoder);

            [renderEncoder popDebugGroup];
            [renderEncoder endEncoding];

            [commandBuffer presentDrawable:drawable];
            [commandBuffer commit];
        }
    }

    // Cleanup
    ImGui_ImplMetal_Shutdown();
    ImGui_ImplSDL2_Shutdown();
    ImGui::DestroyContext();

    SDL_DestroyRenderer(renderer);
    SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
    SDL_Quit();

    return 0;
}