BROKEN trying to set up surface current issues is GLFW window pointer is null

src/application.cpp

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #include "application.hpp"
 #include "yave_vulkan_instance.hpp"
+#include "yave_vulkan_surface.hpp"
 
 namespace yave {
 
 void Application::run() {
   YaveVulkanInstance VI = YaveVulkanInstance();
+  YaveVulkanSurface VS = YaveVulkanSurface(VI, yaveWindow);
 
   while (!yaveWindow.shouldClose()) {
     glfwPollEvents();

src/yave_vulkan_instance.hpp

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public:
   YaveVulkanInstance(const YaveVulkanInstance &) = delete;
   YaveVulkanInstance &operator=(const YaveVulkanInstance &) = delete;
 
+  VkInstance *getVkInstance(){return &instance;}
   YaveVulkanInstance();
   ~YaveVulkanInstance();
 };

src/yave_vulkan_surface.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include "yave_vulkan_surface.hpp"
+#include "yave_vulkan_instance.hpp"
+
+namespace yave {
+YaveVulkanSurface::YaveVulkanSurface(YaveVulkanInstance &yaveVulkanInstance,
+                                     YaveWindow &window) {
+  VkWaylandSurfaceCreateInfoKHR createInfo{};
+  createInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_WAYLAND_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_KHR;
+  createInfo.display = glfwGetWaylandDisplay();
+  createInfo.surface = glfwGetWaylandWindow(window.getGLFWWindow());
+  //VkInstance *vkInstance = yaveVulkanInstance.getVkInstance();
+  if (vkCreateWaylandSurfaceKHR((*yaveVulkanInstance.getVkInstance()), &createInfo, nullptr, &surface)) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("failed to create window surface!");
+  }
+}
+YaveVulkanSurface::~YaveVulkanSurface() {}
+} // namespace yave

src/yave_vulkan_surface.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "yave_vulkan_instance.hpp"
+#include "yave_window.hpp"
+#include <vulkan/vulkan_core.h>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+// This engine is for now Wayland only!!!
+#define VK_USE_PLATFORM_WAYLAND_KHR
+#include <vulkan/vulkan_wayland.h>
+#define GLFW_INCLUDE_VULKAN
+#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
+#define GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_WAYLAND
+#include <GLFW/glfw3native.h>
+
+namespace yave {
+
+class YaveVulkanSurface {
+
+private:
+  VkSurfaceKHR surface;
+
+public:
+  YaveVulkanSurface(YaveVulkanInstance &yaveVulkanInstance, YaveWindow &window);
+  ~YaveVulkanSurface();
+  // Delete Copy constructors
+  // This class should match one to one with vulkan instances
+  YaveVulkanSurface(const YaveVulkanSurface &) = delete;
+  YaveVulkanSurface &operator=(const YaveVulkanSurface &) = delete;
+};
+} // namespace yave

src/yave_window.hpp

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ private:
   std::string windowName;
 
 public:
-  // Delete Copy constructors 
+  // Delete Copy constructors
   // This class should match one to one with glfw window instances
   YaveWindow(const YaveWindow &) = delete;
   YaveWindow &operator=(const YaveWindow &) = delete;
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public:
   YaveWindow(int w, int h, std::string name);
   ~YaveWindow();
 
+  GLFWwindow *getGLFWWindow() { return window; }
+
   // Tell apllicaton that the user has attempted to close the window
   bool shouldClose() { return glfwWindowShouldClose(window); }
 };

toolchain.cmake

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # CMake toolchain file
 
 # linker flags
-set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT "-Wl,--strip-debug")
+#set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT "-Wl,--strip-debug")
 
 # cflags
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT "-ansi -Wall")
 
 # cflags for debug build
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT "-g3 -ggdb3")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT "-g -ggdb")
 
 # cflags for release build
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT "-O3 -DNDEBUG -s")