# AHardwareBuffer(3) Manual Page

## Name

AHardwareBuffer - Android hardware buffer type

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## C Specification

To remove an unnecessary compile time dependency, an incomplete type definition of AHardwareBuffer is provided in the Vulkan headers:

    // Provided by VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer
    struct AHardwareBuffer;

## Description

The actual AHardwareBuffer type is defined in Android NDK headers.

## See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

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