public final class Session

A session is the main entrypoint to features provided by ARCore for Jetpack XR. It manages the system's state and its lifecycle, and contains the state of objects tracked by ARCore for Jetpack XR.

This class owns a significant amount of native heap memory. The Session's lifecycle will be scoped to the Activity that owns it.

Summary

Public methods
final @NonNull SessionConfigureResult

Sets or changes the Config to use for the Session.
static final @NonNull SessionCreateResult
create(
    @NonNull Context context,
    @NonNull CoroutineContext coroutineContext,
    @NonNull LifecycleOwner lifecycleOwner
)

Creates a new Session.
final @NonNull Config

The current state of the runtime configuration.
final @NonNull Context

the Context the Session belongs to
final @NonNull CoroutineScope

the CoroutineScope for coroutines within the Session
final @NonNull LifecycleOwner

the owner of the Android Lifecycle the Session belongs to
final @NonNull StateFlow<@NonNull CoreState>

A StateFlow of the current state.

Extension functions
final @NonNull Scene

Gets the Scene associated with this Session.

Public methods

configure

Added in 1.0.0-beta01
public final @NonNull SessionConfigureResult configure(@NonNull Config config)

Sets or changes the Config to use for the Session.

The passed config will overwrite all mode values. Not all runtimes will support every mode, and the desired modes should first be queried for availability using androidx.xr.runtime.XrDevice before configuring. Example: androidx.xr.runtime.XrDevice.isGeospatialModeSupported.

It is recommended to modify the current Config to avoid unnecessarily resetting the system. This can be done using Config.Builder as follows:

val newConfig = Config.Builder(session.config)
    .setFeature(Feature.ENABLED)
    .build()
session.configure(newConfig)

Note that enabling most configurations will increase hardware resource consumption and should only be enabled if needed.

Parameters
@NonNull Config config

the Config that will be enabled if successful.
Returns
@NonNull SessionConfigureResult

the result of the operation. This will be a SessionConfigureSuccess if the configuration was successful, or another SessionConfigureResult if a certain configuration criteria was not met. In the case of the latter, the previous Session.config will remain active.
Throws
IllegalStateException

if the session has been destroyed.
UnsupportedOperationException

if the configuration is not supported.
SecurityException

if the necessary permissions have not been granted to the calling application for the provided configuration.

create

public static final @NonNull SessionCreateResult create(
    @NonNull Context context,
    @NonNull CoroutineContext coroutineContext,
    @NonNull LifecycleOwner lifecycleOwner
)

Creates a new Session.

Thread Safety Warning: This method performs significant disk I/O, including loading native libraries. If StrictMode is enabled, calling this on the Main Thread (UI Thread) will trigger a android.os.StrictMode DiskReadViolation.

Example for calling on a worker thread:

lifecycleScope.launch {
    val result = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
        Session.create(context)
    }
}
Parameters
@NonNull Context context

the context provided for the session's resources.
@NonNull CoroutineContext coroutineContext

the CoroutineContext that will be used to handle the session's coroutines.
@NonNull LifecycleOwner lifecycleOwner

the lifecycleOwner whose lifecycle controls the runtime state of the session. Defaults to using the context as the owner if not provided.
Returns
@NonNull SessionCreateResult

the result of the operation. Can be SessionCreateSuccess, which contains the newly created session, or another SessionCreateResult if a certain criteria was not met.
Throws
SecurityException

if the Session is backed by Google Play Services for AR and android.Manifest.permission.CAMERA has not been granted to the calling application.

getConfig

Added in 1.0.0-beta01
public final @NonNull Config getConfig()

The current state of the runtime configuration.

getContext

Added in 1.0.0-beta01
public final @NonNull Context getContext()

the Context the Session belongs to

getCoroutineScope

Added in 1.0.0-beta01
public final @NonNull CoroutineScope getCoroutineScope()

the CoroutineScope for coroutines within the Session

getLifecycleOwner

Added in 1.0.0-beta01
public final @NonNull LifecycleOwner getLifecycleOwner()

the owner of the Android Lifecycle the Session belongs to

getState

Added in 1.0.0-beta01
public final @NonNull StateFlow<@NonNull CoreState> getState()

A StateFlow of the current state.

Extension functions

SessionExt.getScene

public final @NonNull Scene SessionExt.getScene(@NonNull Session receiver)

Gets the Scene associated with this Session.

Accessing the scene in a destroyed activity can be dangerous.

The Scene is the primary interface for creating and managing spatial content. There is a single Scene instance for each Session.

See also
Scene