Release v1.9.11 · google/filament

Engine

materials: Added sheenColor and sheenRoughness properties to materials to create cloth/fabric.
materials: Materials generation using libfilamat is now multi-threaded.
materials: Modulate emissive by alpha on blended objects.
API: MaterialBuilder::build() now expects a reference to a JobSystem to multi-thread shaders
generation. A JobSystem can be obtained with Engine::getJobSystem() when using Filament,
or created directly otherwise. (⚠️ API change)
engine: Fix, punctual lights get clipped at certain angles.
engine: Fix memory leak when calling View::setViewport frequently.
engine: Fix, materials not working on some Qualcomm devices.
engine: Fix, RenderTarget cleared multiple times.
Java: Fix JNI bindings for color grading.
Android: reduced binary size.

Added support for Apple silicon Macs. build.sh can now be used to build on either Apple silicon or
Intel-based Macs. Pass the -l flag to build universal binaries.
Metal: honor inverseFrontFaces in RasterState.
Metal: Fix crash when switching between views with shadowing enabled.
Metal: Fix crash when calling Texture::setImage() on SAMPLER_2D_ARRAY texture.
WebGL: Fix samples erroring on Windows with Chrome.
WebGL: Support highlight for setBloomOptions in JavaScript.
WebGL: Include TypeScript bindings in releases.

gltfio: added support for KHR_materials_sheen.
gltfio: shader optimizations are now disabled by default, unless opting in or using ubershaders.
gltfio: Fix _maskThreshold not found error.
gltfio on Java: fix potential memory leak in AssetLoader.destroy().
gltfio: fix crash during async texture decode.
gltfio: support animation in dynamically-added instances.
gltfio: Improve robustness when decoding textures.
gltfio: Fix animator crash for orphaned nodes.
gltfio: fix tangents with morphing.
gltf_viewer: fix very sporadic crash when exiting.
gltf_viewer: fix crash when rapidly switching between glTF models.
sampels: Add planar reflection RenderTarget demo.

New sheen and sheenRoughness material properties: