https://github.com/cztomczak/cefcapi

An example on how to use C API in Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)
https://github.com/cztomczak/cefcapi

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An example on how to use C API in Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cztomczak/cefcapi
• Owner: cztomczak
• License: other
• Created: 2014-02-11T05:41:50.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-25T15:16:41.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-11-07T15:21:13.089Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: C
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• Size: 627 KB
• Stars: 165
• Watchers: 16
• Forks: 50
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: License

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# CEF C API (cefcapi)

A simple example on how to use the C API in [Chromium Embedded

Framework](https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef) created by

[Czarek Tomczak](https://www.linkedin.com/in/czarektomczak/).

Example creates a window, embeds a browser inside that window

and loads Google website. Shows how to implement dummy reference

counting and CEF structures with callbacks to implement CEF handlers

like `cef_app_t`, `cef_client_t` and `cef_life_span_handler_t`.

To understand and implement real reference counting see the

[UsingTheCAPI](https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/wiki/UsingTheCAPI.md)

wiki page in upstream CEF project.

Table of contents:

* [Examples](#examples)

* [Compatibility](#compatibility)

* [Getting started](#getting-started)

* [Support development](#support-development)

* [Updating CEF version](#updating-cef-version)

## Examples

- Windows: see [main_win.c](examples/main_win.c)

- Linux: see [main_linux.c](examples/main_linux.c)

- Mac: not available yet ([Issue #15](../../issues/15))

## Compatibility

Tested configurations:

- Windows:

    - Binary: `cef_binary_3.3202.1692.g18a939d_windows32.tar.bz2`

    - Compilers: mingw-gcc 5.3.0 and TDM-gcc 5.1.0 on Windows 7 64-bit

- Linux:

    - Binary: `cef_binary_3.3202.1692.g18a939d_linux64.tar.bz2`

    - Compiler: Linux: gcc 4.8.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit

    - Compiler: gcc 6.3.0 on Debian 9.2 (stretch) 64-bit

## Getting started

1. Download "Standard Distribution" binaries from Spotify

   Automated Builds for the supported CEF version mentioned

   in the Compatibility section above:

   http://opensource.spotify.com/cefbuilds/index.html

2. Create cefcapi/Release/ directory

3. Copy cef_binary*/Release/* to cefcapi/Release/

4. Copy cef_binary*/Resources/* to cefcapi/Release/

5. On Linux run "make gtk2" (GTK+ 2 example) or "make gtk3" (GTK+ 3 example) in the root directory.

   Note that you may need to build CEF with "use_gtk3=true" to link it with GTK+ 3.

6. On Windows run the "build.bat" script in the root directory

## Support development

If you would like to support general CEF C API development efforts

by making a donation please click the Paypal Donate button:









## Updating CEF version

If you download a CEF version newer than `3.3202.1692` then

apart from copying binaries to cefcapi/Release/ directory

you will also have to update the include/ directory with CEF

header files.

In the include/ directory you can find two files: "cef_version_win.h"

and "cef_version_linux.h" - these header files were copied

from CEF binary distributions for appropriate platforms and

their original file names were "cef_version.h".