---
title: CARemoteLayerClient
framework: Core Animation
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
platforms: [Mac Catalyst 13.1+, macOS 10.7+]
path: quartzcore/caremotelayerclient
---

# CARemoteLayerClient

A legacy class for cross-process rendering.

## Declaration

```swift
class CARemoteLayerClient
```

## Overview

Overview CARemoteLaterClient is a legacy class for cross-process rendering. IOSurfaceCreateMachPort(_:) and IOSurfaceCreateXPCObject(_:), available with IOSurface, offer an improved way to perform cross-process rendering.

## Topics

### Creating a Client

- [init(serverPort:)](quartzcore/caremotelayerclient/init(serverport:).md)

### Retrieving Client Properties

- [clientId](quartzcore/caremotelayerclient/clientid.md)
- [layer](quartzcore/caremotelayerclient/layer.md)

### Invalidating a Client

- [invalidate()](quartzcore/caremotelayerclient/invalidate().md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Remote Display of Layer Content

- [CARemoteLayerServer](quartzcore/caremotelayerserver.md)