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

# CARemoteLayerServer

A legacy class for cross-process rendering.

## Declaration

```swift
class CARemoteLayerServer
```

## Overview

Overview CARemoteLaterServer 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 Server

- [serverPort](quartzcore/caremotelayerserver/serverport.md)

### Getting a Server Instance

- [shared()](quartzcore/caremotelayerserver/shared().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

- [CARemoteLayerClient](quartzcore/caremotelayerclient.md)