What are “external floating tiles”?

[mmprod]

I’ve seen “external floating tile” pop up on the forum a couple times but I can’t find any docs on it. What is it and how can I implement it?

For example: https://forum.hise.audio/topic/2946/how-to-bundle-images-for-use-with-external-floating-tile-tutorial

[ustk]

@mmprod They are made for giving access to ready made complex components like a preset browser so you don't necessarily have to create your own one from scratch, and also a keyboard, filter curve and many more:
https://docs.hise.audio/ui-components/floating-tiles/plugin/index.html

[d.healey]

@ustk That's a standard floating tile.

The external floating tile is one method of bringing C++ into your HISE project.

https://docs.hise.dev/cpp_api/index.html#introduction

Here's the example project - https://github.com/christophhart/hise_tutorial/tree/master/ExternalFloatingTileTest

[mmprod]

@d-healey aha, that’s what I needed- thanks!

[ustk]

@d-healey @mmprod Oh yes of course! Wasn't even close...