IMG_LoadPNG_IO(3)

🦋 IMG_LoadPNG_IO(3) 🦋

okay so this is your girl from the SDL_image3 FUNCTIONS manual, and today we're loading a PNG directly. no detective work, no format-sniffing, just vibes and bytes. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

IMG_LoadPNG_IO — load a PNG image directly.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3_image/SDL_image.h>

SDL_Surface * IMG_LoadPNG_IO(SDL_IOStream *src);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

If you know — like, know know — that you definitely have a PNG image, you can call this function. It will skip SDL_image's file format detection routines. iconic shortcut behavior, fr fr.

Generally it's better to use the abstract interfaces. Also, there is only an SDL_IOStream interface available here. that's the whole tea. 🫖

🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• src — an SDL_IOStream to load image data from. that's the source stream, bestie.

🫶 RETURN VALUE 🫶

Returns an SDL_Surface, or NULL on error. that's it, that's the return value. 😭

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This function is available since SDL_image 3.0.0. periodt. 💜

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go peek at the other direct-load girlies:

IMG_LoadAVIF_IO(3), IMG_LoadBMP_IO(3), IMG_LoadCUR_IO(3), IMG_LoadGIF_IO(3), IMG_LoadICO_IO(3), IMG_LoadJPG_IO(3), IMG_LoadJXL_IO(3), IMG_LoadLBM_IO(3), IMG_LoadPCX_IO(3), IMG_LoadPNM_IO(3), IMG_LoadQOI_IO(3), IMG_LoadSVG_IO(3), IMG_LoadTGA_IO(3), IMG_LoadTIF_IO(3), IMG_LoadWEBP_IO(3), IMG_LoadXCF_IO(3), IMG_LoadXPM_IO(3), IMG_LoadXV_IO(3)

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