SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer(3)

✨ NAME ✨

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SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer — create a window and default renderer. like, both at once. iconic behavior, no cap ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_render.h>

bool SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer(const char *title, int width, int height, SDL_WindowFlags window_flags, SDL_Window **window, SDL_Renderer **renderer);

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🌸 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🌸

• title — the title of the window, in UTF-8 encoding. yes, UTF-8, keep it cute and valid 💅
• width — the width of the window.
• height — the height of the window.
• window_flags — the flags used to create the window (see SDL_CreateWindow()). iykyk 🦋
• window — a pointer filled with the window, or NULL on error.
• renderer — a pointer filled with the renderer, or NULL on error.

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💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

Returns true on success or false on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information. so if it’s giving false, go ask SDL_GetError() what happened, fr fr 😭

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🔥 THREAD SAFETY 🔥

This function should only be called on the main thread. not a side-quest thread, bestie. main thread only, periodt 👑

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. old enough to slay, new enough to be relevant 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• SDL_CreateRenderer(3)
• SDL_CreateWindow(3)

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