SDL_GetAndro...alStoragePath(3)

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version 3.4.18 · 9 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 SDL_GetAndroidInternalStoragePath 💖

okay bestie, so this one lives in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual — it's SDL_GetAndroidInternalStoragePath(3) and it's literally the glow-up your Android app's private little folder deserves. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_GetAndroidInternalStoragePath — get the path used for internal storage for this Android application. it's giving "your own room, door locks from the inside." 🚪🔒

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_system.h>

const char * SDL_GetAndroidInternalStoragePath(void);

no args, no drama, just vibes and a const char *. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this path? it's unique to your application — like, nobody else gets to have it. and the other apps on the device cannot write to it. not even a little. it's yours, periodt. 💅

your internal storage path is typically:

/data/data/your.app.package/files

and under the hood it's a C wrapper over android.content.Context.getFilesDir(), no cap:

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context#getFilesDir()

it's giving "thin lil bridge to the Java side" and honestly? iconic. 🌈

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

  • returns the path used for internal storage — yay! 🎉
  • or NULL on failure 😭 — and if that happens, you gotta call SDL_GetError() for more information. do not skip that step bestie, the error message is the whole plot twist.

👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, it's simply not there yet — we don't gatekeep, but the version does. 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read those too, they're the rest of the friend group. 🧚

🌟 friendly reminder: internal storage is internal. other apps can't write there. that's the whole point, and it's lowkey the best part.

and that's a wrap, bestie!! this page came to you courtesy of Simple Directmedia Layer, running SDL 3.4.18 — mwah, tysm for reading, slay, go build something cute 💖🎀🦋

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