SDL_GetGamepadNameForID(3)

💖 NAME 💖

SDL_GetGamepadNameForID — bestie, this one grabs you the implementation dependent name of a gamepad. That's it, that's the whole job. Iconic behavior, honestly.

Oh and psst — this is a page from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual, so you know it's the real deal. ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_gamepad.h>

const char * SDL_GetGamepadNameForID(SDL_JoystickID instance_id);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The way this function just… works before you've opened literally any gamepads?? No setup era required, no opening, no nothing. You can just call it. Lowkey the most low-maintenance function in the whole header. 👑

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🌸 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🌸

• instance_id — the joystick instance ID. That's the little number that says which one we're talking about, bestie. 🍓

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✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

It hands you back the name of the gamepad you picked. Slay.

But if there's no name to be found? You get NULL. 😭 And not in a cute way. When that happens, go call SDL_GetError() for more information — it's literally right there waiting to tell you what went wrong. 🫶

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💅 THREAD SAFETY 💅

Call it from any thread. Any. Thread. Periodt. No notes, no drama, she's thread-safe. 🧚

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

Available since SDL 3.2.0, so if you're on anything older, that's a you problem, bestie. 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• SDL_GetGamepadName(3)
• SDL_GetGamepads(3)

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Go read those two, they're giving the same energy. iykyk 🌈

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And that's the whole vibe check! 💜 Brought to you by Simple Directmedia Layer, from SDL 3.4.18 — mwah, take care of yourself, bestie, and go name some gamepads. 🎀✨💅