SDL_GetNumVideoDrivers(3)

💖 SDL_GetNumVideoDrivers(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, where we answer the question nobody asked but everybody needed: how many video drivers did SDL actually get compiled with? 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GetNumVideoDrivers — get the number of video drivers compiled into SDL, fr fr 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_video.h>

int SDL_GetNumVideoDrivers(void);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like. SDL has video drivers. not one, not two, a whole stack of them, all baked in at compile time. this function is the vibe check that tells you how many of them exist 👑

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💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

returns the number of built in video drivers. that's it. that's the whole tea. ☕✨

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🔒 THREAD SAFETY 🔒

bestie. listen. this function should only be called on the main thread. no side quests, no background thread shenanigans, main thread only. periodt. 💀

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🫶 AVAILABILITY 🫶

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0. if you're on anything older, sorry babe, it's not giving 😭

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• SDL_GetVideoDriver(3) — the sister function, she's iconic too 💖

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Simple Directmedia Layer 🦋 SDL 3.4.18 🎀 and yeah that's the whole page, mwah 💋 go call SDL_GetVideoDriver(3) next, iykyk ✨🌈💅