SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM(3)

✨ SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM ✨

okay bestie, so this one is literally the manual page for SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM — it's a hint from the SDL3 function crew, and it's the lil switch that decides whether the HIDAPI driver should show up for Bluetooth Steam Controllers. 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM"

like, that's the whole incantation. include the header, and the macro name is the string, no cap. 🌸

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so this variable is giving two whole moods and you just pick one:

• "0": the HIDAPI driver is not used. (this is the default, she's lowkey chill and does nothing 🍓)
• "1": the HIDAPI driver is used for Steam Controllers — and heads up, that needs Bluetooth access and it may prompt the user for permission on iOS and Android. 🙈

timing matters, bestie!! this hint should be set before initializing joysticks and gamepads. set it after and it's giving too late, periodt. 😭

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this hint has been around since SDL 3.2.0 — she's an icon, she's been serving since then 👑

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Simple Directmedia Layer · SDL 3.4.18 — mwah, that's the source and the version, go forth and slay your Steam Controller setup, ily 🫶💜🦋