SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SWITCH2(3)

✨ SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SWITCH2 ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the SDL3 function manual, and it's all about one lil hint variable with a big name: SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SWITCH2 💖

It's the switch that decides whether the HIDAPI driver for Nintendo Switch 2 controllers should be used. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. 🎮✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SWITCH2 "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_SWITCH2"

like yes, the macro name and the string are literally identical, she's consistent, we love that for her 💅

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So this variable can be set to the following values, and there are exactly two of them, no more no less:

• "0" — HIDAPI driver is not used. nope. not happening. 🙈
• "1" — HIDAPI driver is used. slay. 👑

The default? It's the value of SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI — so if you never touched this one, she just copies whatever her big sibling hint says. inherited behavior, iconic honestly. 🫶

⚠️ important bestie: this hint should be set before initializing joysticks and gamepads. set it after and, well, it's giving too late. 😭

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This hint has been available since SDL 3.4.0. so if you're on anything older, no she's not there, sorry. 💀

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and that's the whole page, fr fr 🦋

Simple Directmedia Layer brought you this one, sitting pretty at SDL 3.4.18 — mwah, take care of your Switch 2 controllers, and remember: hints first, init after. periodt. 💜🌸