SDL_HasJoystick(3)

💖 SDL_HasJoystick(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, where we answer the question every gamer girl has asked at least once: is literally anything plugged in rn?? 🎮✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_HasJoystick — tells you whether a joystick is currently connected. that's it. that's the whole job. queen of minding her own business 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_joystick.h>

bool SDL_HasJoystick(void);

no args, no drama, just vibes 🫶

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🦋 RETURN VALUE 🦋

• true — yasss, a joystick is connected 🎉
• false — nope, nothing's there, it's giving empty USB port 😭

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

ngl this one is iconic — it is safe to call this function from any thread. go wild, no cap. 🔥

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older, bestie... it's not gonna be there 🙈

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• SDL_GetJoysticks(3) — for when you need the whole list and not just a yes/no 🌈

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okay that's the page!! 💖 this was Simple Directmedia Layer, rocking SDL 3.4.18, and yes the date/title tag at the bottom still says SDL_HasJoystick(3) because tradition is tradition 🎀 slay, bye, go plug something in ✨👑