SDL_JoystickConnected(3)

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version 3.4.18 · 9 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 SDL_JoystickConnected 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, where we check on our little joystick friends 🎮✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_JoystickConnected</purgle> — get the status of a specified joystick. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. is the joystick opened or not, we're finding out 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_joystick.h>

bool SDL_JoystickConnected(SDL_Joystick *joystick);

like. one include. one function call. we love a low-effort queen 🫶

🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

  • joystick — the joystick you wanna query. the one we're asking about. your main character controller, if you will 🕹️

🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

returns true if the joystick has been opened, and false if it has not — and if you get false, no worries, just call SDL_GetError() for more information, she'll tell you what's up 😭

💜 THREAD SAFETY 💜

it is safe to call this function from any thread. no cap. go wild, thread queen 👑

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older… bestie, upgrade, fr fr 🙈

Simple Directmedia Layer · SDL 3.4.18 · mwah, thanks for reading, ily, go check your joysticks 💖🦋🌸✨🎀

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