SDL_RELEASEWINDOWFROMGPUDEVICE(3)

💅 SDL_ReleaseWindowFromGPUDevice(3)

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 function pages, this one's from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual and it's all about letting a window go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_ReleaseWindowFromGPUDevice — unclaims a window, destroying its swapchain structure. yes, literally that. it's the breakup function 💔

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>

void SDL_ReleaseWindowFromGPUDevice(
    SDL_GPUDevice *device,
    SDL_Window *window);

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🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• device — a GPU context. that's your GPU main character, the whole vibe provider 🔥
• window — an SDL_Window that has been claimed. like, it was already claimed earlier, and now we're un-claiming it. no cap.

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, it's giving "not found" energy, sorry bestie 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• SDL_ClaimWindowForGPUDevice(3) — the other half of this situationship, go read it too 💖

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lowkey important: this is the undo button for SDL_ClaimWindowForGPUDevice. it unclaims the window and destroys its swapchain structure, so don't come for it later expecting the swapchain to still be there 👑

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💅

Simple Directmedia Layer · SDL 3.4.18 · SDL_ReleaseWi...FromGPUDevice(3) — mwah, love u, go unclaim responsibly 🎀✨