SDL_MetalView(3type)

💖 SDL_MetalView 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the SDL3 DATATYPES corner of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_MetalView ✨ she's a type, she's a handle, she's lowkey the plug between SDL and Apple's Metal vibes 🍓

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_MetalView — a handle to a CAMetalLayer-backed NSView (macOS) or UIView (iOS/tvOS) 🦋

like, that's it, that's the whole girl. a pointer with a purpose 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_metal.h>

typedef void *SDL_MetalView;

no cap, that's the entire declaration. void * but make it fashion 👑

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🎀 AVAILABILITY 🎀

this datatype has been serving looks since SDL 3.2.0 — so if you're on anything older, bestie, it's giving "not found" 😭

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and that's the vibe check, fr fr. this page came to you courtesy of Simple Directmedia Layer, living its SDL 3.4.18 era, and it's filed under the manual name SDL_MetalView(3type) 🫶 go forth and render, icon 💖✨🌈