SDL_AddGamepadMappingsFromFile(3)

Usage

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

int SDL_AddGamepadMappingsFromFile(const char *file);

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_gamepad.h

Overview

You can call this function several times, if needed, to load different database files.

If a new mapping is loaded for an already known gamepad GUID, the later version will overwrite the one currently loaded.

Any new mappings for already plugged in controllers will generate

SDL_EVENT_GAMEPAD_ADDED
events.

Mappings not belonging to the current platform or with no platform field specified will be ignored (i.e. mappings for Linux will be ignored in Windows, etc).

Function parameters

file: the mappings file to load.

Return value

Returns the number of mappings added or -1 on failure; call

SDL_GetError () for more information.

Thread safety

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

SDL_AddGamepadMapping(3) Add support for gamepads that SDL is unaware of or change the binding of an existing gamepad. SDL_AddGamepadMappingsFromIO(3) Load a set of gamepad mappings from an SDL_IOStream . SDL_GetGamepadMapping(3) Get the current mapping of a gamepad. SDL_GetGamepadMappingForGUID(3) Get the gamepad mapping string for a given GUID. SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG(3) A variable that lets you manually hint extra gamecontroller db entries. SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG_FILE(3) A variable that lets you provide a file with extra gamecontroller db entries. SDL_EVENT_GAMEPAD_ADDED(3)

Referred to by

SDL_AddGamepadMapping(3) Add support for gamepads that SDL is unaware of or change the binding of an existing gamepad. SDL_AddGamepadMappingsFromIO(3) Load a set of gamepad mappings from an SDL_IOStream .