SDL_GetGPUDriver(3)

SDL_GetGPUDriver3

Get the name of a built in gpu driver.

Usage

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

const char * SDL_GetGPUDriver(int index);

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_gpu.h

Overview

The GPU drivers are presented in the order in which they are normally checked during initialization.

The names of drivers are all simple, low-ASCII identifiers, like "vulkan", "metal" or "direct3d12". These never have Unicode characters, and are not meant to be proper names.

Function parameters

index

the index of a GPU driver.

Return value

Returns the name of the GPU driver with the given index .

Availability

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

From libsdl3-doc 3.2.10+ds-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.