SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer - Create a 2D software rendering context for a surface.
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Availability
This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.
Description
Two other API which can be used to create SDL_Renderer :
SDL_CreateRenderer () and
SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer (). These can _also_ create a software renderer, but they are intended to be
used with an
SDL_Window
as the final destination and not an
SDL_Surface .
Function Parameters
surface
the SDL_Surface
structure representing the surface where rendering is done.
Header File
Defined in SDL3/SDL_render.h
Name
SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer - Create a 2D software rendering context for a surface.
Return Value
( SDL_Renderer
*) Returns a valid rendering context or NULL if there was an error; call SDL_GetError () for more
information.
See Also
•(3), SDL_DestroyRenderer(3) Simple Directmedia Layer SDL 3.2.10 SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer(3)
Synopsis
#include"SDL3/SDL.h"SDL_Renderer*SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer(SDL_Surface*surface);
Thread Safety
This function should only be called on the main thread.
