NAME¶

SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface - Create a texture from an existing surface.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_render.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_Texture * SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Surface *surface);

DESCRIPTION¶

The surface is not modified or freed by this function.

The SDL_TextureAccess
hint for the created texture is

SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC .

The pixel format of the created texture may be different from the pixel format of the surface, and can be queried using the

SDL_PROP_TEXTURE_FORMAT_NUMBER
property.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

renderer

the rendering context.

surface

the SDL_Surface
structure containing pixel data used to fill the texture.

RETURN VALUE¶

( SDL_Texture
*) Returns the created texture or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError () for more information.

THREAD SAFETY¶

You may only call this function from the main thread.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_CreateTexture(3), •(3), SDL_CreateTextureWithProperties(3), •(3), SDL_DestroyTexture(3)