NAME¶

SDL_GetGPUDriver - Get the name of a built in GPU driver.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_gpu.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

const char * SDL_GetGPUDriver(int index);

DESCRIPTION¶

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 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_GetNumGPUDrivers(3)