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SDL_GetGPUDriver(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_GetGPUDriver(3)

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

Defined in SDL3/SDL_gpu.h

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
const char * SDL_GetGPUDriver(int index);

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.

the index of a GPU driver.

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

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

(3), SDL_GetNumGPUDrivers(3)

SDL 3.2.10 Simple Directmedia Layer