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SDL_hid_set_nonblocking(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_hid_set_nonblocking(3)

SDL_hid_set_nonblocking - Set the device handle to be non-blocking.

Defined in SDL3/SDL_hidapi.h

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
int SDL_hid_set_nonblocking(SDL_hid_device *dev, int nonblock);

In non-blocking mode calls to SDL_hid_read () will return immediately with a value of 0 if there is no data to be read. In blocking mode, SDL_hid_read () will wait (block) until there is data to read before returning.

Nonblocking can be turned on and off at any time.

a device handle returned from SDL_hid_open ().
enable or not the nonblocking reads - 1 to enable nonblocking - 0 to disable nonblocking.

Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call

SDL_GetError () for more information.

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SDL 3.2.10 Simple Directmedia Layer