NAME

SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer - Create a 2D software rendering context for a surface.

HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3/SDL_render.h

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_Renderer * SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer(SDL_Surface *surface);

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.

RETURN VALUE

( SDL_Renderer
*) Returns a valid rendering context or NULL if there was an error; call SDL_GetError () for more information.

THREAD SAFETY

This function should only be called on the main thread.

AVAILABILITY

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SEE ALSO

•(3), SDL_DestroyRenderer(3)