(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer

Create a window and default renderer.

Header File

Defined in SDL_render.h

Syntax

int SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer(
        int width, int height, Uint32 window_flags,
        SDL_Window **window, SDL_Renderer **renderer);

Function Parameters

width the width of the window
height the height of the window
window_flags the flags used to create the window (see SDL_CreateWindow())
window a pointer filled with the window, or NULL on error
renderer a pointer filled with the renderer, or NULL on error

Return Value

Returns 0 on success, or -1 on error; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryRender