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

SDL_GameControllerGetType

Get the type of this currently opened controller

Header File

Defined in SDL_gamecontroller.h

Syntax

SDL_GameControllerType SDL_GameControllerGetType(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller);

Function Parameters

gamecontroller the game controller object to query.

Return Value

Returns the controller type.

Remarks

This is the same name as returned by SDL_GameControllerTypeForIndex(), but it takes a controller identifier instead of the (unstable) device index.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.12.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryGameController