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

SDL_GetPlatform

Get the name of the platform.

Header File

Defined in SDL_platform.h

Syntax

const char * SDL_GetPlatform (void);

Return Value

Returns the name of the platform. If the correct platform name is not available, returns a string beginning with the text "Unknown".

Remarks

Here are the names returned for some (but not all) supported platforms:

• "Windows"
• "Mac OS X"
• "Linux"
• "iOS"
• "Android"

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryPlatform