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

SDL_IsGameController

Check if the given joystick is supported by the game controller interface.

Header File

Defined in SDL_gamecontroller.h

Syntax

SDL_bool SDL_IsGameController(int joystick_index);

Function Parameters

joystick_index the device_index of a device, up to SDL_NumJoysticks()

Return Value

Returns SDL_TRUE if the given joystick is supported by the game controller interface, SDL_FALSE if it isn't or it's an invalid index.

Remarks

joystick_index is the same as the device_index passed to SDL_JoystickOpen().

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryGameController