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

SDL_JoystickName

Get the implementation dependent name of a joystick.

Header File

Defined in SDL_joystick.h

Syntax

const char* SDL_JoystickName(SDL_Joystick *joystick);

Function Parameters

joystick the SDL_Joystick obtained from SDL_JoystickOpen()

Return Value

Returns the name of the selected joystick. If no name can be found, this function returns NULL; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryJoystick