(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_GetGamepadInstanceID

Get the instance ID of an opened gamepad.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_gamepad.h>

Syntax

SDL_JoystickID SDL_GetGamepadInstanceID(SDL_Gamepad *gamepad);

Function Parameters

gamepad a gamepad identifier previously returned by SDL_OpenGamepad()

Return Value

Returns the instance ID of the specified gamepad on success or 0 on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryGamepad