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

SDL_GetPlatform

Get the name of the platform.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/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"
• "macOS"
• "Linux"
• "iOS"
• "Android"

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryPlatform