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

SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS

A variable controlling which orientations are allowed on iOS/Android.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS "SDL_ORIENTATIONS"

Remarks

In some circumstances it is necessary to be able to explicitly control which UI orientations are allowed.

This variable is a space delimited list of the following values:

• "LandscapeLeft"
• "LandscapeRight"
• "Portrait"
• "PortraitUpsideDown"

This hint should be set before SDL is initialized.

Version

This hint is available since SDL 3.0.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIMacro, CategoryHints