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

SDL_HINT_TV_REMOTE_AS_JOYSTICK

A variable controlling whether the Android / tvOS remotes should be listed as joystick devices, instead of sending keyboard events.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_TV_REMOTE_AS_JOYSTICK "SDL_TV_REMOTE_AS_JOYSTICK"

Remarks

The variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": Remotes send enter/escape/arrow key events.
• "1": Remotes are available as 2 axis, 2 button joysticks. (default)

This hint should be set before SDL is initialized.

Version

This hint is available since SDL 3.0.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIMacro, CategoryHints