SDL3/SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer

int SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer(int width, int height, SDL_WindowFlags window_flags, SDL_Window **window, SDL_Renderer **renderer);

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Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

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#include <SDL3/SDL.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    SDL_Window *window;
    SDL_Renderer *renderer;
    SDL_Surface *surface;
    SDL_Texture *texture;
    SDL_Event event;

    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
        SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION, "Couldn't initialize SDL: %s", SDL_GetError());
        return 3;
    }

    if (SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer(320, 240, SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE, &window, &renderer)) {
        SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION, "Couldn't create window and renderer: %s", SDL_GetError());
        return 3;
    }

    surface = SDL_LoadBMP("sample.bmp");
    if (!surface) {
        SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION, "Couldn't create surface from image: %s", SDL_GetError());
        return 3;
    }
    texture = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(renderer, surface);
    if (!texture) {
        SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION, "Couldn't create texture from surface: %s", SDL_GetError());
        return 3;
    }
    SDL_DestroySurface(surface);

    while (1) {
        SDL_PollEvent(&event);
        if (event.type == SDL_EVENT_QUIT) {
            break;
        }
        SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00);
        SDL_RenderClear(renderer);
        SDL_RenderTexture(renderer, texture, NULL, NULL);
        SDL_RenderPresent(renderer);
    }

    SDL_DestroyTexture(texture);
    SDL_DestroyRenderer(renderer);
    SDL_DestroyWindow(window);

    SDL_Quit();

    return 0;
}

width	the width of the window
height	the height of the window
window_flags	the flags used to create the window (see SDL_CreateWindow())
window	a pointer filled with the window, or NULL on error
renderer	a pointer filled with the renderer, or NULL on error

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

SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer

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