NAME¶

SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface - Create a texture from an existing surface.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_Texture* SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Surface *surface);

DESCRIPTION¶

The surface is not modified or freed by this function.

The SDL_TextureAccess
hint for the created texture is

SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC .

The pixel format of the created texture may be different from the pixel format of the surface. Use SDL_QueryTexture () to query the pixel format of the texture.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

renderer

the rendering context

surface

the SDL_Surface
structure containing pixel data used to fill the texture

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns the created texture or NULL on failure; call

SDL_GetError () for more information.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

SEE ALSO¶

SDL_CreateTexture(3), SDL_CreateTextureWithProperties(3), SDL_DestroyTexture(3), SDL_QueryTexture(3)