SDL_misc.h
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/*
Simple DirectMedia Layer
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*/
/**
* # CategoryMisc
*
* Include file for SDL API functions that don't fit elsewhere.
*/
#ifndef SDL_misc_h_
#define SDL_misc_h_
#include "SDL_stdinc.h"
#include "begin_code.h"
/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* Open a URL/URI in the browser or other appropriate external application.
*
* Open a URL in a separate, system-provided application. How this works will
* vary wildly depending on the platform. This will likely launch what makes
* sense to handle a specific URL's protocol (a web browser for `http://`,
* etc), but it might also be able to launch file managers for directories and
* other things.
*
* What happens when you open a URL varies wildly as well: your game window
* may lose focus (and may or may not lose focus if your game was fullscreen
* or grabbing input at the time). On mobile devices, your app will likely
* move to the background or your process might be paused. Any given platform
* may or may not handle a given URL.
*
* If this is unimplemented (or simply unavailable) for a platform, this will
* fail with an error. A successful result does not mean the URL loaded, just
* that we launched _something_ to handle it (or at least believe we did).
*
* All this to say: this function can be useful, but you should definitely
* test it on every platform you target.
*
* \param url A valid URL/URI to open. Use `file:///full/path/to/file` for
* local files, if supported.
* \returns 0 on success, or -1 on error; call SDL_GetError() for more
* information.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.14.
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_OpenURL(const char *url);
/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#include "close_code.h"
#endif /* SDL_misc_h_ */
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SDL_OpenURL
int SDL_OpenURL(const char *url)
SDL_stdinc.h
begin_code.h
close_code.h