This is a list of major changes in SDL's version history.
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2.0.8:
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General:
* Added SDL_fmod() and SDL_log10()
* Each of the SDL math functions now has the corresponding float version
* Added SDL_SetYUVConversionMode() and SDL_GetYUVConversionMode() to control the formula used when converting to and from YUV colorspace. The options are JPEG, BT.601, and BT.709
Windows:
* Implemented WASAPI support on Windows UWP and removed the deprecated XAudio2 implementation
* Added resampling support on WASAPI on Windows 7 and above
Windows UWP:
* Added SDL_WinRTGetDeviceFamily() to find out what type of device your application is running on
Mac OS X:
* Added support for the Vulkan SDK for Mac:
https://www.lunarg.com/lunarg-releases-vulkan-sdk-1-0-69-0-for-mac/
* Added support for OpenGL ES using ANGLE when it's available
Mac OS X / iOS / tvOS:
* Added a Metal 2D render implementation
* Added SDL_RenderGetMetalLayer() and SDL_RenderGetMetalCommandEncoder() to insert your own drawing into SDL rendering when using the Metal implementation
iOS:
* Added the hint SDL_HINT_IOS_HIDE_HOME_INDICATOR to control whether the home indicator bar on iPhone X should be hidden. This defaults to dimming the indicator for fullscreen applications and showing the indicator for windowed applications.
iOS / Android:
* Added the hint SDL_HINT_RETURN_KEY_HIDES_IME to control whether the return key on the software keyboard should hide the keyboard or send a key event (the default)
Android:
* SDL now supports building with Android Studio and Gradle by default, and the old Ant project is available in android-project-ant
* SDL now requires the API 19 SDK to build, but can still target devices down to API 14 (Android 4.0.1)
* Added SDL_IsAndroidTV() to tell whether the application is running on Android TV
Android / tvOS:
* Added the hint SDL_HINT_TV_REMOTE_AS_JOYSTICK to control whether TV remotes should be listed as joystick devices (the default) or send keyboard events.
Linux:
* Added the hint SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_NET_WM_BYPASS_COMPOSITOR to control whether the X server should skip the compositor for the SDL application. This defaults to "1"
* Added the hint SDL_HINT_VIDEO_DOUBLE_BUFFER to control whether the Raspberry Pi and KMSDRM video drivers should use double or triple buffering (the default)
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2.0.7:
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General:
* Added audio stream conversion functions:
SDL_NewAudioStream
SDL_AudioStreamPut
SDL_AudioStreamGet
SDL_AudioStreamAvailable
SDL_AudioStreamFlush
SDL_AudioStreamClear
SDL_FreeAudioStream
* Added functions to query and set the SDL memory allocation functions:
SDL_GetMemoryFunctions()
SDL_SetMemoryFunctions()
SDL_GetNumAllocations()
* Added locking functions for multi-threaded access to the joystick and game controller APIs:
SDL_LockJoysticks()
SDL_UnlockJoysticks()
* The following functions are now thread-safe:
SDL_SetEventFilter()
SDL_GetEventFilter()
SDL_AddEventWatch()
SDL_DelEventWatch()
General:
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2.0.6:
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General:
* Added cross-platform Vulkan graphics support in SDL_vulkan.h
SDL_Vulkan_LoadLibrary()
SDL_Vulkan_GetVkGetInstanceProcAddr()
SDL_Vulkan_GetInstanceExtensions()
SDL_Vulkan_CreateSurface()
SDL_Vulkan_GetDrawableSize()
SDL_Vulkan_UnloadLibrary()
This is all the platform-specific code you need to bring up Vulkan on all SDL platforms. You can look at an example in test/testvulkan.c
* Added SDL_ComposeCustomBlendMode() to create custom blend modes for 2D rendering
* Added SDL_HasNEON() which returns whether the CPU has NEON instruction support
* Added support for many game controllers, including the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
* Added support for inverted axes and separate axis directions in game controller mappings
* Added functions to return information about a joystick before it's opened:
SDL_JoystickGetDeviceVendor()
SDL_JoystickGetDeviceProduct()
SDL_JoystickGetDeviceProductVersion()
SDL_JoystickGetDeviceType()
SDL_JoystickGetDeviceInstanceID()
* Added functions to return information about an open joystick:
SDL_JoystickGetVendor()
SDL_JoystickGetProduct()
SDL_JoystickGetProductVersion()
SDL_JoystickGetType()
SDL_JoystickGetAxisInitialState()
* Added functions to return information about an open game controller:
SDL_GameControllerGetVendor()
SDL_GameControllerGetProduct()
SDL_GameControllerGetProductVersion()
* Added SDL_GameControllerNumMappings() and SDL_GameControllerMappingForIndex() to be able to enumerate the built-in game controller mappings
* Added SDL_LoadFile() and SDL_LoadFile_RW() to load a file into memory
* Added SDL_DuplicateSurface() to make a copy of a surface
* Added an experimental JACK audio driver
* Implemented non-power-of-two audio resampling, optionally using libsamplerate to perform the resampling
* Added the hint SDL_HINT_AUDIO_RESAMPLING_MODE to control the quality of resampling
* Added the hint SDL_HINT_RENDER_LOGICAL_SIZE_MODE to control the scaling policy for SDL_RenderSetLogicalSize():
"0" or "letterbox" - Uses letterbox/sidebars to fit the entire rendering on screen (the default)
"1" or "overscan" - Will zoom the rendering so it fills the entire screen, allowing edges to be drawn offscreen
* Added the hints SDL_HINT_MOUSE_NORMAL_SPEED_SCALE and SDL_HINT_MOUSE_RELATIVE_SPEED_SCALE to scale the mouse speed when being read from raw mouse input
* Added the hint SDL_HINT_TOUCH_MOUSE_EVENTS to control whether SDL will synthesize mouse events from touch events
Windows:
* The new default audio driver on Windows is WASAPI and supports hot-plugging devices and changing the default audio device
* The old XAudio2 audio driver is deprecated and will be removed in the next release
* Added hints SDL_HINT_WINDOWS_INTRESOURCE_ICON and SDL_HINT_WINDOWS_INTRESOURCE_ICON_SMALL to specify a custom icon resource ID for SDL windows
* The hint SDL_HINT_WINDOWS_DISABLE_THREAD_NAMING is now on by default for compatibility with .NET languages and various Windows debuggers
* Updated the GUID format for game controller mappings, older mappings will be automatically converted on load
* Implemented the SDL_WINDOW_ALWAYS_ON_TOP flag on Windows
Linux:
* Added an experimental KMS/DRM video driver for embedded development
iOS:
* Added a hint SDL_HINT_AUDIO_CATEGORY to control the audio category, determining whether the phone mute switch affects the audio
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2.0.5:
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General:
* Implemented audio capture support for some platforms
* Added SDL_DequeueAudio() to retrieve audio when buffer queuing is turned on for audio capture
* Added events for dragging and dropping text
* Added events for dragging and dropping multiple items
* By default the click raising a window will not be delivered to the SDL application. You can set the hint SDL_HINT_MOUSE_FOCUS_CLICKTHROUGH to "1" to allow that click through to the window.
* Saving a surface with an alpha channel as a BMP will use a newer BMP format that supports alpha information. You can set the hint SDL_HINT_BMP_SAVE_LEGACY_FORMAT to "1" to use the old format.
* Added SDL_GetHintBoolean() to get the boolean value of a hint
* Added SDL_RenderSetIntegerScale() to set whether to smoothly scale or use integral multiples of the viewport size when scaling the rendering output
* Added SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceWithFormat() and SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceW