Is IMG_Load supported by SDL 2.28 or has it been removed?

SDL Development
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Hi All,

I am trying to load PNG with IMG_Load but I cannot find the function and the file SDL_images.h does not exist

Am I doing something bad or the function has been replaced with something new?

Thank,
Stefano

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SDL_image is a separate library.

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If you need help getting SDL_image installed, check out the lazyfoo tutorial → Lazy Foo' Productions - Extension Libraries and Loading Other Image Formats

After you get SDL_image installed and linked properly in your project, make sure to call IMG_Init(IMG_INIT_PNG | IMG_INIT_JPG);

To save some typing, if you are using SDL_Texture and the SDL_Renderer, check out
SDL_Texture * myTexture = IMG_LoadTexture(myRenderer, "pathToImage.png");

When you are done with it don’t forget to call the following to avoid memory leaks:

SDL_DestroyTexture(myTexture);
myTexture = NULL;

On exiting, call
IMG_Quit();

Actually, the lazyfoo tutorials will talk you through most of that in a more detailed and functional manner.

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Note that the header file name is SDL_image.h without an s.

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Thank you to all of you! The support is amazing! It seems that the tutorial that I am following do not mention SDL2_image as external libraries (or I missed the steps)…

I have downlaoded SDL2-devel-2.28.4-mingw.zip , updated the CMakeLists.txt manually from CLion, updated the code as suggested by @anon914446 added the dll to the build directory and it works!!!

Thank you!