SYNOPSIS

  • #include <allegro5/allegro.h>
    
    ALLEGRO_BITMAP *al_load_bitmap(const char *filename)
    
    

DESCRIPTION

Loads an image file into an ALLEGRO_BITMAP(3alleg5). The file type is determined by the extension.

Returns NULL on error.

Note: the core Allegro library does not support any image file formats by default. You must use the allegro_image addon, or register your own format handler.

RELATED TO al_load_bitmap…

al_load_bitmap_f(3alleg5), al_register_bitmap_loader(3alleg5), al_set_new_bitmap_format(3alleg5), al_set_new_bitmap_flags(3alleg5), al_init_image_addon(3alleg5)