eglGetDisplay - EGL Reference Pages

## Name

eglGetDisplay — return an EGL display connection

## C Specification

`EGLDisplay eglGetDisplay(` | NativeDisplayType native_display`)`;

## Parameters

`native_display`

  Specifies the display to connect to. `EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY` indicates the default display.

## Description

`eglGetDisplay` obtains the EGL display connection for the native display `native_display`.

If `display_id` is `EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY`, a default display connection is returned.

If no display connection matching `native_display` is available, `EGL_NO_DISPLAY` is returned. No error is generated.

Use eglInitialize to initialize the display connection.

## See Also

eglInitialize

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