“winapifamily.h: No such file or directory” when compiling SDL in Code::Blocks

Question

I am following along with the SDL2.0 tutorials by LazyFoo, using Code::Blocks 13.12. I have had no trouble getting SDL2 linked and running in VS2010 but have changed IDE and

Answer 1

UPDATE: SDL 2.0.4 is now out, includes a fix for this bug, and is available for download at http://libsdl.org/download-2.0.php

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This is a bug in SDL 2.0.3. A fix has been committed for SDL's next release. In the meantime, here's a link to the fixed copy of SDL_platform.h:

https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/raw-file/e217ed463f25/include/SDL_platform.h

If you drop the file into SDL 2.0.3's include\SDL2\ directory, overwriting the original, your app(s) should compile ok.