error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartup, but this time it's NOT a Windows/Console problem!

Question

So, the infamous error is back. The project is complaining that it can\'t find the main() method (that\'s what the error means, right).

However I do have a main, and

Answer 1

The default solution from SDL documentation:

tl;dr:

#define SDL_MAIN_HANDLED
#include "SDL.h"

full example:

Use this function to circumvent failure of SDL_Init() when not using SDL_main() as an entry point.

#define SDL_MAIN_HANDLED
#include "SDL.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    SDL_SetMainReady();
    SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);

    ...

    SDL_Quit();

    return 0;
}

Source: https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_SetMainReady