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App suggestion - Use android phone as gamepad

Another suggestion if that's ok?
I had remembered that with the IOS vers. of the SNES emulator, that you could use you're iPod touch or iPhone as the controller.
Anyone know of any way to do that with an android phone? ie: use my android phone as a bluetooth gamepad to play emulators with.
I have searched google the past few days and have only seen the Wiimote apk. While that does work, it just seems more convenient to have a phone that is already with you able to do it, that and it only has a limited number of buttons.
Anyone else share the interest? Thanks! =)

+1 to this
I would definitely be interested in this as well, using your phone as the remote would be killer and extremely convenient!

That would be pretty cool. I hope someone develops something.

Yeah it would.

one up for this!
does a project like this exist (even under development) ? i just googled for an hour but i could not find anything useful.
Something that maps wifi signals from my phone to key press on my pc would be great to use with emulators
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hehe... just after posting i found something
http://code.google.com/p/agamepad/
sadly its not under active development
oh and could somebody please move this thread to a more general android section? i just found it via google and then realized its in the xoom forums (where it does not belong imo)

This would be really cool.
Neat idea to contribute: Make it skinnable. So, you could maybe lay it out like the controller of whatever you're playing. (When using Nesoid, you could use an NES controller skin, when using Snesoid, you could use an SNES controller skin, etc.)

I'm more interested in using my phone as a bluetooth keyboard, but I suppose that could be part of it.

I have been looking for an app that will make my android phone into a remote control. I want to have my Xoom connected to my tv and use my phone to control the various media players that I use..

about android phone into gamepad/ keyboard
Hi, do have any news about this apps now? THANKS

try this
i use unified remote<full version> on a daily basis. it is my portable blue-tooth keyboard, media remote, mouse, etc... i even use it on my laptop. it comes with alot of preloaded remotes for various setups.i have never done it, but it does have a custom settings menu to make your own remote setup.. idk if this can control games, but as far as everything else, hellz yeah.

This is a great idea, skinnable would definitely be hot. Of course I got my PS3 controller working on my Xoom already....

I don't wanna root my device just to use my PS3 controller and I also dont have a OTG cable Im getting one in Nov though

well, i was looking for something like that as well. for weeks, but i found something great here at xda-developers its called "blueputdroid" https://market.android.com/details?id=berserker.android.apps.blueputdroid and its doing a great job even if the gamepad does not work this good .. but 4 example the psx4droid emulator made it possible to control via this app. its just need to be configured correctly.

oh thanks`, But "blueputdroid" is not suppot for my darky v10.2 Rom _ _!! and i also find some as similar as it " droidmote client" but it's support through WIFI only...

you can use DroidMote Server / Client in the android market.
look this video and search for other:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZWPAs3dxU

I'm not a great player and I am very tired after having developed a lot but this is a small example of the new features:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31SUPqaY00w

Hitorii said:
Another suggestion if that's ok?
I had remembered that with the IOS vers. of the SNES emulator, that you could use you're iPod touch or iPhone as the controller.
Anyone know of any way to do that with an android phone? ie: use my android phone as a bluetooth gamepad to play emulators with.
I have searched google the past few days and have only seen the Wiimote apk. While that does work, it just seems more convenient to have a phone that is already with you able to do it, that and it only has a limited number of buttons.
Anyone else share the interest? Thanks! =)
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Hi mate ...
Bt Controller does the job beautifully ... free in the market
'https://market.android.com/details?id=droidbean.btcontroller'

PS3 controller support

It appears as though there is an app out now to pair PS3 game controllers with Android devices via Bluetooth. Can someone download Sixaxis from the market and confirm functionality? According to the free device checker, our Xooms are compatible with this app.
Edit: Forgot to mention this requires root.
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B Dizzle said:
It appears as though there is an app out now to pair PS3 game controllers with Android devices via Bluetooth. Can someone download Sixaxis from the market and confirm functionality? According to the free device checker, our Xooms are compatible with this app.
Edit: Forgot to mention this requires root.
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I tried it and it works great with the Xoom. I highly recommend it for the gamers. The perfect solution for playing with emulators.

Ive downloaded and paired Via Bluetooth. The only Problem im having with it is that cant configure the controller (well you can configure it but not for certain games) to play other games other then Roms it would be better if lets say there was a way to configure NOVA 2 That would be an epic way to play it

Good app
Great solution to the PS3 controller pairing issue.
I've messed around with this app a fair amount today on my Atrix, and loaded it on my Xoom just to see if I could copy the apk and run it fine on another device. Xoom isn't rooted so I can't tell you how it works on that device. However I will say that the controller configuration is extensive for which button does what. It seems to have just about any of the buttons you could expect to input from a D1 and a Play along with quite a few more to boot.
Since you're essentially mapping system inputs in place of button presses, it also solves the issue of multiple controllers on one device. I had previously hooked up a USB hub to the Xoom via OTG cable and was disappointed to find that inputs from two PS3 controllers registered exactly the same. Instead of input1_down and input2_down .. it was simply seeing keypad_down from both controllers, which made multiplayer impossible unless someone was willing to use a keyboard. (Perhaps a wiimote would have sufficed, but I couldn't tell you. I know a USB 360 controller registered as exactly the same inputs as the PS3 controller did.)
Using this app one controller can be inputting keypad_down, etc.. and another can be configured to use aswd and a few others, and yet another somewhere else on a keyboard's letters and symbols (or camera, volume, etc. buttons). It elegantly solves the multiplayer issue, up to 4 controllers.
It's $1.62 when I nabbed it, absolutely worth the cost and finally a pressing reason to root.
As far as games compatible with it, they would have to accept up,down,left,right, etc.. natively. It appears you can use the exact commands available to the Play, so you should see more widespread support for controllers in future games, and you should pester the devs of current games that don't support it to get with the program and add support for the Play, since that will kill two birds with one stone.

Thanks guys! Guess I will have to pick up a PS3 controller today
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Does it Support PS 3 Controllers

does it support ps 3 controllers standerd or would i need to download a third party software

You need an app, like sixaxis controller from the play store.
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native support of a PS3 controller? not a chance in hell.
use this :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ixaxiscompatibilitychecker&feature=nav_result
then this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...elstudios.sixaxiscontroller&feature=nav_other

Or connect it via Wire using the OTG adapter

Fissurez said:
native support of a PS3 controller? not a chance in hell.
use this :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ixaxiscompatibilitychecker&feature=nav_result
then this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...elstudios.sixaxiscontroller&feature=nav_other
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What you mean not a chance in hell? Native game pad support was added way back in Honeycomb.
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the ps3 controller is not a "native game pad." it's not designed to work on everything, just the PS3.
hell, it's complicated enough getting it to work on a PC.

Fissurez said:
the ps3 controller is not a "native game pad." it's not designed to work on everything, just the PS3.
hell, it's complicated enough getting it to work on a PC.
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The point is, Android supports PS3 controllers and Xbox controllers, yes, game developers have to implement it, but there are alternative means if they don't.

Game developers don't write drivers for gamepads. They are either in the system itself (like Samsung provides for some models e.g. Galaxy S3) or can be added with Apps like Sixaxis. The games themselves only have to react to key events.

PlanetJumble said:
Game developers don't write drivers for gamepads. They are either in the system itself (like Samsung provides for some models e.g. Galaxy S3) or can be added with Apps like Sixaxis. The games themselves only have to react to key events.
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I think the point he meant is that it is up to game developers to add in alternative control options, I.e. an option to support the native game pad drivers in Android. Apps like six axis are only necessary because most game developers have yet to add in anything but on screen controls.
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Still waiting for my N10....but on my TF101 and TF700 I had native PS3 wired support post ICS. There are specific games that are optimized for this so that you can map out the buttons in game. Shadowgun and Dead Reckining are the first two that come to mind. Just search for android games with controller support, play store entries normally tell you if its supported or not....most EA games are not...

squshy 7 said:
it is up to game developers to add in alternative control options, I.e. an option to support the native game pad drivers in Android.
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That is what I meant with reacting to key events (gamepad signals are a subset of that).
Sixaxis does more than just mapping gamepad controlls to touch events (though that is indeed cool). It lets you remap all the buttons to whatever you want. That way you can use two controllers for e.g. MAME second player, where Android normaly does only know one controller (judging by names of key event keys, correct me if I am wrong). Also, it does allow using Sixaxis controllers via Bluetooth.

Trying to configure
Hey guys, I'm in the process of trying to connect the nexus 10 up to a sixaxis controller.
I've rooted my device and have downloaded the compatibility checker. When trying to run the compatibility checker, it is responding with: "Could not start driver. Check that your device is rooted and has been given permission to run".
I've double checked fastboot, and can see the open lock icon when booting so I'm pretty confident it's rooted. I've got super user installed but don't receive a prompt when running the app.
Has anyone else tried, or experienced similar? Is this just the response when your device is incompatible?
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Okay, well looks like I misunderstood slightly. It turns out that unlocking the bootloader does not grant root access.
Looks like I'll have to wait until someone managed to root it!
Whoops.

Bard's Tale works out of the box with the PS3 controller. USB-attached only right now, however. But it does work.
There's also another thread that has a kernel with HIDRAW support. That's most probably all what sixaxis needs in order to work (See more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34429135&postcount=72 )

Sixaxis controller doesn't work yet with 4.2. I've talked to the developer, he says he is re-writing the bluetooth drivers because Google introduced a new bt stack in 4.2. He says he hopes to release the update with support within a week.

specimen12 said:
Hey guys, I'm in the process of trying to connect the nexus 10 up to a sixaxis controller.
I've rooted my device and have downloaded the compatibility checker. When trying to run the compatibility checker, it is responding with: "Could not start driver. Check that your device is rooted and has been given permission to run".
I've double checked fastboot, and can see the open lock icon when booting so I'm pretty confident it's rooted. I've got super user installed but don't receive a prompt when running the app.
Has anyone else tried, or experienced similar? Is this just the response when your device is incompatible?
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Okay, well looks like I misunderstood slightly. It turns out that unlocking the bootloader does not grant root access.
Looks like I'll have to wait until someone managed to root it!
Whoops.
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yumcax said:
Sixaxis controller doesn't work yet with 4.2. I've talked to the developer, he says he is re-writing the bluetooth drivers because Google introduced a new bt stack in 4.2. He says he hopes to release the update with support within a week.
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cool thanks for the info!

yes it works
yes you can use a micro usb to female usb cable

Doubler9 said:
yes you can use a micro usb to female usb cable
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Do you mean OTG? There is a difference between that and micro -> standard. OTG cables short the 5th pin to ground.

sixaxis doesn't work on 4.2 (...yet). The bluetooth stack is screwed up. I've updated to 4.2.1 and sixaxis still doesn't work for me.
I used it a lot with my galaxy nexus with 4.1, but it too is now on 4.2. Argh.
So don't get a N10 with the intent to use it with a ps3 controller. Not until a fix is released. Using an xbox 360 controller with usb otg should work however (that may be true about the ps3 controller as well, since there is a keylayout for the ps3 controller in system/usr/keylayout/ but I couldn't get it working with my usb otg)

It Works now!

b1time said:
It Works now!
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yay

Enable XBox 360 Wireless Controller for GTA3/Vice City (Flashable Zip)

Here's a flashable zip that will enable you to use an XBox 360 Wireless Controller to play GTA3, Vice City, and any other games that support USB Controllers(hopefully). You will also need an OTG Cable and an XBox 360 Wireless Controller Receiver, like this one. I found a Chinese knockoff for $12 on Newegg that works just fine.
I found the original fix in this thread for the Nexus 7, and decided a flashable zip would be a lot nicer, so I went ahead and made one. It just adds the proper keychars and keylayout files.
Refer to the above thread for more details about how it works. I tested this on my Xoom running cm10, but hopefully it will work no matter what rom you're running.

Do we still need to manually map any buttons with other apps e.g. USB/BT joystick centre? I'm a bit unsure

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Do we still need to manually map any buttons with other apps e.g. USB/BT joystick centre? I'm a bit unsure
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Not sure, really. I mean the controller works in android generally, you can use it on the home screen to select icons and run them, without even needing to use the zip I provided. GTA3, Vice City, and Max Payne are the only games I've tested it with.

hey I'm on xylon w/ trinity kernel, got my OTG but doesn't work, even after flashing your zip.. any idea ? (don't have the "usb connecting" thing on the notif bar) ..

pooley:) said:
hey I'm on xylon w/ trinity kernel, got my OTG but doesn't work, even after flashing your zip.. any idea ? (don't have the "usb connecting" thing on the notif bar) ..
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This flashable zip is for the Xoom - isn't Xylon only for the Nexus 4? I wasn't able to find anything about Xylon for the Xoom. I'm pretty sure you need to use an updater-binary that's specifically made for a device, so maybe that's why you're having trouble? You should be able to get it working by manually adding the keymap files per the instructions on the Nexus 7 thread.

damn sorry I'm on a GN... Mouse works but controller not recognized, an dsince it's 4.2.1 android version it should work without doing anything... :'(

[MODULE] Xbox One S controller

Hello, I would like to share my module with you.
If you want to use Xbox One S controller, connected via Bluetooth, on your Android, you need one kl file in your system, so the buttons will be mapped correctly.
I created this module according an article on the How-To Geek page.
You can install the module via Magisk Manager or manually download the zip file from here:
https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/Xbox-One-S-controller-Magisk/releases
Module uses the v15 Magisk template.

Changelog:
v3.0:
Added support for Xbox One Controller (2017), thanks to anonymouseeeee
If v1.0 or v2.0 works fine for you, you don't need to update.​
v2.0:
Changed mapping for buttons Select and Guide, thanks to Psycake
If v1.0 works fine for you, you don't need to update.​
v1.0:
Initial release​

Haven't tried it yet but it's installed and looking forward to using it. Thanks for sharing this with us!

is this working on normal Xbox one controller too? or there's other module for that?

RKBD said:
is this working on normal Xbox one controller too?
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I have no idea. I only made a module according to a article, so there is no need to make changes in system. Try it and let us know.
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RKBD said:
is this working on normal Xbox one controller too? or there's other module for that?
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As far as I know, the "old" XBOX one controller doesn't have bluetooth builtin, so you could not connect that thing to your phone
The XBOX one S controller has both radio chips, bluetooth and the "old" proprietary one. That's what makes it compatible to your XBOX one.

hi
in xiaomi phones
how can i use wired gamepad ?

I tried this on my pixel 2 XL. It doesn't work in the game standoff 2. Do I have to do something special? I can navigate around the home screen of my phone and click into apps and stuff with the controller so I know it's connected correctly and reading or seeing the controller. It's not working in the game though. I want to use this for first person shooters.

V3 works great on the Essential phone. Thank you.