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 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
Hi
I know that remote play support is coming for the ps4 but is it possible to connect a ps3 controller to the z3 compact and furthermore, can you use it on other applications such as GTA3? Also can you use a ps4 controller on other games as well?
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I know that remote play support is coming for the ps4 but is it possible to connect a ps3 controller to the z3 compact and furthermore, can you use it on other applications such as GTA3? Also can you use a ps4 controller on other games as well?
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Look in your xperia connectivity settings.. It gives option for dualshock 3
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its working only when is connected with cable but when i try to connect wireless its not working
so why its not working wireless?ahd some games not working(wild blood)
So, recently i bought a ipega pg 9078 gamepad just to play call of duty mobile. The reason i bought it because it was cheap ($20) and i didn't want to invest much for Android gaming. But after i brought it home it didn't connect with codm as codm only supports ps4 and Xbox one controller.
Then, I told the developers of codm to add a wide range of controller support in the future update of the game on their official forum , but they told me to stick up with the native touch controls.
The reason i want a gamepad to play codm because it brings the game to a whole new level.
Plus, i can use upto 8 fingers to play , which is pretty sick.
So, my question is ,
1. is it possible to make a Xbox one/ps4 controller emulator on android, which will emulate the input of any Bluetooth gamepad and make the android device think its a ps4/ Xbox one controllers input?
2. Can any humble developers in this forum make such magisk module/ app / xposed module?
If you can, it will be much appreciated.
There is a Xbox 360 controller emulator called x360ce but it is only available for pc.
P.S. I tried Octopus Gamepad and Panda Gamepad pro but it really sucks (the aiming is really bad)
1Controller
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-1controller-1-module-to-support-t3865889