Joystick on Android...?

Monkey Targets Forums/Android/Joystick on Android...?

SLotman

(Posted 2014) [#1]

What I'm doing wrong? The code below does nothing for me:
I'm using Monkey 77f - targetSDK on manifest = 12, with BlueStacks Emulator and Xbox 360 joystick (which works on BlueStacks, I can even play Flappy Bird with it.)

Import mojo

#ANDROID_GAMEPAD_ENABLED = True

Class MyApp Extends App

	Method OnCreate()
		SetUpdateRate 15
	End
	
	Method OnUpdate()
	End
	
	Method OnRender()
		Cls
		DrawText "JoyX(0)            "+JoyX(0),0,0
		DrawText "JoyY(0)            "+JoyY(0),0,20
		DrawText "JoyZ(0)            "+JoyZ(0),0,40
		DrawText "JoyX(1)            "+JoyX(1),0,60
		DrawText "JoyY(1)            "+JoyY(1),0,80
		DrawText "JoyZ(1)            "+JoyZ(1),0,100
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_A)     "+JoyDown(JOY_A),0,120
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_B)     "+JoyDown(JOY_B),0,140
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_X)     "+JoyDown(JOY_X),0,160
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_Y)     "+JoyDown(JOY_Y),0,180
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_LB)    "+JoyDown(JOY_LB),0,200
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_RB)    "+JoyDown(JOY_RB),0,220
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_BACK)  "+JoyDown(JOY_BACK),0,240
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_START) "+JoyDown(JOY_START),0,260
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_LEFT)  "+JoyDown(JOY_LEFT),0,260
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_UP)    "+JoyDown(JOY_UP),0,280
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_RIGHT) "+JoyDown(JOY_RIGHT),0,300
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_DOWN)  "+JoyDown(JOY_DOWN),0,320
	End
	
End

Function Main()

	New MyApp
	
End

SLotman

(Posted 2014) [#2]

Moving parts of the code into OnUpdate, also made no difference:

Import mojo

#ANDROID_GAMEPAD_ENABLED = True

Class MyApp Extends App
	Field jx0:Float, jy0:Float, jz0:Float
	Field jx1:Float, jy1:Float, jz1:Float
	Field ba:Int, bb:Int, bx:Int, by:Int
	
	Method OnCreate()
		SetUpdateRate 15
	End
	
	Method OnUpdate()
		jx0 = JoyX(0)
		jy0 = JoyY(0)
		jz0 = JoyZ(0)
		
		jx1 = JoyX(1)
		jy1 = JoyY(1)
		jz1 = JoyZ(1)
		
		ba = JoyDown(JOY_A)
		bb = JoyDown(JOY_B)
		bx = JoyDown(JOY_X)
		by = JoyDown(JOY_Y)
	End
	
	Method OnRender()
		Cls
		DrawText "JoyX(0)            "+jx0,0,0
		DrawText "JoyY(0)            "+jy0,0,20
		DrawText "JoyZ(0)            "+jz0,0,40
		DrawText "JoyX(1)            "+jx1,0,60
		DrawText "JoyY(1)            "+jy1,0,80
		DrawText "JoyZ(1)            "+jz1,0,100
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_A)     "+ba,0,120
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_B)     "+bb,0,140
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_X)     "+bx,0,160
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_Y)     "+by,0,180
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_LB)    "+JoyDown(JOY_LB),0,200
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_RB)    "+JoyDown(JOY_RB),0,220
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_BACK)  "+JoyDown(JOY_BACK),0,240
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_START) "+JoyDown(JOY_START),0,260
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_LEFT)  "+JoyDown(JOY_LEFT),0,260
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_UP)    "+JoyDown(JOY_UP),0,280
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_RIGHT) "+JoyDown(JOY_RIGHT),0,300
		DrawText "JoyDown(JOY_DOWN)  "+JoyDown(JOY_DOWN),0,320
	End
	
End

Function Main()

	New MyApp
	
End

SLotman

(Posted 2015) [#3]

And after all this time, I'm still stuck - now trying on a real android device, with the XBOX360 controller connected and recognized by the system, and I can't read anything of it from Monkey :(

Even managed to make Monkey 0.80b to compile to the new target, and still - nothing.

Have anyone managed to get joysticks working under android?

SLotman

(Posted 2015) [#4]

Just found out that JoyX() and JoyY() are returning values...! but JoyDown(JOY_UP/_DOWN/_LEFT/_RIGHT), or any JoyHit (even for buttons!) returns nothing.

JoyDown(Button) does return correctly.

Sensei

(Posted 2015) [#5]

Slotman, I've just been playing with joystick support for my android game too.
I have numerous sticks and my findings thus far:

Ouya controller: Most buttons work but you'll need to remap some to match any other platforms.
Amazon Fire TV controller: All works perfectly.

Wired usb controllers:
Xbox 360/PS3(DS3 and sixaxis)
All buttons and mappings work perfectly.

Caveats:
1. No dpads work on any controller apart from the PS3 joypad. I suspect the code isn't yet implemented in Monkey-X? All joypad dpads work perfectly fine on the android desktop as such.
2. Wired USB controllers work as stated above, but they need to go via a powered USB device. Without it, they're dead as a doornail.

I use the standard JoyDown() commands for the above and obviously also JoyY() and JoyX() for analog inputs.

For an easy test, I compiled joytest.monkey to Android to do the above tests and then made notes of what buttons or values they return. I've only listed what actually works.

ouya:
up:joyY(0) < 0
down:joyY(0) > 0
left:joyX(0) < 0
right:joyX(0) > 0
left trigger: joyX(1) < 1
right trigger: joyY(1) < 1
joy_y (LB)
joy_a (O)
joy_x (A)
joy_b (U)
joy_LB: (left thumbstick press)
joy_RB: (right thumbstick press)
start: joy_start (dpad right)

firetv:
up:joyY(0) < 0
down:joyY(0) > 0
left:joyX(0) < 0
right:joyX(0) > 0
up:joyY(1) < 0
down:joyY(1) > 0
left:joyX(1) < 0
right:joyX(1) > 0
joy_a (A)
joy_b (B)
joy_x (X)
joy_y (Y)
joy_RB (RB)
joy_LB (LB)
start:joy_start (right button menu key)

xbox360/PS3:
up:joyY(0) < 0
down:joyY(0) > 0
left:joyX(0) < 0
right:joyX(0) > 0
up:joyY(1) < 0
down:joyY(1) > 0
left:joyX(1) < 0
right:joyX(1) > 0
joy_a (A)/(cross)
joy_b (B)/(circle)
joy_y (Y)/(triangle)
joy_x (X)/(square)
joy_RB (RB)/(R1)
joy_LB (LB)/(L1)
joyZ(0) (LT)/(L2)
joyZ(1) (RT)/(R2)
start:joy_start (start button)

Hope this helps.

Has anybody else managed to get dpads working on android?