Platform Notes

Table of Contents

• Device Support Matrix
• Android NDK
• Linux
• Mac OS X
• Windows

Device Support Matrix

Platform \ Device	Built-In	Keyboard	Mouse	Pad	Touch
Android NDK	YES	YES			YES
iOS	YES			YES	YES
Linux		STD RAW	STD RAW	YES
Mac OS X		YES	YES	YES
Windows		STD RAW	STD RAW	YES

What the entries mean:

• YES: This device is supported on this platform (basically, the same as STD).
• STD: This device is supported in standard variant on this platform (gainput::InputDevice::DV_STANDARD).
• RAW: This device is supported in raw variant on this platform (gainput::InputDevice::DV_RAW).

Android NDK

The keyboard support is limited to hardware keyboards, including, for example, hardware home buttons.

Linux

Evdev is used for the raw input variants. Evdev has permission issues on some Linux distributions where the devices (/dev/input/event*) are only readable by root or a specific group. If a raw device's state is gainput::InputDevice::DS_UNAVAILABLE this may very well be the cause.

These gamepads have been tested and are explicitly supported:

• Microsoft X-Box 360 pad
• Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller

Mac OS X

These gamepads have been tested and are explicitly supported:

• Microsoft X-Box 360 pad
• Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller

Windows

The gamepad support is implemented using XINPUT which is Microsoft's most current API for such devices. However, that means that only Xbox 360 pads and compatible devices are supported.