Six months ago I wrote a controller wrapper for GamePads for Unity so that you could use an XBox360 controller on windows and any old gamepad on Android. I got it all working, wrote an article on it and shipped the code on Github. Fast forward to yesterday and I get a wild hair to do some Unity development. I'd been meaning to try the inControl input manager from Gallant Games for some time. It has better features than my effort and is more actively maintained. It's a great product and well worth the price ($25) if you are developing with Unity and need to support gamepads. Highly recommended!!
But this blog isn't about that....
But this blog isn't about that....
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Doing the same stupid thing over and over again. Here are some things I learned six months ago, that I relearned this week. I wish i'd written this stuff down before!
USB OTG cables SUCK
An OTG cable cans still provide power when the data lines are fragged. When you connect your Android it should show up in device manager. If it doesn't, its new cable time. Go for short but high quality cables and expect them to last about 2 weeks tops during development.
If the GamePad starts acting weird, restart Unity
This shouldn't be the case but sadly it is. Sometimes you even have to restart the PC too. Its annoying, hopefully they will fix this in 5.
The Logitech F710 is weird
This controller seems to cause problems with my PCs, both of them so I avoid using it. I use a generic AfterGlow 360 controller on the PC and either a Nyko playpad pro or NVIDIA Shield portable for Android.
Whatever, if you use one of these, keep it set in X (xinput) and not the D(direct input) mode.
I also had to copy the XInputInterface.dll into my Unity project to get this working in the editor, although it works fine in the actual player.
Android SDK and Unity Versions
I had a problem where AAPT (Android Asset Packaging Tool) was crashing. I used the SDK manager to uninstall several versions of the Android Build tools until it started working. I think version 20 was the first version that worked.
USB OTG cables SUCK
An OTG cable cans still provide power when the data lines are fragged. When you connect your Android it should show up in device manager. If it doesn't, its new cable time. Go for short but high quality cables and expect them to last about 2 weeks tops during development.
If the GamePad starts acting weird, restart Unity
This shouldn't be the case but sadly it is. Sometimes you even have to restart the PC too. Its annoying, hopefully they will fix this in 5.
The Logitech F710 is weird
This controller seems to cause problems with my PCs, both of them so I avoid using it. I use a generic AfterGlow 360 controller on the PC and either a Nyko playpad pro or NVIDIA Shield portable for Android.
Whatever, if you use one of these, keep it set in X (xinput) and not the D(direct input) mode.
I also had to copy the XInputInterface.dll into my Unity project to get this working in the editor, although it works fine in the actual player.
Android SDK and Unity Versions
I had a problem where AAPT (Android Asset Packaging Tool) was crashing. I used the SDK manager to uninstall several versions of the Android Build tools until it started working. I think version 20 was the first version that worked.
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