Thread: SailfishX - Bluetooth Game Controller Question?
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2017-10-25 , 23:24
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Originally Posted by trashHeap View Post
I only mention the PS3 gamepad specifically because Ive noted some discussion previously in other contexts that it doesn't always pair like regular bluetooth controller do, but once paired plays nice.
After googling around : it seems to have 2 modes.
Either you need to make a button combo on the controller, and this starts normal bluetooth pairing like any device.
Or you use the "Playstation way" : you plug it into the USB port and there's a tool to send the configuration over USB.


Originally Posted by trashHeap View Post
if Jolla shipped all the profiles
HID is definitely supported, I'm using it with keyboards

Originally Posted by trashHeap View Post
and how things were exposed to GUI apps
In theory, like any other GNU/Linux app, but in practice I haven't heard of some Sailfish OS using it.

Originally Posted by trashHeap View Post
or Alien Dlavik.
Like I've stated before :
- Bluetooth stack isn't exposed to Alien Dalvik
- The standard devices (audio-out, etc.) are exposed.

Originally Posted by trashHeap View Post
It occured to me at work today that the Android builds of PPSSPP would likely work well on my SailfishX and was thinking about how exactly I wanted to do the controller end of things if I go that route.
I think it would be better to find a native emulator compiled for Sailfish, rather than insert an extra emulation layer (the Java-Like VM used by Alien-Dalvik to run Android apps).

Regarding controllers : I would maybe have a look at USB controllers first, if I were you.