1 page.title=Supporting Game Controllers 2 page.tags="game controller" 3 4 trainingnavtop=true 5 startpage=true 6 7 @jd:body 8 9 <div id="tb-wrapper"> 10 <div id="tb"> 11 12 <!-- Required platform, tools, add-ons, devices, knowledge, etc. --> 13 <h2>Dependencies and prerequisites</h2> 14 <ul> 15 <li>Android 2.3 (API level 9) or higher.</li> 16 </ul> 17 18 <h2>You should also read</h2> 19 <ul> 20 <li><a 21 href="http://source.android.com/devices/tech/input/key-layout-files.html" 22 class="external-link" target="_blank">Key Layout Files</a></li> 23 <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/ui/ui-events.html">Input Events</a></li> 24 </ul> 25 26 <h2>Try it out</h2> 27 <div class="download-box"> 28 <a href="http://developer.android.com/shareables/training/ControllerSample.zip" 29 class="button">Download the sample</a> 30 <p class="filename">ControllerSample.zip</p> 31 </div> 32 33 </div> 34 </div> 35 36 <p>You can greatly enhance the user experience in your game by letting 37 players use their favorite game controllers. The Android framework provides 38 APIs for detecting and processing user input from game controllers.</p> 39 40 <p>This class shows how to make your game work consistently with game 41 controllers across different Android API levels (API level 9 and up), 42 and how to enhance the gaming experience for players by supporting multiple 43 controllers simultaneously in your app.</p> 44 45 <h2>Lessons</h2> 46 47 <dl> 48 <dt><b><a href="controller-input.html">Handling Controller 49 Actions</a></b></dt> 50 <dd>Learn how to handle user input from common 51 input elements on game controllers, including directional pad (D-pad) 52 buttons, gamepad buttons, and joysticks.</dd> 53 <dt><b><a href="compatibility.html">Supporting Controllers Across Android 54 Versions</a></b></dt> 55 <dd>Learn how to make game controllers behave the same across 56 devices running different versions of Android.</dd> 57 <dt><b><a href="multiple-controllers.html">Supporting Multiple Game 58 Controllers</a></b></dt> 59 <dd>Learn how to detect and use multiple game controllers that 60 are simultaneously connected.</dd> 61
