Controller bugs

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Bugs for Leia

• Incompatible with iMON receiver (report, Joysticks: Fix iMON conflicts by allowing users to enable/disable interfaces xbmc/xbmc#11944, Fix iMON conflicts by allowing settings to enable/disable interfaces xbmc/peripheral.joystick#98)
• No navigation sounds for controllers (report)
• Missing default keyboard controls (report, Import RetroArch keyboard controls xbmc/peripheral.joystick#99)
• Multiple PS3 controllers (report)
• No input on specific games (report)
• Picade-HAT from Pimoroni not being detected (report)
• Can't return to menu with gamepad during game (report 1, report 2, Show OSD from in game by holding start/guide/back for 1 second xbmc/xbmc#12180)
• Missing descriptions in keyboard buttonmap (report)
• Wetek remote back button causes new controller dialog
• Fullscreen game input falling through to Kodi (report, Fix seek on left with some SNES controllers xbmc/xbmc#12889)
• Broken Dpads on 8bitdo and knockoff SNES controllers
• Pressing Left seeks backwards on some SNES controllers (Fix seek on left with some SNES controllers xbmc/xbmc#12889)
• X-Arcade Tankstick trackball slow at high resolutions (report)
• Broken Back button in Android TV Remove Control app (report, [android] Add buttonmap for back button in Android TV Remote Control xbmc/peripheral.joystick#129, Fix Back button in Android TV Remote Control app xbmc/xbmc#13049)
• Broken Hard Punch button in Final Burn Alpha (report, https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro.fbalpha/pull/4)
• Missing turbo buttons for NES (report)
• Input not recognized in Stella (report)
• No input for Coleco in bluemsx (report)
• No input in Nestopia (report)
• bluemsx crashes on start (report)
• FCEUmm crashes on start (report)
• Fuse: Launching game crashes core (report)
• O2EM: Broken keyboard input (report, Fix broken keyboard input by adding topology.xml kodi-game/game.libretro.o2em#4)
• Broken Xbox One S wireless controller (report, [android] Add buttonmap for Xbox One S wireless controller xbmc/peripheral.joystick#139)
• Final Burn Alpha: Broken analog sticks (report, https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro.fbalpha/pull/4)
• Lutro: Broken input (report)
• PCSX ReARMed: Broken input (report, Buttonmap and topology fixes kodi-game/game.libretro.pcsx-rearmed#12)
• MAME2003: Left shoulder button broken in Streetfighter 2 (report)
• Beetle PSX missing dependency (report, addon.xml: Fix typo kodi-game/game.libretro.beetle-psx#10)
• Can't control joysticks with a keyboard (report)
• 2048: Broken "new game" button (Fix broken "New Game" button kodi-game/game.libretro.2048#8)
• NX Engine: Broken "settings" button (Button map: Fix broken "back" button on 360 controller kodi-game/game.libretro.nx#4)
• TyrQuake: crashes on startup when connecting the controller (report)
• Erratic input when entering cheat code (Fix erratic input when entering cheat code xbmc/xbmc#14161)
• Gambatte: No input (Fix input in games kodi-game/game.libretro.gambatte#3)
• Prosystem: No input (Fix input after Atari 7800 Proline/gamepad split kodi-game/game.libretro.prosystem#3)
• VICE: Broken keyboard (report, Fix keyboard in games that poll for keys kodi-game/game.libretro#44)
• No game input after controller shuts off (report, RetroPlayer: Fix no game input after controller shuts off xbmc/xbmc#14437)
• Broken Back button in Android TV Remove Control app again (report)
• Beetle PSX: No input (report and fix)
• MAME 2003 - Second controller not working in 2P games (report)
• Right Thrustmaster analog stick not recognized on DirectInput (report)

Bugs for final Krypton Release

• Nestopia: Broken controller input (report, buttonmap.xml: Fix XML error kodi-game/game.libretro.nestopia#9)
• Stella: Input not recognized (report, Atari 2600: Change analog stick to directional buttons kodi-game/controller-topology-project#22)

Target: v17.0

• SDL2 support (Add SDL2 driver xbmc/peripheral.joystick#78)
• Missing Steam Controller mapping in SDL (Add SDL2 driver xbmc/peripheral.joystick#78)
• Disable Guide button on Windows 10 ([xinput] Remove use of private APIs on Windows 8/10 xbmc/peripheral.joystick#79)
• Holding A breaks Kodi (report, Fix freezing when some buttons are held xbmc/xbmc#11586)
• Document controllers on the wiki (Done)

Target: v17.1

• Analog stick zero point is offset (Fix analog stick/trigger "sticking" bug xbmc/xbmc#11571, Anomalous triggers fix xbmc/peripheral.joystick#80)
• Broken analog sticks (Fix analog sticks xbmc/xbmc#11616, Improvements to button mapping xbmc/peripheral.joystick#84)
• Delayed axis detection interferes with button mapping ([controller dialog] Ignore delayed axes xbmc/xbmc#11641, Add dialog for delayed axis detection xbmc/xbmc#11623)
• Better keyboard handling during button mapping (Improve keyboard handling during button mapping xbmc/xbmc#11645)
• Simplify new controller dialog text (Simplify new controller dialog text xbmc/xbmc#11648)
• Fix bug documented in bd6697b
• Option to disable rumble (report, Fix rumble always enabled xbmc/xbmc#11707, Peripheral API v1.3.1 - Report rumble and power-off capabilities xbmc/peripheral.joystick#86)
• Joysticks act like keyboards at startup on Android (report, [Android] Controller fixes xbmc/xbmc#11793)
• Double button presses on Android ([cmake] Disable linux and udev drivers on Android xbmc/peripheral.joystick#88)
• Crash on exit on the Steam Link ([Peripherals] Fix segfault by adding some synchronization to peripheral add-ons xbmc/xbmc#11824)
• Hang on exit on the Steam Link (report, [sdl] Fix hang when rescanning for joysticks xbmc/peripheral.joystick#92)
• Some buttons have the same functionality (report)

Target: v17.6

• Incompatible with Android TV Remote Control (report)
• Erratic input with Xbox 360 controller on Android

Bugs from interim fixes xbmc#10630

Input

• Joysticks not being detected on android startup (Fix joysticks not being detected on android startup xbmc/xbmc#10689)
• Restart needed to enable/disable peripheral add-ons ([addons] Fix restart needed to enable/disable peripheral add-ons xbmc/xbmc#10690, Use new add-on hooks to enable/disable peripheral add-ons xbmc/xbmc#10734)
• Missing lock in CAddonButtonMap (Fix missing lock in CAddonButtonMap xbmc/xbmc#10691)
• Broken Shield controller if add-on isn't present (Fix controller input on the Shield if peripheral.joystick is not present xbmc/xbmc#10695)
• Problems with accelerometers (report and linux solution) (Fix mapping controllers with accelerometers xbmc/xbmc#10725, Fix PS4 triggers and accelerometers from skipping in the controller dialog xbmc/xbmc#10910)
• PS4 controllers skip because button presses are sent when trigger is partially pressed (Fix PS4 triggers and accelerometers from skipping in the controller dialog xbmc/xbmc#10910)
• Deadlock when updating peripheral add-ons (Fix deadlock introduced by #10690 xbmc/xbmc#10726)
• Button map doesn't refresh when the user hits reset (Fix button maps not refreshing after a reset xbmc/xbmc#10735)
• Possible crash when controllers are unplugged (Move peripherals to shared_ptr xbmc/xbmc#10740)
• Incompatible with Unified Remote server (report, support thread)
• Constant joystick discovery on Windows (report, peripheral.joystick#62)
• 100% cpu when scanning for joystick events after 6 days (Fix 100% cpu usage after a while while scanning for peripheral events xbmc/xbmc#10921)
• User should be able to open controller dialog with controllers unplugged (Fix unable to open controller dialog if all controllers are unplugged xbmc/xbmc#10923)
• Use 300ms rumble on weak motor for notifications (Set notification rumble to weak motor for 300ms xbmc/xbmc#10929)
• Incompatible with xpadder (report)
• All controllers vibrate whenever a new one is plugged in (report)
• Launching a game by holding A causes all hell to break loose (report)
• Missing a mod="longpress" parameter for joystick.xml keymap (Improved joystick handling for Game OSD xbmc/xbmc#12366)
• If Kodi crashes, the controller could vibrate without stopping (report)
• No navigation sounds for controllers (report)
• Mapping axis to Select sends one command per frame, locking the GUI (sample buttonmap)

UX

• Controller button should stay focused while mapping (Fade the current controller while mapping its buttons xbmc/xbmc#10761)
• Open the controller dialog if a button press comes from an unmapped controller (Ask user to configure new controllers (once) xbmc/xbmc#10882)
• Volume is lowered when final analog stick is mapped (report, Controller dialog: Fix Kodi actions sent after mapping final analog stick xbmc/xbmc#10966)
• Fix loss of control if A becomes unmapped (Fix loss of control if A becomes unmapped xbmc/peripheral.joystick#65)
• Button list focus should stay centered: Image of problem

Bugs from initial controller PR xbmc#8807

Blocking issues

• Compilation on all platforms (RPi needs an #ifdef HAS_LIBUDEV around the touchscreen fix)
• Android support (thread) (thanks montellese)
• The controller window's "get more" button fails silently (report)
• Breaks some EventServer clients (Apple IR Remotes, some Yatse buttons, etc) (report)
• Erratic button presses while mapping buttons (report)
• Empty keyboard settings breaks GUI (report) (thanks montelllese)
• Missing scroll bars in controller dialog (thanks hitcher)
• Broken volume commands (report)
• Open separate PR for [guilib] fix (done: PR 8932)
• Open separate PR for [addon] changes (thanks montellese)
• Broken controller input on RPi and some linux boxes (report)
• Erratic controller behavior in GUI (report)
• Controller dialog skips down and left for some controllers (report)
• OK dialog when peripheral.joystick is not focused on opening (report) (thanks Montellese)
• Move peripheral event processing to another thread to fix hangs (report)
• Notification for add-on updates clears the controller profiles list (thanks montellese)
• Labels disappear on first install (report) (thanks montellese)
• Canceling the prompt doesn't absorb keyboard input
• Kodi doesn't fail gracefully when peripheral.joystick isn't found (report) (thanks montellese)
• Possible deadlock on shutdown (report) (thanks montellese)

Non-blocking issues

• iOS Game Controller Framework support (thread)
• Broken touchscreen on RPi (report)
• Controller button doesn't stay focused while user is mapping buttons (report)
• Move focusing logic to CGUIViewControl (report) (skinner advice please?)
• Incompatible with Universal Remote server (report)
• Incompatible with iMON receiver (report)
• Problems with accelerometers (report and linux solution)
• Controller input not ignored when Kodi is minimized (report 1, report 2)
• CPeripheralAddon requires refactoring (report)
• Add "Help" button
• Refocus controller when user ends mapping
• The "Reset" button resets all controllers instead of asking for a specific one
• Anomalous trigger detector misidentifies axes that are fully pressed when controller is connected
• Erroneous drivers with no joystick name can't be mapped

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Tracking Atari 800/5200 controller support: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=376031