Gamepad

Tip

This article covers Uno-specific information for Gamepad. For a full description of the feature and instructions on using it, see Gamepad Class.

• The Windows.Gaming.Input.Gamepad class allows working with the connected gamepads.

Supported features

Feature	Windows	Android	iOS	Web (WASM)	macOS	Linux (Skia)	Win 7 (Skia)
GetCurrentReading	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✖	✖
GamepadAdded	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✖	✖
GamepadRemoved	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✖	✖
Gamepads	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✖	✖

Example

Getting the gamepads list

private readonly object myLock = new object();
private HashSet<Gamepad> myGamepads = new HashSet<Gamepad>();

private void GetGamepads()
{
    lock (myLock)
    {
        foreach (var gamepad in Gamepad.Gamepads)
        {
            // Check if the gamepad is already in myGamepads; if it isn't, add it.
            if (!myGamepads.Contains(gamepad))
            {
                myGamepads.Add(gamepad);
            }
        }
    }   
}

Reading current values

Gamepad gamepad = myGamepads[0];

GamepadReading reading = gamepad.GetCurrentReading();

// returns a value between 0.0 and 1.0
double leftTrigger = reading.LeftTrigger;  
double rightTrigger = reading.RightTrigger;

// returns a value between -1.0 and +1.0
double leftStickX = reading.LeftThumbstickX;
double leftStickY = reading.LeftThumbstickY;   
double rightStickX = reading.RightThumbstickX; 
double rightStickY = reading.RightThumbstickY;

if (GamepadButtons.A == (reading.Buttons & GamepadButtons.A))
{
    // button A is pressed
}

See Gamepad in action

• To see this API in action, visit out Gallery and look for Gamepad here.