I know Android introduced official Gamepad support in like 5.0, but it doesn't seem to support full UI navigation with my controller and instead intercept all gamepad actions.īoth my phone and the TV box are rooted, if that helps with changing the mapping. On my Galaxy S5 running Android 7.1 I have the same problem with that controller. Same issue in emulator apps like Mupen64plus for Android. Renowned for producing the highest quality retro controllers on the market, 8BitDos controller line has been referred to.

However, in Kodi for Android, only the dpad gets recognized by the app. Kodi on Linux or LibreELEC on Raspberry Pi, I can map all buttons of the same controller.

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