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Summary

Pairs one unambiguous Nintendo Joy-Con L/R set as one logical controller, using the existing controller-slot architecture rather than adding a separate aggregation layer.

Changes

  • Gives both halves one shared identifier only when exactly one Joy-Con L (057e:2006) and one Joy-Con R (057e:2007) are connected
  • Keeps ambiguous topologies such as 2L+1R or 1L+2R unpaired
  • Remaps Joy-Con Linux scan codes at the two controller-input call sites
  • Ignores HAT axes only for Joy-Cons
  • Updates a stick axis only when that half reports it, preserving the other half's last value
  • Lets WinHandler accept events from either half while preserving the existing inline mapping refresh for normal controllers
  • Adds focused tests for pair topology, scan-code mapping/passthrough, and missing-axis retention

Scope

The rework intentionally contains no preferences or migration, pair-memory lifecycle, per-device source-controller layer, per-event state merge, GamepadState changes, or P1/slot-availability changes.

Production diff against current upstream: +138/-24 lines. Tests: +87/-0.

Validation

  • git diff --check
  • Focused Joy-Con tests plus Legacy and Modern unit-test suites passed in the protected fork integration
  • Isolated Modern release build, package inspection, and signature verification passed: https://github.com/eve-ai-dev/GameNative/actions/runs/33735839006
  • The resulting APK was installed on a Lenovo Legion Y700 Gen 3 and paired Joy-Con input was confirmed working

This upstream PR contains only the reusable input fix. Y700-specific packaging, signing, storage isolation, and delivery workflow remain excluded.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added improved Nintendo Switch Joy-Con support, including automatic pairing of left and right controllers.
    • Improved Joy-Con button, trigger, stick, radial-menu, and navigation input handling.
    • Preserved stick-axis values when Joy-Con reports omit an axis update.
    • Routed paired Joy-Con input correctly to assigned controller slots.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Corrected Joy-Con key-code mapping for more reliable gameplay input.

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Walkthrough

The change adds Joy-Con detection and pairing, remaps Joy-Con scan codes, preserves missing axis values, updates controller state, and routes both Joy-Con halves through one logical controller slot.

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Joy-Con input support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Joy-Con contracts and pairing
app/src/main/java/com/winlator/inputcontrols/JoyConSupport.java, app/src/main/java/com/winlator/inputcontrols/ControllerManager.java, app/src/test/java/com/winlator/inputcontrols/JoyConSupportTest.kt
Adds Joy-Con identification, pair detection, key-code remapping, axis retention, paired identifiers, and unit tests.
Joy-Con input state updates
app/src/main/java/com/winlator/inputcontrols/ExternalController.java, app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/PhysicalControllerHandler.kt
Uses normalized Joy-Con key codes, retains unreported stick axes, skips Joy-Con dpad and trigger motion processing, and updates bindings and radial-menu input.
Paired controller event routing
app/src/main/java/com/winlator/winhandler/WinHandler.java
Routes Joy-Con motion and key events to controllers that share the paired identifier.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ec074

This change adds unambiguous Joy-Con pair routing, input remapping, and axis retention with focused coverage. No current merge-blocking risk remains.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant JoyCon
  participant WinHandler
  participant ControllerManager
  participant JoyConSupport
  participant ExternalController
  JoyCon->>WinHandler: send motion or key event
  WinHandler->>ControllerManager: resolve device identifier
  ControllerManager-->>WinHandler: return paired identifier
  WinHandler->>JoyConSupport: normalize Joy-Con input
  JoyConSupport-->>WinHandler: return mapped key or retained axis value
  WinHandler->>ExternalController: update logical controller state
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P2: When a pair owner moves into a slot containing another remembered pair, moving its entries first makes the stale-memory guard skip cleanup. Clear or otherwise replace the target slot's remembered members before moving the owner's pair metadata.</violation>
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JoyConSupport.moveRememberedPairSlot(
pairedJoyConSlotByIdentifier, previousPairSlot, slotIndex);

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P2: When a pair owner moves into a slot containing another remembered pair, moving its entries first makes the stale-memory guard skip cleanup. Clear or otherwise replace the target slot's remembered members before moving the owner's pair metadata.

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@@ -312,17 +312,28 @@ public void assignDeviceToSlot(int slotIndex, InputDevice device) {
         if (previousPairSlot != null && previousPairSlot != slotIndex) {
-            pairedJoyConSlotByIdentifier.entrySet().removeIf(entry -> entry.getValue().equals(previousPairSlot));
+            if (movesRememberedPair) {
+                JoyConSupport.moveRememberedPairSlot(
+                        pairedJoyConSlotByIdentifier, previousPairSlot, slotIndex);
+            } else {
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JoyConSupport.moveRememberedPairSlot(
pairedJoyConSlotByIdentifier, previousPairSlot, slotIndex);
pairedJoyConSlotByIdentifier.entrySet().removeIf(
entry -> entry.getValue() == slotIndex);
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pairedJoyConSlotByIdentifier, previousPairSlot, slotIndex);

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Gate disconnect promotion on an unambiguous topology.

complementaryCount == 1 only counts opposite-side candidates. With two left halves and one right half, disconnecting one left half still passes this check and promotes the right half into the disconnected slot. This can assign the right half to the wrong player, although JoyConSupport.isUnambiguousPair rejects ambiguous topologies. Require a full unambiguous-pair check before selecting replacementIdentifier, or use persisted pair ownership.

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In `@app/src/main/java/com/winlator/inputcontrols/ControllerManager.java` at line
713, Update the disconnect replacement logic around complementaryCount and
replacementIdentifier to require JoyConSupport.isUnambiguousPair for the
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- Around line 124-125: Update the slot-move logic around pairSlots and
ControllerManager.noteGamepadButton so a fused pair occupying targetSlot is
moved together to the claimant’s previous slot, preserving both members’
last-known slot assignments before moving the claimant pair. Extend
JoyConSupportTest to cover the non-owner half disconnecting and reconnecting
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complete connected topology, not merely exactly one opposite-side candidate;
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Comment on lines +124 to +125
pairSlots.entrySet().removeIf(entry -> entry.getValue() == targetSlot);
pairSlots.replaceAll((identifier, slot) -> slot == previousSlot ? targetSlot : slot);

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Preserve the displaced Joy-Con pair during slot moves.

When targetSlot contains a fused pair, this removes both remembered members. ControllerManager.noteGamepadButton then assigns only the displaced pair's direct owner to the claimant's previous slot. If the non-owner half is disconnected and reconnects first, it has no remembered slot and can be auto-assigned elsewhere. Move the target pair members to the displaced slot and update their last-known slots before moving the claimant pair. Update JoyConSupportTest to cover this reconnect order.

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In `@app/src/main/java/com/winlator/inputcontrols/JoyConSupport.java` around lines
124 - 125, Update the slot-move logic around pairSlots and
ControllerManager.noteGamepadButton so a fused pair occupying targetSlot is
moved together to the claimant’s previous slot, preserving both members’
last-known slot assignments before moving the claimant pair. Extend
JoyConSupportTest to cover the non-owner half disconnecting and reconnecting
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Joy-Con support is ready for human review. The PR is currently mergeable, with CodeRabbit passing and Cubic completed with a neutral result. No new actionable comments have appeared after the latest commit.

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Thanks for the work on this, but I don't think I can merge it in its current shape. Two things.

First, this isn't Joy-Con only. It rewrites how every controller's events reach the game: a new routing check on every key/motion event, a per-device "source controller" layer in WinHandler with a merge step per event, a changed idle-P1 displace rule, and a changed slot-availability rule. That's a lot of surface for a fix that should only affect two specific product IDs.

There's also a concrete regression for normal controllers. Master's WinHandler.onKeyEvent/onGenericMotionEvent do an inline refreshControllerMappings() when the slot's controller is missing or has a stale device id. This PR removes that and relies on the hotplug listener. But when a pad is plugged in mid-game, onDeviceConnected defers the assignment by 300ms (settle timer), the immediate refreshControllerMappingsForHotplug() runs before the slot exists, and when the timer finally assigns the slot it only fires the slots-changed listener, which just bumps a UI counter. So the first press on a freshly connected P2-P4 pad hits a null output controller and the buffer write is skipped. Input stays dead until a resume or the next hotplug. The tests are pure logic tests so they can't catch this, and the Y700 validation only covered Joy-Cons.

Second, I think this can be much smaller. Most of the 800 lines exist because the two halves stay separate identities and then every place that assumption leaks gets patched (pair-memory map, legacy migration, lone-half promotion, pair moves during claims, the source-controller merge). If instead getDeviceIdentifier returns the same identifier for both halves whenever exactly one left and one right Joy-Con are connected (same rule you already use), then slot assignment, persistence, getSlotForDevice, claims and availability all treat the pair as one controller with no other changes.

What I think the minimal version needs:

  • shared identifier for the L/R pair in ControllerManager.getDeviceIdentifier
  • the scan-code remap table and its two call sites (that part is needed and fine)
  • skipping HAT axes for Joy-Cons (already there)
  • in processJoystickInput, only write a thumb value when the device actually reports that axis, so a left-half motion event doesn't zero the right stick. That replaces the "strongest" merge and is correct for every controller anyway
  • in WinHandler, accept an event from either half of the slot's controller (compare identifier instead of device id, or trust the slot from getSlotForDevice), and keep the inline refresh on mismatch

That should come in around 150 lines with no new prefs, no migration, no per-event merge, and no change to the P1 displace rule.

One thing to confirm on hardware: I'm inferring from the merge logic that each half only reports its own stick axes. If both halves report all four axes, the axis change isn't needed either.

Happy to review a reworked version along those lines.

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Thanks — your analysis was right. I replaced the previous implementation with the shared-identifier approach rather than trying to patch the aggregation architecture.

The revised production diff is now +138/-24 lines. When exactly one left and one right Joy-Con are connected, both resolve to the same logical identifier; ambiguous topologies remain unpaired.

I kept only:

  • the shared paired identifier;
  • scan-code remapping at the two input call sites;
  • Joy-Con HAT-axis exclusion;
  • preservation of stick values for axes absent from a half's report;
  • minimal WinHandler accommodation so either half can feed the paired slot.

The existing inline refreshControllerMappings() behavior is preserved, so the P2-P4 hotplug regression from the previous version is gone.

The prefs, migration, pair-memory lifecycle, source-controller layer, per-event merge, GamepadState changes, and P1/slot-rule changes have all been removed.

I added focused tests for exact and ambiguous pair topologies, scan-code mapping/passthrough, and missing-axis retention. Legacy and Modern tests and the isolated release build pass in the protected fork CI. The resulting APK has also been installed on a Lenovo Legion Y700 Gen 3, where paired Joy-Con input is working.

Thanks for pointing this toward the much smaller design — it is substantially cleaner and keeps normal-controller routing unchanged. The reworked branch is now pushed and ready for review.

@utkarshdalal
utkarshdalal merged commit c94df3c into utkarshdalal:master Sep 3, 2026
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