You enable the input method created by the app, switch to it, and the app then turns the game controller signals into keyboard button input that apps can map to or that you can map for specific apps. Once that’s set up, the basic system is a lot like the other controller setups. To hook up the controller, you either need to use a PC and a provided tool to pair it manually, or do it directly with USB on the tablet provided you have Android 3.1+. You also need to have compatible Bluetooth systems, for which there is a compatibility checker app. To use it you need to have a rooted device, there’s no getting around that. It is technically possible to get a Sixaxis controller working with the same app that I used for the Xbox controller, however if you want to have the full feature set available to you there’s no substitution for the Sixaxis Controller app. Here you get not only normal game controller keyboard emulation, but also a touch emulation system that works with essentially any game out there. It’s the most complicated to set up, but also the most powerful – by far. Now it’s time for the final, and the ultimate, game controller hookup: the Sony PS3 Sixaxis controller.
HOW TO USE SIXAXIS PAIR TOOL ANDROID HOW TO
We’ve already showed you how to use a second Android device as a game controller, as well as how to use Wii controllers and Xbox controllers on Android.