Gamepad buttons plugin for Cordova/PhoneGap

By Vlad Stirbu.

This plugin allows you to use Android gamepads in Cordova/PhoneGap applications.

Adding the plugin to your project

Using Cordova command line interface:

cordova plugins add https://github.com/vstirbu/GamepadButtons

Using the plugin

The javascript API follows the W3C Gamepad API, extended with elements from Mozilla Gamepad API.

Implementation status

Methods

• navigator.getGamepads()

Events

• window.gamepadconnected
• window.gamepadbutton

TODO

Currently, the plugin supports only the device's incorporated gamepad. External gamepads not supported.

The following events have not been implemented:

• gamepaddisconnected (not needed on the incorporated gamepad)
• gamepadaxismove (my development device does not have have analog joysticks)

Device experience

The plugin was tested on the following devices:

• JXD s5110

License

The plugin is available under MIT license.