Virtual gamepad sticking Android

Jay_Cee · July 4, 2024, 8:59pm

I am seeking advice on how to handle my on-screen controller being stuck causing my player to get stuck running left or right.

Normal press and release works and an action.released is triggered. But if I keep my finger pressed and slide off of the button node, either onto another direction or o all buttons, it seems a released event is never fired, even after lifting my finger. Is there anyone who has solved this that is wil to share a fix? Thanks.

britzl · July 5, 2024, 2:33pm

Not sure what’s wrong. I think it is working correctly in my virtual gamepad solution at least.

github.com

britzl/defold-input/blob/master/in/onscreen.md

# On-screen
Use the On-screen module to create on-screen/virtual gamepad controls. The module handles buttons and analog sticks.

# Multi-touch
The On-screen module works with multi-touch input if it has been configured in your input bindings. Learn more in the [official Defold documentation](https://defold.com/manuals/input-mouse-and-touch/#touch-triggers).

# Using onscreen.lua
In your .gui file's Properties, point the Script property to the [GUI script](https://defold.com/manuals/gui-script/) `onscreen.gui_script` that comes shipped with this library, and register and listen for the buttons with messages. See [player.script](https://github.com/britzl/defold-input/blob/master/examples/onscreen_go/player.script) for a complete implementation example.

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The `onscreen.lua` module can be used directly in any script dealing with user/player input.

- As an example, create a new GUI script ([see docs here](https://defold.com/manuals/gui-script/)) and add this code:

```lua
local onscreen = require "in.onscreen"

local function on_control(action, node, touch)
	if action == onscreen.BUTTON then

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There is an example project in the repo where you can test it.

Jay_Cee · July 5, 2024, 2:43pm

Hmm, let me re-visit that source. I used you key buffering in my code. Maybe I should have just used all of your code. I will let you know what I find, thanks.