Android: how to connect physical controls to your mobile - Tecmundo

The Dualshock 3 also works via Bluetooth. (Image Source: Reprodução/1.bp)

Smartphones and tablets have gained more strength – it is not uncommon to find mobiles that outperform in terms of hardware, desktops or notebooks a bit outdated. Multicore, high-definition screens and the presence of GPUs in the body of the portable gadgets turned into truly powerful central processing.

So run games that require high performance of certain items on smartphones or tablets became possible, connect either to a mobile TV high graphical power is a common practice nowadays. However, sometimes you can not enjoy gambling in full: physical control, detached from the portable device, really foul.

Were the islands facing a sort of crisis? Although not possible to answer this question precisely, the fact is that the gaming market for mobiles has grown apace. Proof of this are the various options compatible joysticks gadgets available around the world (check out a list of 7 controls to iOS and Android by clicking here).

What about connecting to your Android physical control? In this tutorial you will learn how to pair the joysticks consoles Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii with your mobile. However, before ditarmos the steps to be followed for the connection to be made, some clarifications need to be made.

list of requirements:

the DualShock 3

To connect your PlayStation 3 controller to your mobile, the following items shall be at your fingertips:

• Dualshock 3 Control (PlayStation 3),
• Applications Sixaxis Compatibility Checker, and Sixaxis Controller Sixaxis Pairing Tool

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• “rooteado *” above with Android 2.2 installed, and

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• Windows * operating system

* You know how to Root on your Android? If not, click here and follow a detailed tutorial made by Tecmundo and learn, in a moment, the “unlock” your device.

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* It seems possible to also use Linux to perform this procedure. If you want more details about this OS, please click here and check out a walkthrough (in English) on how to install and use the tool “Sixpair”.

When

control Xbox 360 + Android

Even fewer devices are needed if the goal is to plug your control console of the Microsoft operating system Android:

• Control wired Xbox 360,
• OTG Cable *, and
• Android 4.0 or higher installed.

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* The OTG cable has two inputs and functions as an adapter type. With it, you can connect the wireless control of your Xbox 360 to the micro USB input from your smartphone or tablet.

the Wiimote + Android

Wii controller, Nintendo console, can also be paired with Android. Check out the three required items:

• A Wiimote
• app Wiimote Controller App, and
• Versions Androids between 2.0 and 4.1 *.

If you have a version 4.2 on your mobile, perhaps the MOGA (control specially developed for Android) is still a better option – read here an article which details about this joystick alternative. (Image Source: Playback / Androidzone)

After

listed the minimum requirements necessary for the pairing between the three types of controls and mobiles that come with the Android operating system (see appropriate versions for each of the joysticks), it’s time to roll up our sleeves and leave soon to step by step on how to keep the screen of your gadget-free brands during gambling.

do: DualShock 3 + Android

All physical requirements are fully at your disposal, right? So get to work:

Step 1: Verifying the compatibility

Even before installing the other applications listed by the ratio of basic requirements for the proper pairing of this control, you must download the Sixaxis Compatibility Checker app on your gadget – as its name suggests, this software will check if your Mobile supports or not the features offered by the Sixaxis Pairing Tool and Sixaxis Controller. After installing the application (available at this link as well as the Android Market), turn on the Bluetooth your smartphone or tablet. Start the Sixaxis Compatibility Checker pressing the “Start” and wait for the software to check the condition of your device if the message “Your device Appears to be supported” appears, your gadget may admit pairing the DualShock 3.

Step 2: Prepare your Windows

Now install on your Windows computer program Sixaxis Pairing Tool. Once started, the text “Current Master: Searching” should appear on the first screen of this new tool. This means that the program will, as will be demonstrated by the following step, browse and configure your control. To download the Sixaxis Pairing Tool, click here or run the download directly through this link (Image Source: Playback / Cnet)
Note : If you are having any kind of problem installing version 0.2.3 of Sixaxis Pairing Tool, try downloading and running this alternative.

plug your DualShock 3 via USB cable to Windows – and with the Sixaxis Pairing Tool running properly on your computer – the message “Current Master: Searching” should be amended, the following code will probably be shown: xx: xx: xx: xx: xx: xx (common configuration of PlayStation 3).

Step 3: See the code for your mobile

Your next task will be to download the Sixaxis Controller on your mobile and then change the control code. To do so, visit this link, and activate the new application, the last item presented by the navigation bar, view the number shown by the bar “Local Bluetooth Adress”. Then, enter the code shown in the Sixaxis Controller dialog Sixaxis Pairing Tool “Change Master” (software installed on your PC) and click “Update”. This procedure will enable your DualShock 3 to communicate with your Android 2.2 or higher.

Step 4: Test and finishing (image above)

Wait

the Sixaxis Pairing Tool finalize the pairing process (code change control) and disconnect the DualShock 3 computer, it is time to put your settings and activate the test, finally the joystick with your mobile. Already with loose control, press the PS / Home to activate the Bluetooth, the arrow keys should already be working.

To finalize the process and determine how to control navigation tool, select, in the “Change Imput Method” on your mobile, the “Sixaxis Controller”.

Step 5: Mapping buttons

Even with the Sixaxis Controller open, press the “Menu” button and follow Preferences> Imput Mappings> 1st Controller mappings . This option already has some native settings, but you can change them according to your will. To map completely the buttons on your control, you can use another application: Click here and download the MD.emu – that allows complete mapping of the joystick.

If you got any questions, certainly the video (in English) produced by Cnet site staff will assist you. In it, the steps 3 and 4 are reversed and merged – the procedure, however, is exactly the same as detailed above.

Important : Although the pairing method fully work on most devices that come with the minimum requirements listed above, some gamers have reported problems when using certain models of phones with the three types mentioned joysticks .

Plug and play: Control Xbox 360 + Android

Instead of downloading applications and check if your device can handle possible resource joystick (as in the case of the DualShock 3) to connect an Xbox 360 to control your Android 4.0 or higher you will need only one cable OTG.

single step: plug and play!

But attention: make sure to have in your mobile, at least version 4.0 of Android. And, of course, get a OTG cable for your wired control console from Microsoft. Subject to these conditions, just make the proper connections, wait for a notification that may or may not appear on the screen of your gadget and ready. Play.

Watch the video above to see how to connect an Xbox 360 to control an Android 4.0 or higher is easy. In the clip, the demonstration is done on a Samsung Galaxy S3. With this mobile, games GTA 3, Max Payne, Shine Runner and Dead Trigger, according to David Rahimi, who appears doing the tests, ran all the way full.

Wiimote + Android

As mentioned, the Wiimote Controller app works properly on Androids ranging between versions 2.0 and 4.1. Thus, before downloading the app, be sure to have one of their operating systems installed on your mobile.

Step 1: Installing the application

First of all, turn on Bluetooth on your mobile. Then click here to download the app Wiimote Controller or download it directly from the Play Store. Install the software on your gadget, and then start it. Once activated, the Wiimote Controller will offer only two options on your home screen. First, click on “Init and Connect” and hold both buttons 1 and 2 on your joystick and in a few moments, the connection will be made.

Step 2: Select the Wiimote and configure it

Established

the connection between the controller and your mobile, click now on the button “Select WiiControllerIME” second option shown in the home interface of the app Wiimote Controller. Select the “Preferences” at the top of the application or by clicking “Menu”, the “swith after disconnect” – this feature will cause the Wiimote is automatically turned off whenever not being used.

To map the joystick buttons, re-enable the tab “Preferences” and press the the bar “1 st Controller mappings”. All buttons on the Wiimote will be listed and you can then configure them the way you want. There is also a second alternative configuration controls.

Some games offer on your preferences, such option. Open your game, browse through the settings (“Settings”) and find the “Key Mapping”, touch the screen of your mobile to select an action and press, in control, the button corresponding to it. Map so the whole joystick, save the changes and enjoy!

Below video demonstrates quite rapidly and objectively how to pair the Wiimote to Android (from version 2.0 to 4.1).

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It must be made clear that some applications are not free, as the Sixaxis Controller (R $ 5.03) and the Sixaxis Pairing Tool (R $ 6.53) for the Dualshock 3. The Wiimote Controller App, on the other hand, is free. You can find the OTG cable at various shopping sites, its price is around R $ 10.