SDL/include/SDL_gamecontroller.h
Sam Lantinga 2be75c6a61 Fixed bug 5028 - Virtual Joysticks (new joystick backend)
David Ludwig

I have created a new driver for SDL's Joystick and Game-Controller subsystem: a Virtual driver.  This driver allows one to create a software-based joystick, which to SDL applications will look and react like a real joystick, but whose state can be set programmatically.  A primary use case for this is to help enable developers to add touch-screen joysticks to their apps.

The driver comes with a set of new, public APIs, with functions to attach and detach joysticks, set virtual-joystick state, and to determine if a joystick is a virtual-one.

Use of virtual joysticks goes as such:

1. Attach one or more virtual joysticks by calling SDL_JoystickAttachVirtual.  If successful, this returns the virtual-device's joystick-index.
2. Open the virtual joysticks (using indicies returned by SDL_JoystickAttachVirtual).
3. Call any of the SDL_JoystickSetVirtual* functions when joystick-state changes.  Please note that virtual-joystick state will only get applied on the next call to SDL_JoystickUpdate, or when pumping or polling for SDL events (via SDL_PumpEvents or SDL_PollEvent).


Here is a listing of the new, public APIs, at present and subject to change:

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/**
 * Attaches a new virtual joystick.
 * Returns the joystick's device index, or -1 if an error occurred.
 */
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_JoystickAttachVirtual(SDL_JoystickType type, int naxes, int nballs, int nbuttons, int nhats);

/**
 * Detaches a virtual joystick
 * Returns 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurred.
 */
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_JoystickDetachVirtual(int device_index);

/**
 * Indicates whether or not a virtual-joystick is at a given device index.
 */
extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_JoystickIsVirtual(int device_index);

/**
 * Set values on an opened, virtual-joystick's controls.
 * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
 */
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_JoystickSetVirtualAxis(SDL_Joystick * joystick, int axis, Sint16 value);
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_JoystickSetVirtualBall(SDL_Joystick * joystick, int ball, Sint16 xrel, Sint16 yrel);
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_JoystickSetVirtualButton(SDL_Joystick * joystick, int button, Uint8 value);
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_JoystickSetVirtualHat(SDL_Joystick * joystick, int hat, Uint8 value);

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Miscellaneous notes on the initial patch, which are also subject to change:

1. no test code is present in SDL, yet.  This should, perhaps, change.  Initial development was done with an ImGui-based app, which potentially is too thick for use in SDL-official.  If tests are to be added, what kind of tests?  Automated?  Graphical?

2. virtual game controllers can be created by calling SDL_JoystickAttachVirtual with a joystick-type of SDL_JOYSTICK_TYPE_GAME_CONTROLLER, with naxes (num axes) set to SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_MAX, and with nbuttons (num buttons) set to SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_MAX.  When updating their state, values of type SDL_GameControllerAxis or SDL_GameControllerButton can be casted to an int and used for the control-index (in calls to SDL_JoystickSetVirtual* functions).

3. virtual joysticks' guids are mostly all-zeros with the exception of the last two bytes, the first of which is a 'v', to indicate that the guid is a virtual one, and the second of which is a SDL_JoystickType that has been converted into a Uint8.

4. virtual joysticks are ONLY turned into virtual game-controllers if and when their joystick-type is set to SDL_JOYSTICK_TYPE_GAMECONTROLLER.  This is controlled by having SDL's default list of game-controllers have a single entry for a virtual game controller (of guid, "00000000000000000000000000007601", which is subject to the guid-encoding described above).

5. regarding having to call SDL_JoystickUpdate, either directly or indirectly via SDL_PumpEvents or SDL_PollEvents, before new virtual-joystick state becomes active (as specified via SDL_JoystickSetVirtual* function-calls), this was done to match behavior found in SDL's other joystick drivers, almost all of which will only update SDL-state during SDL_JoystickUpdate.

6. the initial patch is based off of SDL 2.0.12

7. the virtual joystick subsystem is disabled by default.  It should be possible to enable it by building with SDL_JOYSTICK_VIRTUAL=1



Questions, comments, suggestions, or bug reports very welcome!
2020-03-13 19:08:45 -07:00

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/**
* \file SDL_gamecontroller.h
*
* Include file for SDL game controller event handling
*/
#ifndef SDL_gamecontroller_h_
#define SDL_gamecontroller_h_
#include "SDL_stdinc.h"
#include "SDL_error.h"
#include "SDL_rwops.h"
#include "SDL_joystick.h"
#include "begin_code.h"
/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* \file SDL_gamecontroller.h
*
* In order to use these functions, SDL_Init() must have been called
* with the ::SDL_INIT_GAMECONTROLLER flag. This causes SDL to scan the system
* for game controllers, and load appropriate drivers.
*
* If you would like to receive controller updates while the application
* is in the background, you should set the following hint before calling
* SDL_Init(): SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_ALLOW_BACKGROUND_EVENTS
*/
/**
* The gamecontroller structure used to identify an SDL game controller
*/
struct _SDL_GameController;
typedef struct _SDL_GameController SDL_GameController;
typedef enum
{
SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0,
SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_XBOX360,
SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_XBOXONE,
SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PS3,
SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PS4,
SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_NINTENDO_SWITCH_PRO,
SDL_CONTROLLER_TYPE_VIRTUAL
} SDL_GameControllerType;
typedef enum
{
SDL_CONTROLLER_BINDTYPE_NONE = 0,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BINDTYPE_BUTTON,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BINDTYPE_AXIS,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BINDTYPE_HAT
} SDL_GameControllerBindType;
/**
* Get the SDL joystick layer binding for this controller button/axis mapping
*/
typedef struct SDL_GameControllerButtonBind
{
SDL_GameControllerBindType bindType;
union
{
int button;
int axis;
struct {
int hat;
int hat_mask;
} hat;
} value;
} SDL_GameControllerButtonBind;
/**
* To count the number of game controllers in the system for the following:
* int nJoysticks = SDL_NumJoysticks();
* int nGameControllers = 0;
* for (int i = 0; i < nJoysticks; i++) {
* if (SDL_IsGameController(i)) {
* nGameControllers++;
* }
* }
*
* Using the SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG hint or the SDL_GameControllerAddMapping() you can add support for controllers SDL is unaware of or cause an existing controller to have a different binding. The format is:
* guid,name,mappings
*
* Where GUID is the string value from SDL_JoystickGetGUIDString(), name is the human readable string for the device and mappings are controller mappings to joystick ones.
* Under Windows there is a reserved GUID of "xinput" that covers any XInput devices.
* The mapping format for joystick is:
* bX - a joystick button, index X
* hX.Y - hat X with value Y
* aX - axis X of the joystick
* Buttons can be used as a controller axis and vice versa.
*
* This string shows an example of a valid mapping for a controller
* "03000000341a00003608000000000000,PS3 Controller,a:b1,b:b2,y:b3,x:b0,start:b9,guide:b12,back:b8,dpup:h0.1,dpleft:h0.8,dpdown:h0.4,dpright:h0.2,leftshoulder:b4,rightshoulder:b5,leftstick:b10,rightstick:b11,leftx:a0,lefty:a1,rightx:a2,righty:a3,lefttrigger:b6,righttrigger:b7",
*
*/
/**
* Load a set of mappings from a seekable SDL data stream (memory or file), filtered by the current SDL_GetPlatform()
* A community sourced database of controllers is available at https://raw.github.com/gabomdq/SDL_GameControllerDB/master/gamecontrollerdb.txt
*
* If \c freerw is non-zero, the stream will be closed after being read.
*
* \return number of mappings added, -1 on error
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromRW(SDL_RWops * rw, int freerw);
/**
* Load a set of mappings from a file, filtered by the current SDL_GetPlatform()
*
* Convenience macro.
*/
#define SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromFile(file) SDL_GameControllerAddMappingsFromRW(SDL_RWFromFile(file, "rb"), 1)
/**
* Add or update an existing mapping configuration
*
* \return 1 if mapping is added, 0 if updated, -1 on error
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerAddMapping(const char* mappingString);
/**
* Get the number of mappings installed
*
* \return the number of mappings
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerNumMappings(void);
/**
* Get the mapping at a particular index.
*
* \return the mapping string. Must be freed with SDL_free(). Returns NULL if the index is out of range.
*/
extern DECLSPEC char * SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerMappingForIndex(int mapping_index);
/**
* Get a mapping string for a GUID
*
* \return the mapping string. Must be freed with SDL_free(). Returns NULL if no mapping is available
*/
extern DECLSPEC char * SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerMappingForGUID(SDL_JoystickGUID guid);
/**
* Get a mapping string for an open GameController
*
* \return the mapping string. Must be freed with SDL_free(). Returns NULL if no mapping is available
*/
extern DECLSPEC char * SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerMapping(SDL_GameController * gamecontroller);
/**
* Is the joystick on this index supported by the game controller interface?
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_IsGameController(int joystick_index);
/**
* Get the implementation dependent name of a game controller.
* This can be called before any controllers are opened.
* If no name can be found, this function returns NULL.
*/
extern DECLSPEC const char *SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerNameForIndex(int joystick_index);
/**
* Get the type of a game controller.
* This can be called before any controllers are opened.
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GameControllerType SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerTypeForIndex(int joystick_index);
/**
* Get the mapping of a game controller.
* This can be called before any controllers are opened.
*
* \return the mapping string. Must be freed with SDL_free(). Returns NULL if no mapping is available
*/
extern DECLSPEC char *SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerMappingForDeviceIndex(int joystick_index);
/**
* Open a game controller for use.
* The index passed as an argument refers to the N'th game controller on the system.
* This index is not the value which will identify this controller in future
* controller events. The joystick's instance id (::SDL_JoystickID) will be
* used there instead.
*
* \return A controller identifier, or NULL if an error occurred.
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GameController *SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerOpen(int joystick_index);
/**
* Return the SDL_GameController associated with an instance id.
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GameController *SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerFromInstanceID(SDL_JoystickID joyid);
/**
* Return the SDL_GameController associated with a player index.
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GameController *SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerFromPlayerIndex(int player_index);
/**
* Return the name for this currently opened controller
*/
extern DECLSPEC const char *SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerName(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller);
/**
* Return the type of this currently opened controller
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GameControllerType SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetType(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller);
/**
* Get the player index of an opened game controller, or -1 if it's not available
*
* For XInput controllers this returns the XInput user index.
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetPlayerIndex(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller);
/**
* Set the player index of an opened game controller
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerSetPlayerIndex(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller, int player_index);
/**
* Get the USB vendor ID of an opened controller, if available.
* If the vendor ID isn't available this function returns 0.
*/
extern DECLSPEC Uint16 SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetVendor(SDL_GameController * gamecontroller);
/**
* Get the USB product ID of an opened controller, if available.
* If the product ID isn't available this function returns 0.
*/
extern DECLSPEC Uint16 SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetProduct(SDL_GameController * gamecontroller);
/**
* Get the product version of an opened controller, if available.
* If the product version isn't available this function returns 0.
*/
extern DECLSPEC Uint16 SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetProductVersion(SDL_GameController * gamecontroller);
/**
* Returns SDL_TRUE if the controller has been opened and currently connected,
* or SDL_FALSE if it has not.
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetAttached(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller);
/**
* Get the underlying joystick object used by a controller
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_Joystick *SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetJoystick(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller);
/**
* Enable/disable controller event polling.
*
* If controller events are disabled, you must call SDL_GameControllerUpdate()
* yourself and check the state of the controller when you want controller
* information.
*
* The state can be one of ::SDL_QUERY, ::SDL_ENABLE or ::SDL_IGNORE.
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerEventState(int state);
/**
* Update the current state of the open game controllers.
*
* This is called automatically by the event loop if any game controller
* events are enabled.
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerUpdate(void);
/**
* The list of axes available from a controller
*
* Thumbstick axis values range from SDL_JOYSTICK_AXIS_MIN to SDL_JOYSTICK_AXIS_MAX,
* and are centered within ~8000 of zero, though advanced UI will allow users to set
* or autodetect the dead zone, which varies between controllers.
*
* Trigger axis values range from 0 to SDL_JOYSTICK_AXIS_MAX.
*/
typedef enum
{
SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_INVALID = -1,
SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_LEFTX,
SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_LEFTY,
SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_RIGHTX,
SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_RIGHTY,
SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_TRIGGERLEFT,
SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_TRIGGERRIGHT,
SDL_CONTROLLER_AXIS_MAX
} SDL_GameControllerAxis;
/**
* turn this string into a axis mapping
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GameControllerAxis SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetAxisFromString(const char *pchString);
/**
* turn this axis enum into a string mapping
*/
extern DECLSPEC const char* SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetStringForAxis(SDL_GameControllerAxis axis);
/**
* Get the SDL joystick layer binding for this controller button mapping
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GameControllerButtonBind SDLCALL
SDL_GameControllerGetBindForAxis(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller,
SDL_GameControllerAxis axis);
/**
* Get the current state of an axis control on a game controller.
*
* The state is a value ranging from -32768 to 32767 (except for the triggers,
* which range from 0 to 32767).
*
* The axis indices start at index 0.
*/
extern DECLSPEC Sint16 SDLCALL
SDL_GameControllerGetAxis(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller,
SDL_GameControllerAxis axis);
/**
* The list of buttons available from a controller
*/
typedef enum
{
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_INVALID = -1,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_A,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_B,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_X,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_Y,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_BACK,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_GUIDE,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_START,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_LEFTSTICK,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_RIGHTSTICK,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_LEFTSHOULDER,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_RIGHTSHOULDER,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_DPAD_UP,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_DPAD_DOWN,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_DPAD_LEFT,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_DPAD_RIGHT,
SDL_CONTROLLER_BUTTON_MAX
} SDL_GameControllerButton;
/**
* turn this string into a button mapping
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GameControllerButton SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetButtonFromString(const char *pchString);
/**
* turn this button enum into a string mapping
*/
extern DECLSPEC const char* SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetStringForButton(SDL_GameControllerButton button);
/**
* Get the SDL joystick layer binding for this controller button mapping
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_GameControllerButtonBind SDLCALL
SDL_GameControllerGetBindForButton(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller,
SDL_GameControllerButton button);
/**
* Get the current state of a button on a game controller.
*
* The button indices start at index 0.
*/
extern DECLSPEC Uint8 SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerGetButton(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller,
SDL_GameControllerButton button);
/**
* Trigger a rumble effect
* Each call to this function cancels any previous rumble effect, and calling it with 0 intensity stops any rumbling.
*
* \param gamecontroller The controller to vibrate
* \param low_frequency_rumble The intensity of the low frequency (left) rumble motor, from 0 to 0xFFFF
* \param high_frequency_rumble The intensity of the high frequency (right) rumble motor, from 0 to 0xFFFF
* \param duration_ms The duration of the rumble effect, in milliseconds
*
* \return 0, or -1 if rumble isn't supported on this joystick
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerRumble(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller, Uint16 low_frequency_rumble, Uint16 high_frequency_rumble, Uint32 duration_ms);
/**
* Close a controller previously opened with SDL_GameControllerOpen().
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_GameControllerClose(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller);
/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#include "close_code.h"
#endif /* SDL_gamecontroller_h_ */
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