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I’m looking for an Android controller and I want one with a D-pad similar to Playstation controllers. Most of them look like they have pretty terrible D-pads, though.

Does anyone know of a good Android controller with a split D-pad?

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[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there a reason you can't use a Playstation controller?

[–] kayky@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How can I get them to pair with Android?

I don't know much about it, but it looks like something specific is required ti pair controllers with an Android phone. I can pair them just fine with my PC.

I'm mostly asking out of curiosity; a regular Playstation controller isn't able to hold the phone.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You need to hold the PS button and select (I'll never stop calling it that) until the LED starts flashing, then it'll be in pairing mode.

You can buy phone mounts for PlayStation controllers. It'd definitely be cheaper than a whole new controller.

[–] kayky@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 day ago

Thanks a ton for explaining this for me. I tried it out and it worked like a charm.

Now I will look for phone mounts.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Hold Home and Screenshot until it turns on and starts flashing then pair it on your phone

[–] scott@lemmy.org 2 points 1 day ago

It's been like more than a decade but there was some script I used to mod a PS3 controller (via USB) to connect to generic Bluetooth devices. They use Bluetooth, it's just something specific value that needed tweaked.

[–] who@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In what way is the D-pad on a PlayStation controller "split"?

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the Switch would be the better example, where up, down, left, and right are four distinct buttons, to be used like ABXY when playing in single Joycon multiplayer mode.

[–] who@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's curious, because on the PlayStation 4 & 5 controllers, the D-pad buttons are all part of a single piece of plastic.

https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/hTuPDBGqIUVBDYeI.huge

https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/C1PxdgSaISCc4bw4.huge

You can see this when pressing one direction button, as the other three tilt along with it. The switches behind this plastic piece are separate, but as far as I know, that's true in all D-pads.

The Switch Joy-Con is indeed an example of four distinct buttons.

[–] NotAGamer@lemmy.org -3 points 1 day ago

Why? Split d-pads are shit.