Android Gamepad on windows? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just bought an ASUS nexus player gamepad. paired it on windows, everything works great, except the analog sticks??, paired it to my GS5 and it works just peachy.
To be more specific. I tried it in x360ce, xpadder, and default driver. All on windows 8.1 x64.
Doesn't show up in x360ce at all
Shows up in xpadder and mapping works great, but both joysticks seem to be some strange axis on windows.
Regular driver is pretty whack on windows to say the least.
Disappointing. I know its meant for the nexus player, but PC support could have been easily implemented on their end. Asus usually does it right. They didn't with this product.
If I can find a way to get the sticks working, I'm going to try to get an xinputwrapper, for full PC support.
UPDATE: pcsx2's lilypad plugin detects the following:
DirectInput controller (no surprise there)
Left stick: up/down axis 8 - left/right axis 9
Right stick: up/down axis 6 - left/right axis 7
cant figure out how to remap those axies, seeing as most of these apps only support a limited number of axes.

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Update 2: Only bumping this as i feel it is something important, as this will be an issue with every android gamepad standard complying device.
I was hoping that using the registry, I would be able to remap the axes to those that windows wants to use.
navigating to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\VID_0B05&PID_4500
(Where vid&pid represent your gamepad, and my vid/pid represented my BT as its a wireless android pad of course)
Also trying to understand the registry options for the gamepad axes will lead you to:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff538340(v=vs.85).aspx
Although going through that msdn, it would seem like the axes arent supported. The full list of properties as described in Lilypad is:
Button 0-8
Numeric Keypad
Consumer Control
Hat switches (4)
Accelerator/+/-
Brake/+/-
Axis6+/-
Axis7+/-
Axis8+/-
Axis9+/-
And DirectInput only supports
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There must be a way to capture RAW output and convert it to directinput at least and Xinput at best, I wish someone else would chime in that knew more about this.

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zeruth said:
Update 2: Only bumping this as i feel it is something important, as this will be an issue with every android gamepad standard complying device.
I was hoping that using the registry, I would be able to remap the axes to those that windows wants to use.
navigating to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\VID_0B05&PID_4500
(Where vid&pid represent your gamepad, and my vid/pid represented my BT as its a wireless android pad of course)
Also trying to understand the registry options for the gamepad axes will lead you to:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff538340(v=vs.85).aspx
Although going through that msdn, it would seem like the axes arent supported. The full list of properties as described in Lilypad is:
Button 0-8
Numeric Keypad
Consumer Control
Hat switches (4)
Accelerator/+/-
Brake/+/-
Axis6+/-
Axis7+/-
Axis8+/-
Axis9+/-
And DirectInput only supports
There must be a way to capture RAW output and convert it to directinput at least and Xinput at best, I wish someone else would chime in that knew more about this.
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Its strange that your controller isnt recognized by x360ce, afaik if windows sees it x360ce should too. Have you tried with the latest version of x360ce? There is a beta which if it gets your controller detected, youd be a step closer
heres link from the official site http://jocys.com/files/software/x360ce.App.3.0.1.Beta.1.zip
Im in a similar situation , but with a Moga Pro Power controller. In this case the triggers arent detected with dinput. They ofcourse work with lilypad, and they are detected like accelerator/brake. But looking at x360ce device objects page for the controller, they are actually revealed to be Y and Rz axis. But i got stuck at the binary values for the remaps, and im not sure what i need to put there.

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You know I was pretty much told by a moderator that this wasn't important, that no developer would want to work on this because its "not important". So I went and returned the damn thing that same day. Still pissed that that guy had the nerve., after I clearly put effort in but oh well. Guess someone else will have to deal with it.
Just to forward the moderators crap message:
Ah, I misunderstood in that case. I'll move it to the Android General section momentarily. Development sections aren't for research but for development related releases (and in some instances, development related discussions, but those are usually about ROMs/kernels/actual code). From experience, though, I can tell you posting on the development forum will just get your thread ignored by uninterested developers and slammed by normal users.
Let me know I'd you have any questions.
GermainZ

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Connection Issue - Dual ASUS Gamepads On ASUS Windows 10 PC
I just bought a new desktop (ASUS M32CD) and i installed a GTX 760 and i bought two ASUS Gamepads (ASUS TV500BG) thinking that i would be able to use my computer to play two player games with my friends. The controllers are bluetooth and the computer is bluetooth 4.0.
When i use one controller that one controller works fine. When i try to connect the second controller , it connects for about 10 seconds then disconnect. So my issue is that only one will stay connected. But both are paired.
ISSUE: Both controllers pair, but only one stays connected. Both stay connected for a moment then one disconnects. Before is disconnects its stops being responsive.
TROUBLESHOOTED: I know ASUS has released drivers for windows 10 for the gamepads. I have installed only the 64-bit drivers and uninstalled and reinstalled a few times now. Batteries are fine, i get the same results when i try to connect they opposite controller, the first one to connect stays connected. The other connects briefly then shuts off.
ATTACHED: device manager screenshot, system info screenshot, bluetooth settings screenshot