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Allow Android to ignore unnecessary joysticks (like fingerprint sensors) #13759

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/joystick/SDL_gamepad.c
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Expand Up @@ -2863,8 +2863,8 @@ bool SDL_ShouldIgnoreGamepad(Uint16 vendor_id, Uint16 product_id, Uint16 version
}
#endif

if (name && SDL_strcmp(name, "uinput-fpc") == 0) {
// The Google Pixel fingerprint sensor reports itself as a joystick
if (name && SDL_startswith(name, "uinput-")) {
// The Google Pixel fingerprint sensor, as well as other fingerprint sensors, reports itself as a joystick
return true;
}

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/joystick/android/SDL_sysjoystick.c
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Expand Up @@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ void Android_AddJoystick(int device_id, const char *name, const char *desc, int
goto done;
}

if (SDL_ShouldIgnoreJoystick(vendor_id, product_id, 0, name)) {
goto done;
}

#ifdef DEBUG_JOYSTICK
SDL_Log("Joystick: %s, descriptor %s, vendor = 0x%.4x, product = 0x%.4x, %d axes, %d hats", name, desc, vendor_id, product_id, naxes, nhats);
#endif
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