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**garbear** · 2024-09-20, 03:05

Hi @kokonut,

About 4 weeks ago I merged a fix for this, right after v21.1 was released. To get the fix you have two options:

Sideload the latest v21 nightly from here: https://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/androi...v8a/Omega/
Wait for v21.2 to be released (probably a few months)

If you need help with the first, let me know.

Clutz450 · 2024-09-21, 18:40

Hey there. I wanted to report that I have been having the same problem with my controller not working. I am using a Playstation Edition Backbone Controller on my Samsung Galaxy S23+ phone. This controller worked perfectly on the Nexus versions of Kodi. However, when I updated to Omega, any D-Pad or joystick direction I press on my controller cause Kodi to crash (in assuming it's a crash as it takes me back to my phone's home screen). I did a fresh install and was still having the issue. To make sure I wasn't crazy, I redownloaded the latest Nexus version from https://mirrors.kodi.tv/releases/android...64-v8a.apk and everything worked fine again. I tried using the version you recommended (https://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/androi...64-v8a.apk) and the issue still remains. Please let me know what else I can try or additional information I can give you to help solve this. Thank you.

kokonut · 2024-09-22, 09:25

Thanks so much for the reply, I wonder of course what this was related to? Did Samsung have some kind of overkill in their OS?

Clutz450 · 2024-09-22, 09:31

(2024-09-22, 09:25)kokonut Wrote: Thanks so much for the reply, I wonder of course what this was related to? Did Samsung have some kind of overkill in their OS?

Did garbear's fix in his post work for you? Because it didn't work for me. Thanks.

kokonut · 2024-09-24, 21:57

Hello, to be honest haven't even tried installing yet, because I'm back to the previous versions of the program, which work as it is Excellent.

Joshuabernardny · 2024-10-21, 18:21

(2024-09-20, 03:05)garbear Wrote: Hi @kokonut,

About 4 weeks ago I merged a fix for this, right after v21.1 was released. To get the fix you have two options:

Sideload the latest v21 nightly from here: https://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/androi...v8a/Omega/

Wait for v21.2 to be released (probably a few months)

If you need help with the first, let me know.

Hi garbear!

Is it possible that fix wasn't merged in the armv7 nightly distribution? I don't know how this stuff works.

I just sideloaded the latest omega nightly and I'm having the exact same problem on a Google TV streaming box. Bluetooth controller works flawlessly till I hit any direction on the dpad and Kodi immediately exits to the android menu.

Viper67857 · 2024-11-05, 05:46

(2024-09-21, 18:40)Clutz450 Wrote: Hey there. I wanted to report that I have been having the same problem with my controller not working. I am using a Playstation Edition Backbone Controller on my Samsung Galaxy S23+ phone. This controller worked perfectly on the Nexus versions of Kodi. However, when I updated to Omega, any D-Pad or joystick direction I press on my controller cause Kodi to crash

Same thing with a Dualshock 4 on S23 Ultra. 20.5 works fine. Any 21+ version immediately crashes with the dpad or either analog stick. Stuck on 20.5 until a solution is found.

**garbear** · 2024-11-09, 08:24

Hey all, sorry I haven't been around the last two months, I picked up a side job and that's been taking up all my Kodi time. When I get a chance I'll try to reproduce but it could be a while.

That said, I haven't seen any debug logs showing the latest problem. I'm most interested in the beginning of the log showing all Android input and right before the crash. Can someone provide a log of the d-pad crashing bug? Maybe the problem will be obvious to me.

**garbear**

Good news! I've found the root cause of controllers not working on Android in v21. You need to install via apk. Any apk should work. I recommend a v21.2 nightly from https://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/android/ . You can also use an apk downloader to grab v21.1 from the Play Store (but v21.1 is missing some key controller fixes).

The cause is the aab packaging that the Play Store required for our v21 releases. The aab contains the correct 64-bit Joystick Support binary, but the incorrect 32-bit addon.xml.

We'll make sure that the v21.2 release that's due soon, possibly in a few days, contains the correct addon.xml. Controllers work really well in v21.2, so hang tight.

janweinreich · 2025-01-13, 02:23

Great news indeed!
Just in time for the new IAGL release too!
Thanks garbear!

**garbear** · 2025-01-13, 06:55

Even better, I uploaded the "Joystick Support" add-on to the mirrors. This should allow joysticks to work on v21.1!

Lukeraw93 · 2025-01-21, 04:56

Hi there,

Sorry I am still experiencing the crash that sends me back to home screen when using any directional button analog stick or trigger using an xbox official Controller and a 3rd party controller, android 14 oneui 6.1.1 on a samsung galaxy z flip 6, i have tried v21.2 and 21.1 normal and nighlty builds installed via apk. Using XAPS installer I've also tried Google play to no avail,

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a crucial step i have missed somewhere?

Many thanks
Luke

**garbear** · 2025-01-21, 05:02

Can you please upload a debug log so I can see what's wrong?

Lukeraw93 · 2025-01-21, 15:11

I cant find the location of the debug log anywhere.

storage/emulated/0/android/data as the location and I cant find that using my phone or PC, I can find android/data then the kodi folder but it is empty,

Sorry I am a noob

**garbear** · 2025-01-22, 03:51

Try the log uploader add-on, in Program Add-ons, named Kodi Logfile Uploader.