universal_gamepad

Cross-platform Flutter plugin providing unified gamepad input (connect/disconnect, buttons, axes, triggers).

1.5.8 7.2K downloads/mo #3383 most downloaded on pub.dev edde746/universal_gamepad

What this package is like to depend on

Last release 1 months ago

07 Jul 2026

Ships fairly regularly

a new release about every 3 weeks

Rarely documented

notes for 3 of 21 stable releases

Nothing withdrawn

no release was ever pulled

6 months old

21 releases · first in 2026

21 releases in the last 12 months

see the full history below

Release timeline

21 releases · Feb 2026 to Jul 2026

Release Pre-release

Releases

latest 21

1.5.8 07 Jul 2026
Release notes
- Web: fix broken web builds — the plugin's WebGamepad class was not reachable from the entry point declared in pubspec.yaml, so flutter build web failed in consuming apps. The web entry point is now universal_gamepad_web.dart.
- Windows: resume() now re-enumerates gamepads that stayed connected during pause() (previously they were never re-detected until physically re-plugged).
- Windows: fix a rare wedge where events sent before the window handle was captured were queued but never flushed.
- Android: holding a button no longer emits repeated pressed events (auto-repeat key events are filtered).
- Android: process batched historical motion samples and apply the device-reported flat region (deadzone) to stick axes, per the Android game-controller guidance; trigger press threshold unified to 0.5 to match other platforms.
- Android: input events are no longer emitted for devices that fail the gamepad check; disconnect events now carry the real device name/vendor/product.
- Linux: Xbox-family controllers driven by xpad no longer report the X and Y face buttons swapped (xpad maps them by label; PlayStation and spec-compliant drivers by location — detected via the sysfs driver link).
- Linux: fix duplicate connect events when the Dart side subscribes right after startup, and stop invoking the engine callback while holding an internal lock.
- iOS: guard against duplicate connect notifications (matching macOS behavior).
- iOS/macOS: gamepad names now use the same precedence on both platforms (vendorName, then productCategory); events already on the main thread are delivered without an extra runloop hop and can no longer hit a cancelled sink.
- Removed the unconditional dart:io import from the shared Dart code.
- Podspec versions now track the package version.
- iOS/macOS: add Swift Package Manager support while retaining CocoaPods compatibility.
Open source →
Release notes
- Web: fix broken web builds — the plugin's WebGamepad class was not reachable from the entry point declared in pubspec.yaml, so flutter build web failed in consuming apps. The web entry point is now universal_gamepad_web.dart.
- Windows: resume() now re-enumerates gamepads that stayed connected during pause() (previously they were never re-detected until physically re-plugged).
- Windows: fix a rare wedge where events sent before the window handle was captured were queued but never flushed.
- Android: holding a button no longer emits repeated pressed events (auto-repeat key events are filtered).
- Android: process batched historical motion samples and apply the device-reported flat region (deadzone) to stick axes, per the Android game-controller guidance; trigger press threshold unified to 0.5 to match other platforms.
- Android: input events are no longer emitted for devices that fail the gamepad check; disconnect events now carry the real device name/vendor/product.
- Linux: Xbox-family controllers driven by xpad no longer report the X and Y face buttons swapped (xpad maps them by label; PlayStation and spec-compliant drivers by location — detected via the sysfs driver link).
- Linux: fix duplicate connect events when the Dart side subscribes right after startup, and stop invoking the engine callback while holding an internal lock.
- iOS: guard against duplicate connect notifications (matching macOS behavior).
- iOS/macOS: gamepad names now use the same precedence on both platforms (vendorName, then productCategory); events already on the main thread are delivered without an extra runloop hop and can no longer hit a cancelled sink.
- Removed the unconditional dart:io import from the shared Dart code.
- Podspec versions now track the package version.
Open source →
1.5.7 21 May 2026
Release notes
- Fix Linux gamepad reconnect detection after controller sleep or disconnect.
Open source →
1.5.6 19 May 2026
Release notes
- Add Android support for pause() and resume() by detaching and reattaching native input listeners.
Open source →
1.5.5 24 Apr 2026

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1.5.4 09 Mar 2026

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1.5.3 09 Mar 2026

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1.5.2 08 Mar 2026

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1.5.1 07 Mar 2026

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1.5.0 23 Feb 2026

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1.4.4 17 Feb 2026

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1.4.3 17 Feb 2026

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1.4.2 17 Feb 2026

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1.4.1 17 Feb 2026

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1.4.0 17 Feb 2026

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1.3.0 17 Feb 2026

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1.2.2 17 Feb 2026

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1.2.1 17 Feb 2026

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1.2.0 17 Feb 2026

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1.1.1 17 Feb 2026

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1.1.0 08 Feb 2026

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1.0.0 02 Feb 2026

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universal_gamepad

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