Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.12 may have controller support

When Minecraft PE was first released as an exclusive for the Sony Xperia Play 2011, it had full support for the device's included controller. Unfortunately, when it was released for all Android devices (and other platforms), controller support didn't carry over. To this date, the only two devices with controller support on Minecraft PE are the Play and Amazon Fire TV.

But starting with the (probably) next Minecraft PE update, it looks like Mojang might finally be adding controller support to Minecraft PE. Take a look:

https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/599192883661377536

Controller support would be a huge addition to Minecraft PE, and further expand the number of devices it could be played on. There aren't many people that would rather play with a physical controller on their phones, there are dozens of Android devices with no touchscreen that Minecraft PE could finally run on. Examples include Android TV devices, the Ouya, Android-powered Smart TVs, and even PCs running/emulating Android that don't have a touchscreen.

The question of exactly which controllers it will support remains unknown. Most controllers for Android use a generic HUD interface, which just about every Android game that supports controllers can use. However, there are some other types of controllers (MOGA is a good example) that have their own controller API that apps have to separately implement, so they could potentially be unsupported by Mojang. Controllers on iOS are much simpler - there's on API that all controllers use (but the use of controllers on iOS is still low).

The tweet doesn't mention what version will get the UI overhaul and controller support, but it's a good bet it will be MCPE 0.12. I can't wait to brush the dust off my MOGA controller...

Comments

  1. No offense to anyone, and I don't mean to be rude, but who really cares about controllers? I'm not bashing, I'm simply asking a legitimate so please treat it as such.

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  2. My argument is that MCPE was made to be played with the touchpad, so I don't see anything wrong with that.

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  3. As far as I've tested, the controller support is broken on the Xperia Play since a couple updates back. If you want I could record a video to show you!

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  4. what controller is in the picture?

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  5. I think that is an iPega.

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