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Controller Is Connected To My Phone But The Browser Test Shows Nothing
Mobile is supported, but many clip-on pads connect in a keyboard or mouse mode that browsers do not expose as a gamepad. Switch the controller to…
Chris Evans Jr.Verified Gamepad Tester team member
Mobile Browser Compatibility Engineer at Gamepad Tester
Gets the Gamepad API working properly in Android and iOS browsers with clip-on controllers.
Chris works on mobile web input. Phone browsers are the hardest place to test a controller: a Bluetooth clip-on pad may connect to the phone but stay invisible to the page, iOS and Android expose the Gamepad API at different moments, and a backgrounded tab stops polling entirely. He works through those cases so a mobile player gets the same test result a desktop player would.
On Gamepad Tester he answers the mobile questions, including controllers that pair with a phone but send no input to the browser.
- Hands-On
- Tests the Gamepad API across Android and iOS browsers with Bluetooth clip-on controllers.
- Answers On Gamepad Tester
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What Chris Works On
Mobile browser inputiOS and Android Gamepad APIclip-on controllersbackground tab behaviour
Tests Chris Looks After
Gamepad TesterLive test of every button, stick, trigger and axis on any controllerFree · Open tool Button TestCheck each button for response, double presses and dead inputsFree · Open tool
Questions Answered By Chris
The Team Behind These Answers
Calder WrightFront-End Web Architect And Gamepad API Lead
Elena RostovaHardware Diagnostics Engineer
Garrett LindsayHardware Reviewer And Input Performance Specialist
Venom’s Tech (Abhishek)Peripheral Reviewer And Tech Journalist
Chloe HendersonHall Effect And Thumbstick Analyst
Thiago AlvesHardware Repair Educator
Devon MillerLow Latency And Input Timing Engineer
Liam DaviesBluetooth And Wireless Test EngineerEach answer is written by the specialist who owns that part of the hardware, tested on a real controller, and checked by a second team member. How we verify answers