Sixaxis Lets You Use a PS3 Controller With Your Android Phone

Armando is not playing with a PS3 controller using Sixaxis. Just we like this pic anyway.

Pulling off a hadouken is already tricky enough, and IT's virtually impossible on a touch screen with a virtual joystick. But thanks to the Sixaxis controller app by Dancing Pixel Studios, you can now use your PS3 controller with a rooted Humanoid device.

First off, you are going to wishing to see if your Humanoid device is even compatible: Most HTC devices and some newer Samsung devices testament non work with Sixaxis. The running theory, according to the developer, is that some devices coif not support a required Bluetooth protocol. You rear end check by downloading the Sixaxis Compatibility Check app, which is free on the marketplace.

If you didn't get an "Error: Missing required protocol: message after you've started the app, then you are good to XTC. The next step is to cough out $1.65 to download the Sixaxis controller app. Subsequently that, free fall your phone and start your computer because you'll need it to pair your Sixaxis to your device.

Download and install SixaxisPairTool plan or MotionInJoy, or the Linux utility Sixpair. Once installed, outset the program–the window should show "Current Master: Inquisitory…". When you connect the control through USB, it should exhibit the Bluetooth address of your controller in the "xx:twenty:xx:xx:xx:xx" format.

Now go backbone to your Android gimmick, press Pop out, enter the bluetooth destination into the app, and press Update. Hit the PS button on the controller after you've unplugged it and it should start blinking until just unity light is left on, and viola, you birth a 17-button controller for Android. The app can also keep busy four controllers at once and the key mappings are completely configurable, A are the analog sticks, which are currently emulated as appendage key presses.

[Dancing Pixels Studios via Joystiq via Engadget]