[Feature request]: Different joystick layouts for the touch input

[MatheusLynar]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Even when I'm using the DS4 joystick as default on Apollo, the touch controls still show up with the XBOX layout. Even more confusing if I'm playing a Switch-emulated game, because the A-B and X-Y buttons have switched positions.

Describe the solution you'd like

This could be solved in a few ways:

• Allow us to choose which layout we'd like to see for touch controls - Switch, Xbox or Playstation.
• Allow us to have a per-game controller layout when we're setting applications on Apollo. This would also be useful because sometimes you want to disable certain useless buttons in certain games.

Describe alternatives you've considered

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[ClassicOldSong]

This would break compatibility and there're already too many options in this app.

[MatheusLynar]

Thanks for your reply, but how would it break compatibility? I'm only asking for a visual change to the touchscreen layout. Literally show me an "O" button where the "B" button would be, or a triangle instead of "Y".

[ClassicOldSong]

Things are not that easy: what happens if you share a session with someone else? They may have their controller preferences and P2 can use different layout than P1.

To my experience dealing with all sorts of software input mapping, they're always messy and the best solution to do it from hardware level. Actually I'm not a fan of virtual controllers, they're very very hard to use especially when you need to hold the trigger while pressing buttons or turning the stick.

Also, game industries are leaning towards position based button indicators, which are symbol agnostic.