--- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/HIDDeviceManager.java
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/HIDDeviceManager.java
@@ -103,38 +103,12 @@
 
     private HIDDeviceManager(final Context context) {
         mContext = context;
-
-        // Make sure we have the HIDAPI library loaded with the native functions
-        try {
-            SDL.loadLibrary("hidapi");
-        } catch (Throwable e) {
-            Log.w(TAG, "Couldn't load hidapi: " + e.toString());
-
-            AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
-            builder.setCancelable(false);
-            builder.setTitle("SDL HIDAPI Error");
-            builder.setMessage("Please report the following error to the SDL maintainers: " + e.getMessage());
-            builder.setNegativeButton("Quit", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
-                @Override
-                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
-                    try {
-                        // If our context is an activity, exit rather than crashing when we can't
-                        // call our native functions.
-                        Activity activity = (Activity)context;
         
-                        activity.finish();
-                    }
-                    catch (ClassCastException cce) {
-                        // Context wasn't an activity, there's nothing we can do.  Give up and return.
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-            builder.show();
-
-            return;
+        try {
+            HIDDeviceRegisterCallback();
+        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError error) {
+            Log.v("SDL", "No implementation found for native library HIDDeviceRegisterCallback(). Was SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI enabled when building SDL?");
         }
-        
-        HIDDeviceRegisterCallback();
 
         mSharedPreferences = mContext.getSharedPreferences("hidapi", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
         mIsChromebook = mContext.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature("org.chromium.arc.device_management");