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Bug 4478

Summary: Haptic on Switch Pro Controller not detected
Product: SDL Reporter: williamxie3421
Component: hapticAssignee: Ryan C. Gordon <icculus>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2 CC: rustym
Version: 2.0.9   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Mac OS X (All)   

Description williamxie3421 2019-01-30 12:47:55 UTC 
I've tried to implement a rumble system for my switch pro controller. Problem is that SDL_JoystickIsHaptic() returned me 1, while SDL_NumHaptics() returned 0. When I tried to open a Haptic Device using SDL_HapticOpenFromJoystick(), it returned me NULL. However, the joystick did rumble when I called SDL_JoystickRumble() function with both left and right motors correctly responded.

I'm using the SDL2# binding by flibitijibibo but it shouldn't change anything since it's calling the same functions. And my OS X version is 10.14 Mojave.

I came here because the mighty internets does not seem to know about this problem.
Comment 1 RustyM 2020-06-16 00:27:11 UTC 
Try using SDL_GameControllerRumble() or SDL_JoystickRumble() instead. This uses a newer haptic system inside SDL that works with the Switch Pro controller, PS4 controller, and more. I'm not sure, but you may not even need to init with SDL_INIT_HAPTIC to use this newer API. It's much simpler than the older Haptic APIs too.