Bug PS4 Controller getting identified as a Mouse when connected at Runtime

Hello everyone,

after a long time of debugging i've come to the conclusion that this is perhaps a bug in Unity's input system or perhaps an android OS bug?

the PS4 controller gets identified as a Gamepad correctly when the controller is connected before the app is launched. Otherwise, Gets identified as a Mouse when connected at Runtime.

I logged the Input Device details OnDeviceStateChange() and that's where I found out that its being identified incorrectly.

I have tried using RegisterLayoutMatcher() and tried forcing the Gamepad class unto the Mouse class but controls still won't go through as the deviceClass of the Input Device is still a "Mouse"

(PS4 controller with Incorrect deviceClass png)


(PS4 controller with Correct deviceClass png)



I doubt that this very obvious edge case is a bug in the Input System, but is this not a bug?
TIA