This prevents conflicts with hidapi linked with applications, as well as allowing applications to make use of HIDAPI on Android and other platforms that might not normally have an implementation available.
The get_usb_string call is rather expensive on some USB devices, so we
cache the vendor/product strings for future lookups (e.g. when
hid_enumerate is invoked again later).
This way, we only need to ask libusb for strings for devices we haven't
seen since before we started.
Signed-off-by: Steven Noonan <steven@valvesoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
From hidapi mainstream git: https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/issues/142d2c3a9862e
Read callback may fire itself on its own even after its been requested
to stop and exactly before the calling code waits for its completion in
indefinite loop. Explicitly preventing re-fireing the submission loop
fixes the issue.
If you enable this, you'll need to link with CoreBluetooth.framework and add something like this to your Info.plist:
<key>NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription</key>
<string>MyApp would like to remain connected to nearby bluetooth Game Controllers and Game Pads even when you're not using the app.</string>
