Pressing dpad cancel others pressed buttons on Nvidia Shield with Xbox 360 wireless controller

[cyrilpicard]

First and foremost consider this:

• Only RetroArch bugs should be filed here. Not core bugs or game bugs
• This is not a forum or a help section, this is strictly developer oriented

Description

On Nvidia Shield with wireless Xbox 360 controller, pressing dpad cancel others pressed buttons as if they were released. For exemple, in a racing game, if I hold the accelerator button, then press a direction, the accelerator button is released whereas I am still pressing it.

The bug don't occurs on Nvidia Shield with a Nintendo Switch Pro controller. The bug don't occurs on Samsung Galaxy S8 with a wireless Xbox 360 controller.

Expected behavior

Pressing dpad shouldn't interfer with other buttons

Actual behavior

Pressing dpad cancel others pressed buttons

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Launch a racing game (tested with Sega Rally on Yaba Sanshiro core), start a race
2. Press and hold B button on Xbox 360 controller, the car accelerate
3. Press left or right direction on dpad without releasing B button
4. The car don't accelerate anymore, as if B button was released

Bisect Results

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Version/Commit

Reproduced in Retroarch 1.14.0 from retroarch.com and Retroarch 1.9.12 from Google Play store

Environment information

• OS: Android on Nvidia Shield

[cyrilpicard]

Same issue with Geforce Now and MD.emu. Most likely an Android/Shield issue.