Controllers not working in sideloaded game

by suplexx0

Just hoping someones ran into this before, but I purchased Spongebob: The Battle of Bikini Bottom Rehydrated on android today for $0.99 (still on sale, I think), and sideloaded it onto the shield. Game loads fine but it doesn't seem to work with any controller. The game officially has controller support, but it wont detect anything.

Didn't know if anyone had run into this before with a different game?

Thanks

EDIT:

This just started working for no reason. 🤷‍♂️

nickm_27

If it supports controller on phone it should support in shield for sure. Are you able to get into settings? Perhaps you need to enable controller support before it will function

jretrogaming

Is it still working for you? Did you happen to discover why?