The DualShock3 requires a bluetooth dongle or a computer with integrated bluetooth. This adapter does not use bluetooth but a proprietary infrared protocol. You will get better results with an official adapter, but we do support some Chinese clones. The XBox360 wireless joypad and its microsoft adapter works out of the box on Lakka. These wireless joypads have been tested with Lakka: Your joypad will then be supported automatically for all RetroArch platforms and users beginning with its next release.
If your joypad is not recognized by Lakka, you will need to bind the buttons. When configuring a joypad, keep in mind that RetroArch joypad abstraction is inspired by the SNES pad for the placement of the buttons ABXY: This process takes approximately one minute for most joypads. Otherwise you will need to “map” or “bind” the buttons on the control to RetroArch and then create your own configuration file.
If your joypad is already supported, it will work out of the box. When there is an configuration already available from this repository, you should see a yellow message with the name of your joypad appearing on the bottom part of the screen when Lakka starts and at certain other times during operation, depending on your Lakka settings. Those config files are maintained in this git repository. When you plug a joypad to your Lakka box, RetroArch will try to match its vid:pid pair or its name to one of the config files stored in /etc/retroarch-joypad-autoconfig.