creating controller overlay toggle/autohide

[TheDoogie-crypto]

Help. I'm new but I'm trying everything.

Goal of the mod

Virtual controller overlay ON when no controller connected
Virtual controller overlay OFF automatically when a controller is connected at boot
Overlay comes back when controller disconnects
Overlay editor still works
No graphics API crashes
Controller settings toggle for manual override (later phase)

The key lesson from my two failed builds so far:

Never interfere with startup initialization.

Let Flycast initialize normally, then react to controller changes.

setVGamepadEditMode() is more critical than it sounds

overlay delegate must still initialize

Flycast startup order is fragile

controller-at-boot ≠ controller-after-launch

Android graphics init can fail if lifecycle timing changes

edit overlay and touch system are coupled

Now avoiding start hacks, event hacks only.

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I realize that obviously this hasn't been implemented before for a reason. Please help if you know anything 🙋🏻

Trying to add Android auto-hide for virtual controls when a physical controller is connected. Startup checks in NativeGLView broke overlay editing and caused init issues. Is there an existing input lifecycle hook or listener path you’d recommend for toggling VirtualJoystickDelegate visibility safely after initialization?