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Controller battery level not displaying when corresponding entry is enabled

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input input: battery levels platform: windows
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Description

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  • Only RetroArch bugs should be filed here. Not core bugs or game bugs
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Description

Enabling Show Battery Level does not display controller battery level in windows.

Expected behavior

The xinput controllers battery level to be displayed.

Actual behavior

Nothing. On and off results in the same outcome.

Steps to reproduce the bug
  1. Navigate to user interface > views> show battery level and ensure its on
  2. connect your controller (in my case xbox one bluetooth)
  3. note that no battery level indicator displays in the menu
Bisect Results

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Version/Commit

You can find this information under Information/System Information

  • RetroArch: 1.86 9dc963e15a
Environment information
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Compiler: [In case you are running local builds]

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start at User Interface > Views > Show Battery Level and reproduce with the reported Xbox One Bluetooth controller on Windows 10, using RetroArch 1.86 at commit 9dc963e15a as the baseline. Trace the Windows/XInput battery-status path into the menu; done means the controller battery level is displayed when the setting is enabled.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
frontend, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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