libretro / libretro/RetroArch

[Feature Request] Battery Level Widget

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Description

I love that I can see the device battery percentage in the menu, but I'd also like to be able to configure the On-Screen Notifications (like FPS counter) to also show the battery percentage, and possibly also BT controller battery levels too. AFAIK these values ARE available in the information menu, so in theory should be addable to a notification, right?

I've seen a lot of forum threads asking for this behavior, but nothing in the GH repo for it (unless my searching was poor).

I'm not a C programmer, but I can take a look at the code and try something in the meantime.

Thanks!

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing On-Screen Notifications, including the FPS counter, and the information-menu code that exposes device battery percentage. Determine whether controller battery levels are available through the same entry points. Done means battery percentage, and supported Bluetooth controller levels, can be configured and displayed in notifications.

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Tech stack
c
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
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Newbie friendliness
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