All Bluetooth Controller show up as the same Xperia Play on new Android Tablet

Is there an existing issue for this?

• This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
• I have searched the existing issues

Description

Hi there,

i bought a new Android Tablet, an ALLDOCUBE iPlay 70 mini Ultra and i am trying to connect two controller to it or better said, i want to use them in RetroArch (installed from F-Droid)

In Android, they get detected as the following:
Controller 1 --> Switch Pro Controller (Correct)
Controller 2 --> 8bitdo M30 (Correct)

Inside RetroArch, both controller get detected as the same Xperia Play controller. That means both are controller one. When i go into the controller settings, nothing is plugged into Port 2. According to RetroArch, there is only one controller plugged into Port 1 called Xperia Play.

When i control with any of the two controller, both control this Xperia Play Controller. So its impossible to me to play with 2 controllers.

I reset all settings inside RetroArch and restarted with new blanko settings and even re-installed the app and restarted and re-paired the controller, nothing changes.

Expected behavior

They should be detected as Switch Pro Controller and 8bitdo M30
They should not control the same controller but be detected as two independent.

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Install RetroArch
2. Press something on the Switch Pro Controller
3. It says "Xperia Play was connected to Port 1"
4. Press something on the 8bitdo M30 Controller
5. There is no Popup that says a new controller was detected
6. Both controllers control the same controller in Port 1

Version/Commit

1.21.0

Bisect Results

No response

Present in the nightly version

I don't know

Platform & operating system

Android 15

Affected Cores

All

Environment information

No response

Relevant log output

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing on Android 15 with a Switch Pro Controller and an 8bitdo M30, then inspect the controller detection and port-assignment path and capture relevant logs. Done means both devices retain their distinct names and are assigned to independent ports instead of sharing Xperia Play on Port 1.