From 964b89aa67311d289a69180c986c0646bb5fbaee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: edde746 <86283021+edde746@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:05:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(windows): release gamepad handles on window blur

---
 lib/services/gamepad_service.dart | 8 +++++++-
 pubspec.lock                      | 4 ++--
 pubspec.yaml                      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/services/gamepad_service.dart b/lib/services/gamepad_service.dart
index e7eacc3e..237be9e1 100644
--- a/lib/services/gamepad_service.dart
+++ b/lib/services/gamepad_service.dart
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ class GamepadService with WindowListener {
   }
 
   @override
-  void onWindowFocus() => _windowFocused = true;
+  void onWindowFocus() {
+    _windowFocused = true;
+    Gamepad.instance.resume();
+  }
 
   @override
   void onWindowBlur() {
@@ -123,6 +126,9 @@ class GamepadService with WindowListener {
     _leftStickDown = false;
     _leftStickLeft = false;
     _leftStickRight = false;
+
+    // Release native device handles so other apps can use the gamepad.
+    Gamepad.instance.pause();
   }
 
   void _handleGamepadEvent(GamepadEvent event) {
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 1dc9759c..acb9df56 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -1263,10 +1263,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: universal_gamepad
-      sha256: afd3106195aa2052ec23fe61069cad8d0caed255c7e2e6ed33a403e0a94f365e
+      sha256: b638bd9d2bf25c15cf815c7f1a66629d56e8d5229178d7347ffc68efd7c646dd
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.4.4"
+    version: "1.5.0"
   url_launcher:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 79d9ce43..bf1c46b5 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dependencies:
       path: wakelock_plus
   path_provider: ^2.1.0
   path: ^1.9.0
-  universal_gamepad: ^1.4.4
+  universal_gamepad: ^1.5.0
   drift: ^2.28.2
   sqlite3_flutter_libs: ^0.5.41
   workmanager: ^0.9.0+3