Using GameInput to read raw Xbox One controller data

main.cpp

#include <cassert>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <memory>

#include <windows.h>
#include <wrl.h>

// Install the https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.GameInput package for this example
#include <GameInput.h>

namespace WRL = Microsoft::WRL;

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello World!\n";

    // Initialize GameInput
    WRL::ComPtr<IGameInput> gameInput;
    assert(SUCCEEDED(GameInputCreate(&gameInput)));

    uint64_t lastTimestamp = 0;
    while (Sleep(1), true)
    {
        // Poll for raw reports
        WRL::ComPtr<IGameInputReading> reading;
        if (SUCCEEDED(gameInput->GetCurrentReading(GameInputKindRawDeviceReport, nullptr, &reading)))
        {
            // Ignore unchanged reports
            uint64_t timestamp = reading->GetTimestamp();
            if (lastTimestamp == timestamp)
                continue;
            lastTimestamp = timestamp;

            // Read report
            WRL::ComPtr<IGameInputRawDeviceReport> rawReport;
            assert(reading->GetRawReport(&rawReport));

            auto info = rawReport->GetReportInfo();
            size_t size = rawReport->GetRawDataSize();
            std::cout << "Report ID: " << info->id << ", " << "size: " << size;

            // Read report data
            byte* buffer = new byte[size];
            assert(rawReport->GetRawData(size, buffer) == size);

            std::cout << ", ";
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
                std::cout << std::hex << std::setw(2) << std::setfill('0') << (int)buffer[i];

            delete[] buffer;

            std::cout << std::endl;
        }
    }
}