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# GCMicroGamepadSnapshot

A recording of all of the values provided by a [`GCMicroGamepad`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepad) object.

```
class GCMicroGamepadSnapshot
```

## Overview

To create a gamepad snapshot, call the [`saveSnapshot()`](/documentation/GameController/GCGamepad/saveSnapshot()) method on a [`GCMicroGamepad`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepad) object. The [`GCMicroGamepadSnapshot`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepadSnapshot) class is a subclass of the [`GCMicroGamepad`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepad) class, so you use the parent class’s properties to read the individual element values. The snapshot is stored in a device independent format. To get the flattened data representation of the snapshot data, read the [`snapshotData`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepadSnapshot/snapshotData) property.

## Topics

### Converting Between Snapshots and Data Objects

[`init(snapshotData:)`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepadSnapshot/init(snapshotData:))

Initializes a snapshot object with the flattened data representation obtained from another snapshot.

[`init(controller:snapshotData:)`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepadSnapshot/init(controller:snapshotData:))

[`snapshotData`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepadSnapshot/snapshotData)

The flattened control input values for the snapshot.

### Flattening a Snapshot to Memory

[`GCMicroGamepadSnapShotDataV100`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepadSnapShotDataV100)

A structure that holds a snapshot of a micro gamepad controller’s input data.

[`NSDataFromGCMicroGamepadSnapShotDataV100(_:)`](/documentation/GameController/NSDataFromGCMicroGamepadSnapShotDataV100(_:))

Encapsulates the controller data from a micro gamepad structure into a data object.

[`GCMicroGamepadSnapShotDataV100FromNSData(_:_:)`](/documentation/GameController/GCMicroGamepadSnapShotDataV100FromNSData(_:_:))

Copies the recorded data from a micro gamepad snapshot into a readable structure.


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