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# GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction

The platforms for which your app requires or you recommend a game controller.

## Discussion

Add this key to your information property list if your app requires a game controller in visionOS or to recommend a game controller in iOS. Adding this key requires you to enable the Game Controllers capability in Xcode and ExtendedGamepad under the Game Controllers capability. Xcode sets the value of [`GCSupportsControllerUserInteraction`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCSupportsControllerUserInteraction) to `YES` and includes an entry in the [`GCSupportedGameControllers`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCSupportedGameControllers) dictionary with ProfileName set to ExtendedGamepad.

If your app requires a game controller for input in visionOS, add [`visionOS`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction/visionOS) to the [`GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction) dictionary and set the value to `YES`. If the value is `YES`, the App Store adds a Controller Required badge to your app.

To recommend a game controller in iOS, add [`iOS`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction/iOS) to the dictionary and set the value to `YES`. If the value is `YES`, the App Store adds a Controller Recommended badge to your app.

For apps built for visionOS, use only a [`visionOS`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction/visionOS) platform key in the dictionary. For iOS apps, you can include [`iOS`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction/iOS) or [`visionOS`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction/visionOS) platform keys to indicate behavior in iOS or a compatible iPad or iPhone app running in visionOS.

> Important:
> If your app doesn’t provide an alternate to the game controller for input in visionOS then you need to include an entry in the ``doc://com.apple.bundleresources/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction`` dictionary and set the value to `YES`.

## Topics

### Platforms

[`iOS`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction/iOS)

A Boolean value you use to indicate that a game controller is recommended on iOS.

[`visionOS`](/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction/visionOS)

A Boolean value you use to indicate that a game controller is required on visionOS.


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