object.connectionState

Overview

Indicates the input device’s current connection state with the system such as “connected”, “disconnected”, etc.

Possible return values are:

State	Description
“connected”	Indicates that the input device is availabe and can provide input events.
“disconnected”	Indicates that the connection to the input device has been lost. Will no longer provide input events.
“connecting”	Reserved for future use.
“disconnecting”	Reserved for future use.

Example

-- Called when the status of an input device has changed.
local function onInputDeviceStatusChanged( event )
    if event.connectionStateChanged then
        print( event.device.displayName .. ": " .. event.device.connectionState )
    end
end

-- Set up the above function to receive input device status change events.
Runtime:addEventListener( "inputDeviceStatus", onInputDeviceStatusChanged )