Enabling GPIO pins for input as controller?

Hi there people!

I’ve been attempting to design out a portable raspberry Pi setup with Lakka, modeling it after the Adafruit Super Pi Boy. However I keep running into a snag with the GPIO ports.

I’d like to utilize the ports as a control input method since they’re already available on the Pi, but since Lakka is slightly more closed up I’m having a hard time getting to them.

I know that Lakka has WiringPi somewhere within the architecture, but I’m not certain how to access it at all.

Any help at this point with getting access and utilizing the GPIO pins would be greatly appreciated.

Hey, just wondering if you made any progress with this. I’m in the exact same situation as you and unfortunately considering swapping to RecalBox or RetroPie if I can’t get this working.