Exit Game with Select+Start on Retroarch Android

RetroArch Android devices
#1

Hello,

Just installed Retroarch on an Android device (with 8Bitdo NES30 BT) and am desperately missing the Hotkeys I know and love from RetroPie. In particular Select+Start to exit a game but also Select+Shoulder Buttons to Load/Save.

I don’t have root access to my device to edit files.

I went into settings -> input -> hotkeys and did not find anything like “exit game” only “exit retroarch” which I tried and failed to assign two keys to. It seems not to understand when I hold two keys down.

Next I tried to assign “Select” to the Option “Enable Hotkeys” but that just seemed to break all input and I had to re-install Retroarch to get the controller to work again.

Thanks for the help in advance!

#2

I’m not sure if it’s exactly what you want, but you can set Start+Select to toggle the menu under:

Settings > Input > Menu Toggle Gamepad Combo

#3

Thanks @metchebe that worked!

I have a few other questions:

  1. I’ve unset the option which seems to swap “A” and “B” quite a few times but it keeps setting itself each time I start retroarch. Do I have to save somehow?

  2. How would I go about defining Select+RightShoulder to save game? Is it “Select” to enable Hotkeys and then “RightShoulder” assigned to Save?

  3. Is there a more user-friendly option or layer above retroarch like retropie (emulation station) for android? With the RetroArch UI I need about 10 clicks to launch a title and new users aren’t able to use it at all.

Thanks!

#4

I can definitely confirm that assigning “Select” (109) to “Enable Hotkeys” immediately stops the controller from working inside RetroArch.

#5

OK, it seems not “exiting cleanly” by choosing “Quit RetroArch” from the Home menu was the reason my settings were not saved.

I’ve filed the Select button as an issue on github.

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