RetroArch Android releases (v1.0.0.2)

RetroArch Android devices
#1015

Android RA terribly needs an update. Not only has it been awhile, but Playstation games no longer work on Android 5.0 Lollipop using the two PSX cores it came with (PCSX & Mednafen, though… Mednafen has never worked)… after opening the bin/img file, RA force closes. I’ve been tempted to install a separate PS1 emulator to play these games, but this would defeat the purpose of using RA.

I would like to download additional cores (especially N64), but this feature doesn’t appear to be budging… just how long is ‘Coming Soon’ exactly?

#1016

If you want to check out what’s been happening since 1.0.0.2, you can try one of lordashram’s unofficial builds from the development subforum. The Android/iOS betas should be out very soon, which means whenever they’re ready.

#1017

I believe many people already said that, but it would be nice to have in the next release the possibility to bring up a popup menu with the menu/back button of your phone with options like load/save state, choose state, fast-forward, settings, etc… I know that you can already do this with the Immerse layout, but given that most of emulators work like that it would prevent any confusion. Also it would be nice if the automatic save state when you exit a game through the back button was always a fixed save state number, say 0, instead of the last one you were on (like in Broglia’s emulators). In that way you wouldn’t fear overwriting an important save state if you accidentally exit the game.

#1019

What do you mean by that?

You’re actually right. I didn’t probably test it well enough last time.

Well I’m sorry, but he does good things with almost the same cores as yours and many people use its stuff. It is not a sin to take good ideas from elsewhere, that’s about the way technology always advanced. Also those functions exist in almost any emulator out there on Android; nobody has trademark on them either, it’s a basic comfort issue for almost all gamers.

#1020

Yes, about Broglia’s stuff, but Retroarch it’s focused more on multiplatform app than just Android.

#1023

Emulating ROMs is for preserving classics, not really for playing. That “feature” is just a welcome side effect. If you want to play classic games the proper way… Buy the hardware. I have my own preserved collection of retro consoles, with the cartridges, booklets & cases sealed tight.

#1024

You have the right to have your own conception of the purpose of emulation, but as RetroArch already has a save state feature built in (as nearly ALL emulators on Earth), I’m afraid to tell you you’re completely off topic - and probably on the wrong site, too.

#1025

Anyway, I just tried to load a N64 rom with Mupen64plus, it just shows a black screen with the yellow “Loading” message for a few seconds and then simply goes back to the main menu. ROMs are unpacked .n64 files, I tried a few different ones with no result. Is anyone else having this issue?

#1026

Check your logs (with a logcat) and see what it says. That’ll make it easier to diagnose the issue.

#1027

Here is what alogcat seems to say:

E/SpannableStringBuilder(19289): SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE spans cannot have a zero length

I only picked the red line that repeated a few times, I dunno if it’s the right one.

#1028

Get the whole thing and either put it on pastebin (or another similar site) and then paste the link here or paste the whole thing here in

 blocks (like you did).
#1029

Ok, here’s the whole log. I just restarted the phone and tried to load a ROM with the Mupen64Plus core.

--------- beginning of /dev/log/main
I/dalvikvm( 4756): Turning on JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 11...
D/AbsListView( 4756): Get MotionRecognitionManager
W/ResourceType( 4756): Failure getting entry for 0x010802c0 (t=7 e=704) in package 0 (error -75)
W/ResourceType( 4756): Failure getting entry for 0x010802c0 (t=7 e=704) in package 0 (error -75)
W/ResourceType( 4756): Failure getting entry for 0x010802c0 (t=7 e=704) in package 0 (error -75)
E/SpannableStringBuilder( 4756): SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE spans cannot have a zero length
E/SpannableStringBuilder( 4756): SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE spans cannot have a zero length
D/dalvikvm( 4756): GC_CONCURRENT freed 208K, 14% free 9614K/11143K, paused 4ms+3ms, total 57ms
E/SpannableStringBuilder( 4756): SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE spans cannot have a zero length
E/SpannableStringBuilder( 4756): SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE spans cannot have a zero length
W/ResourceType( 4756): Failure getting entry for 0x010802c0 (t=7 e=704) in package 0 (error -75)
D/AbsListView( 4756): Get MotionRecognitionManager
#1030

weird. i dont see anything overtly related to retroarch there. are other cores working okay for you?

#1031

Yep, they run perfectly, at least the ones I tried (Genesis Plus GX, PSCX ReArmed, Yabause and 4DO even if these two run slow). I also tried another emulator (Mega64) and those roms runs smoothly on it. Last time I had the same issue it was with Sega CD games and I fixed it by adding BIOS files, but apparently there’s no such thing for N64…

#1032

Have you tested it on RetroArch PC? Does that game even work at all? Does it happen on more games? Are you using the latest version?[/quote]

Hi there Just wanted to report I’m still seeing a similar crash to the one reported by Tatsuya79 above, this time on v1.0.0.2 from Play Store: Game Gear GG Shinobi crashes every time after selecting mission on select screen OR when letting the demo run from the start menu (abaout 3 seconds in to the demo) using Genesis Plus GX on Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 running stock Android 4 (I’m a new user but have got all other cores / ROMs working well so far).

Don’t know if it helps but out of curiosity I loaded the ROM in Picodrive -obviously the wrong core, but the only other Sega core- and let the demo run: unsurprisingly, it looked like cr@p but no crash.

Anyway, keep up the awesome work!

#1033

Hi LibRetro RetroArch developer. Can you enable support for the roms UMK3 Juggernaut Hack and the new rom UMK3:Tournament Edition Hack for to be playable in MAME RetroArch android? Currently this roms work in a RetroArch version of ps3 and also in Mame32K 0.64 emulator for Windows, only for android that do not work. If possible, please enable this roms to be playables for android also. Thank you.

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#1035

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#1037

Hi I use android Retroarch 1.5.0 How can I Increase color quality in Games? Is there any High contrast/Dynamic color option in application??

Tnx.