Enable RetroArch to be set as a Launcher on Android #15880
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This change will block retroarch from being usable on samsung dex |
Gah, what a mess. So no custom launcher software is compatible with dex? |
Correct |
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Surely the number of users of RA on dex is dwarfed by the number of users of RA on Android normal?
Separate build for Dex feasible?
…On Tue, 7 Nov 2023, at 17:10, Luan Vitor Simião Oliveira wrote:
>> This change will block retroarch from being usable on samsung dex
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> Gah, what a mess. So no custom launcher software is compatible with dex?
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Correct
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Additional info: TapiocaFox/Daijishou#128
Sure, but dex is the best way to use external displays (no black borders). |
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I think the idea would be to make "dedicated" retrogaming/RetroArch devices out of, say, cheap Android set-top boxes. |
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Home button is to allow behaviour as per any other Android launcher. RA may not allow execution of other apps, but various flavours of Android certainly do whether its from custom buttons, notifications, gestures.
I'd be happy to patch (and distribute) my own copy of RA with just this modification, but I failed at both rebuilding the .apk (won't install) and setting up a build environment (Gradle hates me). After spending about 20 hours and getting nowhere...
…On Tue, 7 Nov 2023, at 18:06, Luan Vitor Simião Oliveira wrote:
Additional info: TapiocaFox/Daijishou#128
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> Surely the number of users of RA on dex is dwarfed by the number of users of RA on Android normal? Separate build for Dex feasible?
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Sure, but dex is the best way to use external displays (no black
borders).
And since retroarch can't launch other apps, I don't get why you would
want to make the home button open retroarch, it wouldn't even do
anything if you pressed it while playing a game on retroarch
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I have a Retroid Pocket 2S Android handheld. All the other emulation launchers I've tried are no good, and I'd prefer to just load and stay straight into RA.
…On Tue, 7 Nov 2023, at 18:23, hizzlekizzle wrote:
I think the idea would be to make "dedicated" retrogaming/RetroArch
devices out of, say, cheap Android set-top boxes.
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Someone on discord mentioned another potential issue: confusing users when they hit the home button and it offers to launch RetroArch. I'll see if there's a way we can get a separate build with this modification going, though. |
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That's exactly the behaviour I want! :)
…On Tue, 7 Nov 2023, at 20:22, hizzlekizzle wrote:
Someone on discord mentioned another potential issue: confusing users
when they hit the home button and it offers to launch RetroArch.
I'll see if there's a way we can get a separate build with this
modification going, though.
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Description
Add the relevant Intents to the androidmanifest.xml files to allow RA to be set as a launcher, and called by pressing the Circle/Centre/Home button
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent#CATEGORY_HOME
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent#CATEGORY_DEFAULT
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