Jason Carr

Well that's odd. I have the "NVIDIA SHIELD TV Gaming Edition" which should also be the latest version of the Shield. The listing on Amazon doesn't say Pro: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N1NT9Y6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 So not sure if we have the same one or not, but something is going awry, as my testing and development is done with that device. I know we have quite a few other users who are using various Shield TV devices without issues as well. What are you using for storage? Do you have the exported folder on internal storage or a USB device? What version of Android are you running?

The revamped wall view is pretty far down the list at #18 in the poll items. So I'll definitely get to it (it's in the top 20), but it'll probably be a while.

I'm guessing you mean putting games on the Android TV home screen? I hadn't thought about it honestly, but that makes sense.

I'm hesitant to pick up a GPD XD+, because I'm not sure if it would have the same issues. Do you happen to know if it runs the same version of Android?

Hey all, first off thank you so much for helping with the beta testing. The official release has been very smooth and I definitely owe that to you guys, so thank you very much. I wanted to mention that if you have previously left a review on the Play Store, it has all been private feedback, unfortunately, because Google does not allow beta testers to give public feedback. If you'd like to review the app publicly (and I would be very grateful), you first need to click this link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.unbrokensoftware.launchbox From there, click the button to opt out, and then you will finally be able to leave a public review here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unbrokensoftware.launchbox I'm sorry for being so forward about this; I typically wouldn't come out and ask for reviews lol, but Google has complicated this whole process so much that I felt that it was probably a good thing to clear up. Thanks again, everybody. Just put out a desktop beta, and I'm back to Android development for the rest of the afternoon. Edit: Don't worry about uninstalling the beta version of the app and reinstalling the public version, as the site says. There's no need as they are one and the same for the moment.

Hey all, the first 10.2 beta is out now, with details here: Closing this thread. We can continue discussion above.

Hey all, the first 10.2 beta is out now with the #3 most-voted item from the last poll: backup and restore options for data and settings. Here's the change log: New Feature: New options for "Create Data Backup" and "Restore Data Backup" are available under the Tools menu in LaunchBox. These options will backup and restore your LaunchBox and Big Box data, sans for game and media files. Improvement: Automatic data backups now use the new data backup engine, which should make things significantly easier in disaster scenarios, as it's now one file per backup instead of a bunch of random XML files I went ahead and revamped the automatic data backups system as well, since it was confusing for a lot of users due to all the XML files being separate. Automatic data backups now happen on both startup and shutdown of LaunchBox and Big Box, if enabled in the LaunchBox options (should be enabled by default). The new backup system simply creates a 7-zip backup file of the LaunchBox\Data folder, which handles everything sans for game and media files. It should be really convenient now to make a backup and then experiment however you like, with the ability to go back easily if needed. Next up on the list is the #1 feature from the poll: Xbox controller and PS4 controller home button support.

Thank you @alexposad. I have this in for the 10.2-beta-1 release that I just put out.

Thanks @Retro808. All good stuff. It would help to know what version you upgraded from, if possible @Gunnderson. That would help to figure out if it's an issue with the startup/pause screens or not. You can disable those though under Tools > Options > Game Startup and Tools > Options > Game Pause in LaunchBox, and separately in the same locations in Big Box.

Thanks for the follow-up @danpow.

Correct. The easiest way to do it is to just delete the /Android/data/com.unbrokensoftware.launchbox folder. Then it'll be a completely fresh install.

Gotcha. That's not a small job, because it would be a new type of interface element in Big Box (we don't really do that anywhere else). But I'll consider it. Sorry for the trouble. Thankfully, installing the new framework is just a one-time thing. I know there's always going to be one-off issues with installing new versions of the .NET Framework, so I always make sure I have a good reason for upgrading before I do. At this point I'm wondering if we should put a big warning at the top of the app that says "Riva Tuner causes issues". Lol.

Thanks for this. I'll get it available without a hack here soon, but if this works in the mean time, then that's killer.

Just a little FYI, I find it incredibly annoying that we have to use such a deep folder for all the data like that. Originally I was just using a LaunchBox folder in the root. But unfortunately, Android does a terrible job of managing data permissions, and some devices were refusing to allow the app to access files on SD cards unless we put them in the default app data folder.

Gotcha. Glad you're sorted. Yes, the exact path there to the LaunchBox folder is important, which is why the exporter creates those folders for you inside the folder you choose to place the package in.

I do most of my development/testing on Android TV, so I would argue that the current version is optimized for Android TV. There's no reason that a separate version needs to be made in order for it to be optimized for Android TV; that's a misnomer.

Okay, I'm lost then currently. I'll take a look though to see if I can replicate it.

Ha, well thanks. That's interesting though. Are you using any file sync utilities like Dropbox or Google Drive?

That is planned, but I still have to add that functionality both to the exporter in the desktop app, and into the Android app. Unfortunately I can't give you a date as to when that will happen, but I will be looking into it soon. It's on my shortlist.

Currently, storing the games locally is the only option, unfortunately, unless you use something like the nVidia's Shield's functionality to mount a network share as a storage device (which I have yet to test). I will be adding some sort of option later on to be able to pull files off of a NAS or similar (I think, not sure how yet), but that will be coming at a later date.

We could, but I think Google will probably do a good enough job getting people here. One of us will be around to answer it again if not. Thanks @misteridjit.

Thank you @misteridjit. I've seen that the Windows file transfer utilities to Android devices can be really finicky. I would guess that there was probably already an images folder in there that just wasn't showing up. Can you try disconnecting and reconnecting to see if maybe there's a duplicate folder in there? Otherwise, maybe try looking for an images folder with a file browser on your Android device.

What specific model of GDP XD do you have @Akis? Are they still available for sale?

That is great to hear. Thanks @Skelnik.

LaunchBox and Big Box on Android will be the same application. Basically, I'll be adding views to the Android app to behave like Big Box. So no additional purchases.