Dolphin Retroarch Core Crashes Upon Startup

[Drakkorcia]

I have almost every emulator that runs on my desktop working on Android except Dolphin. I load the core, start a game and it crashes to home screen. I would like to confirm Dolphin settings like hw shared context but don't know how on mobile with an instant crash. As a last resort I can always get standalone Dolphin but would like to keep everything in Retroarch if possible.

[PurpleTentacle]

Try disabling rewinding, if it's currently enabled. For whatever reason, rewind will crash RetroArch when using Dolphin. I made a separate config for the Dolphin core so that I can keep rewind on by default for all other platforms.

[Hellraezer]

I was having a hell of a time resolving this issue myself and was almost ready to abandon using Retroarch as my Dolphin replacement, until I discovered I had the wrong drivers selected for my system. My solution:

1. Start Retroarch.

2. Hit <F5> to open Desktop Menu.

3. Click <View>-<Settings>.

4. At the top/Left is a Drivers catagory. My settings are as follows:

Input: dinput

Joypad: xinput

Video: vulkan

Audio: xaudio

Audio Resampler: sinc

Camera: null

Location: null

Menu: xmb

Record: ffmpeg

MIDI: winmm

 

These are the only settings which the core would accept without crashing Retroarch.

It works with Gamecube and Wii games on my end.

[rodww]

Thanks, this was my exact issue as well!   This fixed it.

[Nierroh]

This fixed my issue as well!

Thanks a ton, I was working all night on this issue and nothing I did was doing the trick!

Bless you sir!

[KidGixxer]

Wow, thank you. I love this guy.

[VileThe2nd]

Okay, that's a solution for 'Desktop', not 'Android'. Has anyone figured out a solution for the Dolphin Core crash on Android?

[gaialily]

I search a lot but only find this https://githubmemory.com/repo/libretro/dolphin/issues/183

And didn't work for me.