LaunchBox for Android New Version - Beta Testing

[spacemonkey]

2 minutes ago, Jason Carr said:

@spacemonkey Thanks, that should be enough. It looks like you're getting the same error as @Eyebrows Cat. I'll see what I can figure out.

If you are aware of a location that the message is available as a temp file or some such... let me know and I will see if I can grab a text copy.

[Jason Carr]

@spacemonkey @Eyebrows Cat I'm a bit weirded out, because that com.unbrokensoftware.launchbox.provider reference from the error message isn't anywhere that should matter in the code, but I did remove it from the one spot that it existed, though it shouldn't have been relevant.

Beta 6 is out now, and hopefully it might fix the issue?

I've been testing on Android 9 with an Amazon Fire tablet, but it doesn't seem to have these issues. @Eyebrows Cat What device are you using and what version of Android is it running?

[bundangdon]

7 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

Thanks, that might be helpful. Is that similar to the issue you're getting @bundangdon? I also need to know what devices are having this issue.

Yep, that looks like the same error. I'm using a Galaxy S10e with Android 9 installed.

And I tried the latest beta that was just released (now) and it seems to be working fine again. Thanks a lot!

Edited February 24, 2022 by bundangdon

[spacemonkey]

11 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

@spacemonkey @Eyebrows Cat I'm a bit weirded out, because that com.unbrokensoftware.launchbox.provider reference from the error message isn't anywhere that should matter in the code, but I did remove it from the one spot that it existed, though it shouldn't have been relevant.

Beta 6 is out now, and hopefully it might fix the issue?

I've been testing on Android 9 with an Amazon Fire tablet, but it doesn't seem to have these issues. @Eyebrows Cat What device are you using and what version of Android is it running?

I managed to get 1.1 beta 6 installed but it appears the issue is somewhat to do with the auto installer.

I deleted the contents of /launchbox/updates

Launched 1.0 > it prompted to update > downloaded > prompted to install > failed with error message

I closed Launchbox > file browsed to /launchbox/updates/  selected 1.1 beta 6 > it installed ok.

Regards,

Mat

 

 

 

[Vader]

@Jason Carr Thanks for keeping up with all the issues that have come up as you navigate around the crappy rules setup by Google. You are doing an awesome job. A couple of things I would love to see next include:

search/skip by letter

add game descriptions 

refine search (currently the search option is very broad) 

customizable themes

Hopefully you have these items in mind. Launchbox for Android is becoming something special. God Bless and have a good day.

 

[Soop]

I'm getting this error now since the last two updates:

 

 

Edit- ignore, I reimported and it's working again now.

Edited February 24, 2022 by Soop

[sage2050]

import is creating two copies of games with m3u playlists, even when the m3u is name the same as the game ( ie GAME (USA) (Disc 1).cue and GAME (USA).m3u )

I hear launchbox can create m3us, but i already had them.

[Eyebrows Cat]

20 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

@spacemonkey @Eyebrows Cat I'm a bit weirded out, because that com.unbrokensoftware.launchbox.provider reference from the error message isn't anywhere that should matter in the code, but I did remove it from the one spot that it existed, though it shouldn't have been relevant.

Beta 6 is out now, and hopefully it might fix the issue?

I've been testing on Android 9 with an Amazon Fire tablet, but it doesn't seem to have these issues. @Eyebrows Cat What device are you using and what version of Android is it running?

This environment is Xiaomi MI Pad 4 / Pixel experience plus (Based on android 9 / rooted).  I'm still getting the same error.

[Eyebrows Cat]

9 hours ago, spacemonkey said:

I managed to get 1.1 beta 6 installed but it appears the issue is somewhat to do with the auto installer.

I deleted the contents of /launchbox/updates

Launched 1.0 > it prompted to update > downloaded > prompted to install > failed with error message

I closed Launchbox > file browsed to /launchbox/updates/  selected 1.1 beta 6 > it installed ok.

Regards,

Mat

 

 

 

I was able to update this way.  thank you.

[Jason Carr]

10 hours ago, spacemonkey said:

I managed to get 1.1 beta 6 installed but it appears the issue is somewhat to do with the auto installer.

I deleted the contents of /launchbox/updates

Launched 1.0 > it prompted to update > downloaded > prompted to install > failed with error message

I closed Launchbox > file browsed to /launchbox/updates/  selected 1.1 beta 6 > it installed ok.

Regards,

Mat

 

1 hour ago, Eyebrows Cat said:

This environment is Xiaomi MI Pad 4 / Pixel experience plus (Based on android 9 / rooted).  I'm still getting the same error.

Thanks guys, so it looks like we've fixed the APK so that it actually installs, but we must still have an issue with the code that installs the APK, from what it sounds like. I'll see what I can do to get that fixed for the next version. Unfortunately though, even if I do get it fixed, you'll need to manually update to the next version (at least), since the updater will be using the current code to update.

[Jason Carr]

5 hours ago, Vader said:

@Jason Carr Thanks for keeping up with all the issues that have come up as you navigate around the crappy rules setup by Google. You are doing an awesome job. A couple of things I would love to see next include:

search/skip by letter

add game descriptions 

refine search (currently the search option is very broad) 

customizable themes

Hopefully you have these items in mind. Launchbox for Android is becoming something special. God Bless and have a good day.

Thanks, yup, all of those we do have in mind.

5 hours ago, Soop said:

I'm getting this error now since the last two updates:

 

 

Edit- ignore, I reimported and it's working again now.

Yeah, I have seen that before. I think this happens when the app is killed during the XML generation, which we already work hard to prevent, but apparently it's not quite 100%. I'll be revisiting this for the next beta.

1 hour ago, sage2050 said:

import is creating two copies of games with m3u playlists, even when the m3u is name the same as the game ( ie GAME (USA) (Disc 1).cue and GAME (USA).m3u )

I hear launchbox can create m3us, but i already had them.

Good to know. In general, we need a better way to filter game file types on imports, so we'll probably tackle this when we tackle that.

[spacemonkey]

6 minutes ago, Jason Carr said:

 

Thanks guys, so it looks like we've fixed the APK so that it actually installs, but we must still have an issue with the code that installs the APK, from what it sounds like. I'll see what I can do to get that fixed for the next version. Unfortunately though, even if I do get it fixed, you'll need to manually update to the next version (at least), since the updater will be using the current code to update.

Good work Jason.   Looking forward to whatever comes next.    It's a great front end on both PC and Android.

[Jason Carr]

@spacemonkey @Eyebrows Cat Sorry, one more question: do you know when the updater stopped working for you? Did it work with previous versions?

[spacemonkey]

1 hour ago, Jason Carr said:

@spacemonkey @Eyebrows Cat Sorry, one more question: do you know when the updater stopped working for you? Did it work with previous versions?

I have the APK installed on my Fire Cube (Fire TV), and Retroid Pocket 2+.   Updater stopped working on both with 1.0.

I've just manually installed 1.1 beta 6 on the Fire Cube successfully.

[Jason Carr]

LaunchBox for Android 1.1-beta-7 is out now with the following:

• More robust data saving and loading (including backup files)
• Hopeful fix for the above updater issues for some devices on Android 9 and below

Keep in mind that even if the updater is fixed for those devices, we'll unfortunately only know when we update the *next* time, not this time. For this update, folks were having issues with the automatic updater will unfortunately have to still manually update.

[Eyebrows Cat]

3 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

@spacemonkey @Eyebrows Cat Sorry, one more question: do you know when the updater stopped working for you? Did it work with previous versions?

In my environment it occurred when installing 1.0-beta-5 and the error has continued since then.

[Eyebrows Cat]

2 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

LaunchBox for Android 1.1-beta-7 is out now with the following:

• More robust data saving and loading (including backup files)
• Hopeful fix for the above updater issues for some devices on Android 9 and below

Keep in mind that even if the updater is fixed for those devices, we'll unfortunately only know when we update the *next* time, not this time. For this update, folks were having issues with the automatic updater will unfortunately have to still manually update.

LaunchBox for Android 1.1-beta-7 was successfully installed by the automatic installer. Thank you Jason!

[Jason Carr]

49 minutes ago, Eyebrows Cat said:

LaunchBox for Android 1.1-beta-7 was successfully installed by the automatic installer. Thank you Jason!

Ah, so that means it was actually fixed in the previous version, lol, of course. That makes sense. Good to hear.

[spacemonkey]

22 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

Ah, so that means it was actually fixed in the previous version, lol, of course. That makes sense. Good to hear.

I concur.

1.1 beta 6 auto updater updated to 1.1 beta 7 without incident on my Retroid Pocket 2+.

Fire Cube next 👍

[ZeroZorro]

Starting empty adding ROM's was no problem, but selecting to play gives this error. Beta 6 on Nvidia Shield with updated firmware (9.*)

Any clues?