LaunchBox for Android New Version - Beta Testing

[Jason Carr]

6 minutes ago, oyehia said:

Does this fix the issue i mentioned or you still need my log file?

It does not fix your issue, no. So yes, I still need the details and log file.

[Vader]

@Jason Carr The updates are great and appricated, but I still think that priority should be better game searching, search by letter and theming (at the very least maybe a horizontal view).

[Mookdog]

On 3/15/2022 at 2:54 PM, Jason Carr said:

I am seeing some weird issues with Dolphin here as well. Will review. Thanks for the heads up.

What device are you using? Where exactly is it kicking you out? Can you share your log file?

Hey Jason

 

I have the 2019 shield pro and it doesnt happen all the time today its fine so far after latest beta update. When I skim through my mame romset it just usually boots me back to my launcher on the shield then I have to restart the app. If it happens again I will attach the latest log

 

Thanks for your help

Mook

Edited March 16, 2022 by Mookdog

[oyehia]

On 3/15/2022 at 4:08 PM, Jason Carr said:

It does not fix your issue, no. So yes, I still need the details and log file.

Ok i have attached the logs and also noticed in the extracted folder i see a lot of scrambled named folders with no files in them, the ones for .3ds are fine though, however i also noticed this error in one of the logs

2-03-12 05:50:23 PM Debug logging initiated from startup.
2022-03-12 05:50:23 PM Android games parsed.
2022-03-12 05:50:23 PM MainPage interface created.
2022-03-12 05:50:24 PM Menu page component initialized.
2022-03-12 05:50:24 PM Menu page items built.
2022-03-12 05:50:24 PM Menu page list view initialized.
2022-03-12 05:51:35 PM Saving 616 game(s) to Nintendo GameCube XML file...
2022-03-12 05:51:38 PM Restarting the app...
2022-03-12 05:51:38 PM EXCEPTION IGNORED: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
  at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Xamarin.Droid.MainActivity.InitializeStorageFolders () [0x0025b] in <6e361130d85e471e912fde1f6d567743>:0 

Debug 2022-03-12 05-44-30 PM.logDebug 2022-03-12 05-45-53 PM.logDebug 2022-03-12 05-50-00 PM.logDebug 2022-03-12 05-51-38 PM.logDebug 2022-03-12 05-54-08 PM.logDebug 2022-03-12 02-39-11 PM.logDebug 2022-03-12 02-41-07 PM.logDebug 2022-03-12 05-10-13 PM.logDebug 2022-03-12 05-42-26 PM.log

The way it happens, you choose a rom, it shows the extract screen, then you wait a bit until the file is transferred from the network over to the shield then the extraction animation starts but then you get kicked out of launchbox, or if it works it goes back to the rom instead of launching it, then you have to click on the rom again to play it

 

Regards,

[DFelten]

Thanks for the latest beta A few requests and suggestions:

• It's great that we can edit metadata now. Changing images is also possible now. A function like in RetroidLauncher or Dig, where we can directly select images from Google as covers, would be great.
• Furthermore, it would be cool if we could change the order of the emulators. So I could show my favorites at the beginning.
• I like to play RPGMaker via the EasyRPG emulator. It would be great if we could include the games for this in LaunchBox as well.

[rvandesteene]

Anyone having issues replacing media.  Tried changing one of the clear logos for an android game.  As soon as I choose the page the app crashes.  Thanks.

Added note: I cannot get anything that is manually input for Android games to save.  Every time I exit Launhbox and enter back in all changes I made to meta data or media were removed.  Looking for some help or instructions on this.  Thanks again.

Edited March 21, 2022 by rvandesteene
Added note for no manual updates saved

[Dariusgg]

The updates are in the right direction, like e.g. wheel with 2 columns and showing box and screenshot. I would like to switch game info after some seconds to game notes (description). And ratings. I saw game info are there in "edit metadata" section  already.

[Dariusgg]

Tested the app (fully registered) also to an older Android 6.0 phone. Lots of crashing. Attaching some logs.

Snapdragon 600 and 2gb RAM. 

 

 

Debug 2022-03-21 06-32-10 PM.log Debug 2022-03-21 06-32-01 PM.log Debug 2022-03-21 06-45-53 PM.log Debug 2022-03-21 06-47-11 PM.log Debug 2022-03-21 06-49-31 PM.log Debug 2022-03-21 07-03-34 PM.log

[Dariusgg]

Seems like the above mentioned device is slow at loading the background images, so maybe add an option to disable them? It hangs when there is much to display, maybe some out of memory or something (even though 2gb should be enough?)

[thewhite]

I have a problem putting my custom banner for n64 hack category. When i apply my image (second banner) i got this;

 

When i reboot launchbox, i got a tiny image;

My image is a jpg 284x800, 300dpi.

My second problem, i have a genesis hack category with the official genesis banner, and when i choose another banner it doesn't replace the banner with mine.

[Mookdog]

Hey guys

Seems launchbox is crashing trying to import my mame roms now I will attach a log

Mook

 

Debug 2022-03-23 12-59-39 AM.log

[faeran]

13 hours ago, thewhite said:

I have a problem putting my custom banner for n64 hack category. When i apply my image (second banner) i got this;

 

When i reboot launchbox, i got a tiny image;

My image is a jpg 284x800, 300dpi.

My second problem, i have a genesis hack category with the official genesis banner, and when i choose another banner it doesn't replace the banner with mine.

It could be your resolution. I believe the other images are 384x1080 with a dpi of probably 72. See if changing your image to this help.

[thewhite]

I tried with your specs but i got the same result.

[Jason Carr]

13 hours ago, Mookdog said:

Hey guys

Seems launchbox is crashing trying to import my mame roms now I will attach a log

Mook

 

Debug 2022-03-23 12-59-39 AM.log 7.43 kB · 0 downloads

Thanks for catching this; it was conflict between the desktop and Android versions. Should be fixed in the next beta.

[Jason Carr]

On 3/20/2022 at 5:19 AM, rvandesteene said:

Anyone having issues replacing media.  Tried changing one of the clear logos for an android game.  As soon as I choose the page the app crashes.  Thanks.

Added note: I cannot get anything that is manually input for Android games to save.  Every time I exit Launhbox and enter back in all changes I made to meta data or media were removed.  Looking for some help or instructions on this.  Thanks again.

 Just re-tested changing clear logos with beta 9 and didn't run into any issues. What device are you using and what version of Android is it running?

It also might help to provide your log files. You can turn on debug logging in the Options and then log files will show up under LaunchBox\Logs.

[Jason Carr]

On 3/21/2022 at 1:59 PM, Dariusgg said:

Tested the app (fully registered) also to an older Android 6.0 phone. Lots of crashing. Attaching some logs.

Snapdragon 600 and 2gb RAM. 

 

 

Debug 2022-03-21 06-32-10 PM.log 48.16 kB · 1 download Debug 2022-03-21 06-32-01 PM.log 2.15 kB · 0 downloads Debug 2022-03-21 06-45-53 PM.log 1.57 kB · 0 downloads Debug 2022-03-21 06-47-11 PM.log 1.68 kB · 0 downloads Debug 2022-03-21 06-49-31 PM.log 315 B · 0 downloads Debug 2022-03-21 07-03-34 PM.log 21.52 kB · 0 downloads

 

On 3/22/2022 at 5:50 AM, Dariusgg said:

Seems like the above mentioned device is slow at loading the background images, so maybe add an option to disable them? It hangs when there is much to display, maybe some out of memory or something (even though 2gb should be enough?)

One issue I've been running into is that I just don't have enough older devices to test with. I just tested with an old phone running Android 5, and it was clear that there's not much hope for getting everything working properly on Android 5. There's too many storage issues and the hardware is largely too slow. However, my old LG G5 running Android 8 seems fine. I don't have anything to test with between Android 5 and 8 though. We may end up increasing the requirements to Android 8, especially with the various reports we've been getting of issues that I really don't have any way of fixing on all of these old devices.

[Jason Carr]

Scratch that, my old Samsung tablet runs Android 7, and it seems that Android 7 is fine, so long as it's not cheap Chinese crap. Unfortunately the RG552, as much as I like Anbernic from the past, does not have a good implementation of Android 7. At this point, I think our direction/focus will be Android 7+. It takes way too much time to try and troubleshoot issues with these older/junk devices.

[rvandesteene]

On 3/23/2022 at 2:18 PM, Jason Carr said:

 Just re-tested changing clear logos with beta 9 and didn't run into any issues. What device are you using and what version of Android is it running?

It also might help to provide your log files. You can turn on debug logging in the Options and then log files will show up under LaunchBox\Logs.

Ya not sure what I am doing wrong for the Android games.  Evan when I favorite a game that goes away after closing the app and reopening.  My phone is a Samsung note 20 ultra running latest android.

Debug 2022-03-24 03-50-46 PM.log

Edited March 26, 2022 by rvandesteene
Added phone model

[Mookdog]

When can we expect the next beta ? 

 

Thanks

Mook

[alexirae]

Hi @Jason Carr,

I was asked to update to the new Beta version (I enabled "Update to Beta Releases" in the Options menu), then the Beta gets downloaded and when is about to start installing I get this callstack (watch attached video since I'm not able to copy the text). My device is a Retroid Pocket 2+ (Update 1.0.0.8, Android 9).

Could you provide in some alternative way the apk of the Beta version to see if that way I can update successfully? (I already paid Android full license).

 

Thx!