faeran Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Hi Everyone, This post is reserved for anyone willing to help us with LaunchBox for Android 1.13 beta releases. You can opt into the beta releases in the app by going into Options and enabling the Update to Beta Releases option. Then restart the app and follow the steps. Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/android-about/change-log Beta 1 contains the following changes: You can now quickly sort your platforms by a number of different options Max Players is now available from the Filter's menu Search has been revamped to deliver more precise results. By default, it will now search by title (and alternate title), with advanced options to filter through more metadata (available filter switches: All, Dev/Developer, Genre, Plat/Platform, Pub/Publisher, Source, Status, Title) The follow emulator is now fully supported: Saturn.emu Fixed the hamburger menu and back button not working on some pages while using a controller Fixed the File Extension feature not working in some situations Users are now warned when the application tries to save a file on a device with not enough space The Background Fade progress bar under View Settings is once again visible Fixed 13 potential crashes throughout the app Beta 2: Added navigation sounds, which supports startup, move, select, and back actions. Each action can play multiple sound files randomly or sequentially. Custom sound packs are supported, including full compatibility with Big Box sound packs. Place sound packs in the LaunchBox\Sounds folder. Configure options in the Options menu You can now set a global view for all sections (Root Filter, Secondary Filter, Game views) from the Manage Theme menu (top-right corner). Global views override section-specific views without affecting individual section configurations Improved controller navigation throughout the app Beta 3: Videos can now be streamed directly from YouTube using the video URL metadata point found under a game's Edit Metadata page. These streamed videos will appear in the same places as local videos would normally be displayed. You can enable this feature via the options menu An option to download and save streamed videos directly from a game's Edit Media page has been added You can now track your Play Time and Play Count on a game's Edit Metadata page, with the option to reset those counts for a fresh start Thanks to all who are willing to help us test our betas. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyehia Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Incredible, i have been playing with ESDE, Launchbox and Daijisho, before Launchbox and ESDE will either quit or restart after exiting a game with a combo keys (from retroarch), Daijisho seems to have a workaround by killing the process. Now with this latest beta only ESDE is struggling, i have tested Mame and Citra nightly and both seem to go back to Launchbox properly now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d8thstar Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 first release note, sort platforms by different options? all of my platforms got reordered. not sure what happened. i even went in and tried renaming them numerically, 010, 020, 030, etc. and that is still not doing anything. keep up the great work guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 On 3/2/2024 at 4:11 PM, d8thstar said: first release note, sort platforms by different options? all of my platforms got reordered. not sure what happened. i even went in and tried renaming them numerically, 010, 020, 030, etc. and that is still not doing anything. keep up the great work guys! Before, the platforms were using Sort Title by default. Have you used the platform sort menu to switch back to Sort Title and see if that fixes your issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtrevize Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 thanks for this very nice update. it is very appreciated. Is it any way to add a new platform / will this be a new future one day (like Amiga 1200 for example) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 On 3/5/2024 at 5:24 AM, Gtrevize said: thanks for this very nice update. it is very appreciated. Is it any way to add a new platform / will this be a new future one day (like Amiga 1200 for example) ? Thanks. Pretty sure the Commodore Amiga platform encompasses all models of the Amiga, so you can import your games to that platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchadofwick Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) Startup of the app takes longer now on my Odin2 with latest beta. Not sure if there is a reason why, but I appreciate the fact that videos play upon startup, without having to cycle through the menu at least once. edit: nevermind. just realized when the battery is low, the odin2 underclocks the cpu severely and there's no way to change the settings to fix. you just have to charge the battery Edited March 8 by sirchadofwick 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 Beta 2 is out with the following: Added navigation sounds, which supports startup, move, select, and back actions. Each action can play multiple sound files randomly or sequentially. Custom sound packs are supported, including full compatibility with Big Box sound packs. Place sound packs in the LaunchBox\Sounds folder. Configure options in the Options menu You can now set a global view for all sections (Root Filter, Secondary Filter, Game views) from the Manage Theme menu (top-right corner). Global views override section-specific views without affecting individual section configurations Improved controller navigation throughout the app 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jathlon77 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Love this for my Nvidia Shield. Can you please add a Pause menu on the next version?? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 Hi Everyone, Beta 3 is now out with the following: Videos can now be streamed directly from YouTube using the video URL metadata point found under a game's Edit Metadata page. These streamed videos will appear in the same places as local videos would normally be displayed. You can enable this feature via the options menu An option to download and save streamed videos directly from a game's Edit Media page has been added You can now track your Play Time and Play Count on a game's Edit Metadata page, with the option to reset those counts for a fresh start This update introduces the YouTube Streaming feature, which leverages video URLs from the LaunchBox Games Database. Now, any game view that supports background or foreground videos can display YouTube content. A one-time library optimization is required when you first enable this feature, which makes sure your build is ready to stream videos. While we're adding some final touches before release, it is fully functional and ready for testing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 On 3/28/2024 at 12:06 PM, jathlon77 said: Love this for my Nvidia Shield. Can you please add a Pause menu on the next version?? Thanks! Would love that too, however Android is much more sandboxed than Windows is, which essentially means that one app cannot monitor or affect another app while it's active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnnUndrgrnd4114 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Noticed after a previous update, LaunchBox takes about 30 seconds to load after about 5 seconds prior. Not a big deal, but was hoping someone could look into it at your earliest convenience. Much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 11 hours ago, UnnUndrgrnd4114 said: Noticed after a previous update, LaunchBox takes about 30 seconds to load after about 5 seconds prior. Not a big deal, but was hoping someone could look into it at your earliest convenience. Much appreciated First thought was that I don't believe anything with the startup was adjusted, but we will take a look before the official release. You may also want to think about if you made any changes to your library, or to your device (like a device update). One thing to note is that the more games imported into LaunchBox, the longer it will take to load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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