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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.

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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 :)

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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!

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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?

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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.

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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

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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
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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.

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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. 

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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.

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