LaunchBox for Android - 1.21 Beta Thread

[Eyebrows Cat]

23 hours ago, x4ml said:

Try to select Custom Emulator (With Code) and set the following Custom Emulator Launch Argumentsを設定してください: "-n com.explusalpha.SwanEmu/com.imagine.BaseActivity\na android.intent.action.VIEW\nd {file.uri}\nt application/zip"
Also, make sure that you have set Scoped Storage Permission

Let me know about the result
 

返信ありがとうございます。

添付した画像のような設定で起動してみたら2枚目の画像のようなエラーが出て起動しませんでした。また、同じ設定のまま「ROMを解凍する」オプションをオンにすると解凍エラーが出ました。

[Dolfan058]

Got another weird one - not sure if it's related to the Beta - but the app no longer seems to want to remember my EmuMovies credentials. When I exit and re-enter it loses them and seems it wants me to login at a platform level

Edit - seems to have gone away, may have been a user error thing, leaving here in case others run into it but if isolated I would ignore for now.

Edited November 22 by Dolfan058

[x4ml]

On 11/9/2025 at 2:53 PM, Eyebrows Cat said:

返信ありがとうございます。

添付した画像のような設定で起動してみたら2枚目の画像のようなエラーが出て起動しませんでした。また、同じ設定のまま「ROMを解凍する」オプションをオンにすると解凍エラーが出ました。

Excuse me, I've got you the wrong launch arguments.
Please, try this one: "-n com.explusalpha.SwanEmu/com.imagine.BaseActivity\n -a android.intent.action.VIEW\n -d {file.uri}\n -t application/zip"

[Eyebrows Cat]

33 minutes ago, x4ml said:

Excuse me, I've got you the wrong launch arguments.
こちらをお試しください: "-n com.explusalpha.SwanEmu/com.imagine.BaseActivity\n -a android.intent.action.VIEW\n -d {file.uri}\n -t application/zip"

問題なく起動しました！

ありがとうございました！

[ChunkyLoverMark]

I've noticed this happening on the last few releases including the latest Beta. It shows that I've signed into my Launchbox account with a popup but then shows that the login is out of sync. I then try signing out and back in and I get the popup to say that I'm successfully signed in but again it shows the sign-in has expired. I've also tried to sign into the Launchbox database but that doesn't activate anything. 

 

 

[faeran]

Beta 2 is out with the following changes:

• LaunchBox for Android can now be used as an optional Home Screen launcher. Enable this feature from the Options menu.
• Platforms can now be updated. Long press a platform to access the update option. LaunchBox will scan the platform directory for new and removed ROM files, add new ones, and optionally delete removed ones.
• Added new emulators: AzaharPlus, Snapulator MS, Snepulator SG, ARMSX2, Eden
• Games can now be imported into any platform even if no emulator is currently assigned to that platform
• Improved automatic image downloads for faster performance and better prioritization within game lists
• Fixed the issue where Favorited games did not appear first when that option was enabled
• Fixed the issue where attempting to launch a game triggered an error and caused the launch screen to hang
• Fixed the issue where deleted games reappeared in the game list after returning to the platform screen
• Fixed the issue where platform metadata search results briefly appeared and then disappeared
• Fixed the issue where the first controller button press did not register
• Fixed the issue that caused an error when loading settings if the Settings.xml file was missing

[Dolfan058]

6 hours ago, faeran said:

Beta 2 is out with the following changes:

• LaunchBox for Android can now be used as an optional Home Screen launcher. Enable this feature from the Options menu.
• Platforms can now be updated. Long press a platform to access the update option. LaunchBox will scan the platform directory for new and removed ROM files, add new ones, and optionally delete removed ones.
• Added new emulators: AzaharPlus, Snapulator MS, Snepulator SG, ARMSX2, Eden
• Games can now be imported into any platform even if no emulator is currently assigned to that platform
• Improved automatic image downloads for faster performance and better prioritization within game lists
• Fixed the issue where Favorited games did not appear first when that option was enabled
• Fixed the issue where attempting to launch a game triggered an error and caused the launch screen to hang
• Fixed the issue where deleted games reappeared in the game list after returning to the platform screen
• Fixed the issue where platform metadata search results briefly appeared and then disappeared
• Fixed the issue where the first controller button press did not register
• Fixed the issue that caused an error when loading settings if the Settings.xml file was missing

You're a rockstar! Can confirm that favorites are now respected and showing at the top again. I have launchbox installed on an Anbernic 406V, MagicX Mini Zero 28, and Xu Retro XU20 V32. Will report back on how the launcher setting works on those devices as it'll be perfect for these Android based retro emulation devices.

 

EDIT: Initial improvements to LB as a launcher (which works great btw)

Since LB is now a launcher, we need a way to access system settings. Suggest allowing settings to be selectable as an Android app so it will appear in the android "console". Or you could put system settings in the hamburger menu (which would be cleaner and probably make more sense there)

Android apps seem to all default to being treated as games, even if they're not. For example, I included sync thing as an android app so I have a way to access it within LB and LB started trying to track play time. Suggest adding a way to mark apps as "non-game" so they can just be run and LB doesn't try to track play time or whatever else

 

Two requests for future beta releases: 

 

Consider adding the ability to mute background videos as a toggle in the options menu. I still occasionally run into the issue where the background video continues playing when I boot up a game so I have two audio sources playing at the same time. Only way to fix is to exit game, go back to Launchbox, and try again. 

 

Consider adding the ability to filter based on game completion. I would love to filter easily for games that I haven't beaten yet so I could work on the never ending backlog.

Thanks again for all the hard work. Really excited to see feature parity continue migrating over from desktop to Android, those of us with licenses for both really recognize and appreciate this!!

 

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Edited Friday at 03:20 AM by Dolfan058
Fixed Anbernic mention and added initial suggestions based on a couple hours using it

[UnnUndrgrnd4114]

This error message is coming up for me

[x4ml]

On 11/29/2025 at 4:56 AM, UnnUndrgrnd4114 said:

This error message is coming up for me

Try to install it manually. The downloaded .apk file must be in the LaunchBox/Updates/ folder.

[UnnUndrgrnd4114]

19 minutes ago, x4ml said:

Try to install it manually. The downloaded .apk file must be in the LaunchBox/Updates/ folder.

Tried with no luck initially. It said I had to turn off my AutoBlocker in order to do it, so I did temporarily then it updated. Thank you guys for your help.