Export Problem

[TomConklinVO]

Hi everyone! I'm trying to export arcade games to android using the wizard. I only want to make a package of 30 games or so to export. Every time that I select the 30 games and then attempt to make the package for export, it copies over my entire arcade library! Oddly, it only copies the artwork and other info for the 30 selected games. So something is not right. Does anyone have any tips for getting this to work correctly? Thank you!

[faeran]

On 7/23/2026 at 12:47 PM, TomConklinVO said:

Hi everyone! I'm trying to export arcade games to android using the wizard. I only want to make a package of 30 games or so to export. Every time that I select the 30 games and then attempt to make the package for export, it copies over my entire arcade library! Oddly, it only copies the artwork and other info for the 30 selected games. So something is not right. Does anyone have any tips for getting this to work correctly? Thank you!

Unfortunately, with Arcade, this is sort of by design. The import cannot distinguish between the different types of sets and therefore doesn't know which files to transfer, so many moons ago the choice was to make it an all or nothing export. The artwork and metadata thing sounds like a bug. However, it's been many years since then and it's probably worth re-evaluating a better solution for this, although it would require a total revamp of the entire Arcade system.

[TomConklinVO]

Ah, okay. I sort of figured out a work around in that I put the roms I wanted in a folder and uploaded them from there. Of course some of them were the wrong versions so there's that. Unfortunately I'm using an older version of name on my computer so several of the ROMs I'm using I couldn't use on the 0.287 version that Android uses now. Thanks for answering!