LaunchBox for Android 1.23 Released!

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Version 1.23 - Released October 9th 2026

Release Summary

Release Summary: https://feedback.launchbox-app.com/changelog/launchbox-for-android-123

Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/android-about/change-log

Release Video: 👇

 

New Features:

• Added dual-screen support with separate Library and Details screens, controller-focus indicators, settings on the Details screen, and options to swap screens or choose where emulators launch. melonDS uses both screens, and LaunchBox returns to the Library whenever you come back to it from a game
• Added dual-screen Game Details pages for Overview, Achievements, Artwork, and Video, with genres, animated clear logos, and quick actions for Download or Play, Favorite, Add to Playlist, and star rating. The Achievements page shows "Loading Achievements" while a game's achievements load
• Added Options > Second Screen Views to choose which dual-screen Game Details pages appear, including Statistics, the order you page through them, which page opens while a game is running, and which pages are hidden while playing, for every theme, with full controller and touch support. Themes can supply extra pages from a Second Screen Views folder
• Added an in-game companion screen with session statistics, achievements earned during play, an achievement browser, and animated artwork. Achievements refresh every three minutes, when opening the achievement page, or manually, and B returns to the dashboard without stopping the game. Pressing B on the dashboard offers Return to Library
• Added a touch- and controller-accessible Recently Played carousel to the platform Details screen
• Added a RetroAchievements section to the main menu. You can log in, view your RetroAchievements profile, see key stats, recently played games, recent activity, and open the global leaderboard from LaunchBox for Android
• Added a dynamic RetroAchievements main menu label that can show your selected stat, such as score, achievements unlocked, games beaten, completed games, or mastered games
• Added a RetroAchievements game achievements page with Grid and List modes, controller navigation, badge states, unlock rates, achievement types, search, grouping, sorting, filters, and refresh. Achievement details include community comments and a View on RetroAchievements action
• Added optional RetroAchievements progress summaries to game details, including earned achievements, completion percentage, points, and beat and master time estimates
• Added optional achievement notifications when returning from an emulator, showing newly earned achievements and opening the related achievement page
• Added support for configuring RetroAchievements credentials for supported emulators, including RetroArch, using a dedicated configuration that keeps your existing RetroArch settings
• Added manual SMB connections by IPv4 address, with guest or authenticated access and connection testing when automatic discovery is unavailable
• Added a controller-friendly emulator selection popup showing Installed and Not Installed status
• Added indicators for new settings in Options, RetroAchievements, and Games Grid View Settings
• Added image fit and spacing options to the Boxes Grid games view
• Added emulators: ARMSX2 Refresh, hakuX, PrimeHack Android, Mandarine, Mandarine-Neo, Eden Nightly, Strato, EmuCoreX, NetherSX2 Turnip, EmuCoreV, Xenra (Gold), Xenra (Green), ax360e, ax360e (Free), X360 Mobile (Old), xendroid, Dolphin (Debug), Dolphin Handheld, Dolphin Ishiiruka, Dolphin MMJR3, DolphinCS, Borked 3DS, Lemonade Alpha, Citra (Antutu), Citra (Antutu Storage Access), Mupen64Plus AE (Alpha), Mupen64Plus AE (Legacy), Suyu (RelWithDebInfo), PPSSPP Legacy, ARMSX1, EmuCoreR, ARMSX3, EmuCoreC, Vita3k+, Virtual Virtual Boy, MiceWine, Winlator CMod, Winlator CMod (Old), Winlator CMod Proot, Swan.emu, Ruffle, SWF Player, SWF Player Pro, and Swiff
• Added platforms: Web Browsers, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Sega Titan Video
• Added RetroArch core mappings for the BBC Microcomputer System, Interton VC 4000, Sega Titan Video, and Sega Model 3

 

Improvements:

• Improved the Jump To menu for games. It now shows choices that match the current Sort By option, such as dates, ratings, platforms, regions, or other available values
• Improved loading, navigation, and scrolling performance on Filters and Games pages, including Boxes Grid, especially when browsing large platforms or changing views
• Improved main menu startup reliability and speed, especially for larger libraries, by caching lightweight library information for future launches
• Improved streaming video stability, memory use, and loading backgrounds. Unavailable or invalid videos fall back to static artwork, and previews stop when launching a game
• Improved text entry with an inline keyboard and popups that move to keep the focused field visible
• Improved Cloud Sync recovery after authentication expires, prompting for sign-in instead of repeatedly retrying
• Updated to .NET 10, .NET MAUI 10, and newer Community Toolkit components
• Updated the minimum supported Android version to Android 8.0
• Removed the legacy Banners Dual Screen platform view. Existing selections now use Wheel with Details

 

Fixed:

• Fixed play time sometimes not saving after returning from an emulator
• Fixed an issue where Android could downgrade Done / Mastered games after an app update, and blank automatic progress values clearing existing progress
• Fixed platform default emulator and RetroArch core settings being lost after restarting LaunchBox, and corrected the default Nintendo Entertainment System RetroArch core
• Fixed the launch activity for the Google Play version of ARMSX2
• Fixed newly added playlist games sometimes missing when opening the playlist immediately afterward
• Fixed deleted games and games removed from playlists reappearing after using Jump To
• Fixed the vertical Jump To list using Left and Right instead of Up and Down in landscape
• Fixed controller navigation and focus in toolbar menus, settings choices, and popups, including Cancel, with readable text in Cloud Sync and EmuMovies dialogs
• Fixed popups remaining open after completed actions, including Steam login. Steam login shows progress and errors, prevents repeated submissions, and updates the account menu after success
• Fixed holding Back on some Android handhelds repeatedly opening and closing the main menu
• Fixed pressing Back on the Edit Platform Metadata page returning to the Filters page after showing the Save or Cancel warning
• Fixed Android system-bar spacing and toolbar positioning that could leave extra gaps or overlap platform and game lists
• Fixed the Games page lagging and repeatedly retrying a game image download when the image could not be downloaded
• Fixed cloud download indicators appearing while Games pages were still loading
• Fixed Manage Android Apps repeatedly reloading its list
• Fixed emulator installation completion handling after Android recreates the screen, and restored Manage Emulators content after installation or update attempts, including failures
• Fixed an issue with downloading media and logging in to EmuMovies
• Fixed NAS downloads remaining on "Checking NAS connection" after the transfer started, authenticated connections remaining in guest mode, and the download progress popup appearing as a blank white box
• Fixed NAS re-imports and Update Games scans incorrectly adding, skipping, or removing existing games. Re-imports now relink games while preserving library data, including regional releases and editions that share a title, and Update Games reports how many games were relinked and lists any that could not be matched
• Fixed long messages being clipped instead of wrapping on the NAS Management page
• Fixed crashes when opening, rotating, or leaving Filters and Games pages, opening custom Arcade genres, selecting the LaunchBox root as a platform's ROM folder, validating a Steam session, or navigating quickly between pages
• Fixed a crash while artwork was updating
• Fixed a possible crash when the LaunchBox Themes folder was missing or inaccessible
• Fixed a possible crash on older Android versions caused by unsupported media foreground-service behavior
• Fixed default import settings for Sega Naomi and Sega Naomi 2 to use MAME metadata without filtering or full-set mode, and disabled ROM extraction by default for Sammy Atomiswave, Sega Naomi, Sega Naomi 2, and Sega Model 3