Network Drive Support: Import games directly from your local network drive. When launching a game, they will download locally
Local Game Indicator: Games stored on your local network are now easily identified by a cloud icon for all default views
New Filter Option: Quickly filter your game library to view only local or non-local games
Customizable Screen Timeout: Control your screen timeout independently of Android's system settings
Expanded Emulator Support: Added full support for CEMU and Lime3DS emulators
Framework Overhaul: Upgraded to the latest MAUI framework for improved performance and stability
Fixed Play Time Sync: Resolved an issue that could cause inaccurate play time tracking
Android Game Parsing Fix: Addressed an Android game parsing issue on startup for certain Android based VR headsets
Version 1.15 - Released July 23, 2024
Additional improvements with how LaunchBox handles your library when exceeding the 100-game limit without a license
Dolphin can now be automatically downloaded and installed when launching a Nintendo GameCube or Nintendo Wii game (if it's not installed already); this makes it super easy to get up and playing without the need for a user to set up Dolphin separately
The "Manage RetroArch" section has now been changed to "Manage Emulators", and just like RetroArch, you can now download, install, and update Dolphin with a touch of a button
Full emulator support added for: MelonDS, and MelonDS Nightly
A new method of adding custom emulators has been added. Use the "Custom Emulator (With Code)" option, within your Emulator Settings, which can leverage existing emulator launch code from other frontends
Managing your Android app library has become easier! A new "Manage Apps" section lets you choose which apps appear within LaunchBox. Find it under the Android platform menu or the Options menu
Sorting by Star Rating is now more accurate. When your games lack personal ratings, LaunchBox will use community star ratings to sort
LaunchBox now gracefully handles your library in a less destructive way when exceeding the 100-game limit without a license
A Stretch Background Videos setting has been added to both Platform View Settings and Game View Settings
Fixed a rare crash for when a game exists in your library that is part of a platform that does not exist
Fixed a potential crash that could occur during a platform save
Version 1.14 - Released May 30, 2024
Optimized navigation sounds initialization for faster startup
Improved video handling for Custom Themes that remove the background or foreground video elements, automatically playing a video regardless of the user's View setting
The media download process has been optimized for smoother performance, helping devices with limited resources
Streaming videos will now automatically pause when your internet connection drops
Added media indicators to all default views, so you'll always know when images or videos are being downloaded behind the scenes
For Theme Developers: We've added new bindings that will give you more control over showing users when background media downloads are happening. Head over to the Documentation.pdf file in your Themes folder to learn more about these new bindings.
Improved stability when navigating game lists while game statistics syncing is enabled and while downloading game media
Fixed a crash related to the platform saving process
Fixed an issue where a screenshot may not have displayed under certain conditions
Fixed rare issue where where downloaded images on the games page wouldn't always display correctly until the view was refreshed
Fixed an issue where a video's audio might play unexpectedly
Fixed rare crash encountered when entering an empty game list
Fixed unexpected crash occurring when navigating away from a settings page with no menu items
Fixed device-specific crash related to internet connectivity detection
Version 1.13 - Released April 30, 2024
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
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
Search will now prioritizes title and alternate title by default. Advanced options allow searching by other metadata fields
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
Full emulator support added for: Saturn.emu
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
Improved controller navigation throughout the app
You can now quickly sort your platforms by a number of different options
Max Players is now available from the Filter's menu
Fixed File Extension functionality in specific scenarios
Implemented a warning message when insufficient storage space prevents saving files
Exiting the View Settings menu now transitions you seamlessly back to your games
A rare crash that could occur while using the Japanese language has been fixed
Resolved 13 potential crashes throughout the application
Version 1.12 - Released February 5, 2024
RetroArch can now be automatically downloaded and installed when launching a game (if it's not installed already); this makes it super easy to get up and playing without the need for a user to set up RetroArch separately
RetroArch cores can now be automatically downloaded and sent to RetroArch when launching a game (if the core is missing)
A Manage RetroArch option is now available in the root menu, which allows you to download, install, and update RetroArch, and all its cores, with a touch of a button
An "Add Downloaded Core..." value has been added to RetroArch's Default Core option. This will allow you to choose from core files that are placed inside of the following folder: \\LaunchBox\Emulators\RetroArch\Cores
LaunchBox now keeps track of your games' play time automatically. Use your LaunchBox Games Database account to sync play times between all of your Android and Windows LaunchBox builds.
You can now sort by play time
The following emulators are now fully supported: MAME4Droid 2024, Yuzu Early Access, Citra Nightly, and Citra Canary
The PX68k, Citra, Melon DS, and BSNES RetroArch cores are now available for Sharp X68000, 3DS, DS and SNES respectively
PPSSPP Gold will now launch on certain problematic devices (like the Odin 2 Pro)
Menu text will now size dynamically based on a user's resolution and DPI settings
Turning the Cloud Sync feature off and on again would sometimes cause incorrect changes to local sync data
Small change to some default theme views which help with background fade displacement issues on select devices
A rare crash has been fixed caused by attempting to load an image that does not exist
Many navigational crashes have been fixed across the app
Version 1.11 - Released October 31, 2023
Fixed a potential issue with the import process's file extension filter causing no files to be imported
Version 1.10 - Released October 30, 2023
LaunchBox now remembers the last filter or platform you've used and selects it by default just like on the desktop; this works for all filter levels and platform categories (with an option available to disable)
A new option to whitelist file extensions has been added to the import process
Star ratings can now be set via the game menu
Added the following new emulators: Yuzu, Flycast
Improved the launching of the Yaba Sanshiro 2 and Yaba Sanshiro 2 Pro emulators
The theming engine has seen major improvements including a brand new animation engine, a new image control, and a host of new fixes and improvements; see the LaunchBox\Themes\Documentation.pdf file on your Android device
10 custom themes by Faeran have been created or updated to take advantage of the new theme options
Improved performance across all views
Fixed a rare crash that could occur during imports and media downloads
Version 1.9 - Released April 24, 2023
Game statistics can now be synced between your various collections in LaunchBox for Windows and/or LaunchBox for Android! Favorites, Completed, Last Played, Play Time, Play Count, and Star Rating can all be synced via your LaunchBox Games Database account. To enable, select the Sync Status item in the LaunchBox for Android main menu.
Fixed issues with launching the following emulators on Android 13: Skyline, M64Plus FZ, M64Plus FZ Pro, Dolphin (though Dolphin itself still has the odd bug that requires games to sometimes be launched twice)
For other emulators that still need to be updated in order to work correctly launching games on Android 13, LaunchBox will now warn the user and just launch the emulator without a game instead (instead of erroring out)
Fixed an issue in the Options screen where setting the Default Root Filter or the Default Secondary Filter to Favorites was crashing the app (which doesn't really make sense to do, so the option has been removed)
Version 1.8 - Released December 16, 2022
Fixed an issue where platform categories were not always being populated after games were exported from the desktop app
Fixed a rare potential error with grid view column sizing
Fixed an issue where the Arcade platform could not be directly edited when it's the only platform in the Arcade platform category (and thus is skipped during navigation)
Version 1.7 - Released December 13, 2022
LaunchBox for Android can now be fullscreen! Two new options have been added to the main Options menu for hiding Android's top status bar and bottom navigation bar.
LaunchBox for Android now supports platform categories such as Arcade, Computers, Consoles, and Handhelds. A new option to turn this on or off is available in the Options menu (Start with Platform Categories).
Arcade filters have been added for various arcade genres and manufacturers, similar to LaunchBox on the desktop. A new option to turn this on or off is available in the Options menu (Override Arcade Genres with Improved Arcade Filters).
A new Favorites filter has been added to all filters views (that have favorited games), with an option to turn it off in the Options menu
Nintendo Switch emulator Skyline is now supported
The Recently Played filter will no longer show up if no games have been played
Performance has been significantly improved with the games grid views, which now use a more native renderer
Downloading missing media should now do a better job of replacing any 0-byte files that were the result of previous failed downloads
Vertical wheel spacing and sizing have been adjusted to make a cleaner experience between devices
Version 1.6 - Released October 20, 2022
LaunchBox for Android now has a Themes Manager just like the desktop version! It can be accessed from the main menu and will allow you to download and use any number of awesome themes without leaving the app.
Platforms are now automatically sorted by manufacturer, console type, and release date by automatically populating the platform Sort Title fields
Platform metadata can now be edited by choosing Edit Metadata from the platform details menu
You can now pick and choose which game images to download from the LaunchBox Games Database by going to the Edit Media menu item on a game and then selecting Browse for New Games Database Image from the listed image types
Image download priorities have been improved for images from the LaunchBox Games Database without a region (which should help to avoid downloading, for example, Japanese images on North American games)
Fixed several issues with the manual game search process when editing a game's metadata, where the correct values were not always being used and updated
Version 1.5 - Released August 30, 2022
Alphanumeric navigation has been added to all games views! It can be accessed with directional navigation, the select button, or via the Jump to Letter option in the top menu.
Game launching screens are now themeable and have been overhauled! You can choose which launching screen theme/view to use per platform/view via the View Settings option when inside of a games view.
Added support for the MS-DOS platform using the DOSBox RetroArch cores
Added support for the Nintendo Game & Watch platform using the Handheld Electronic (GW) RetroArch core
Individual games can now be added manually with the new Add Game option in the main menu
Explicit Save and Cancel options have been added to the game Edit Metadata and Edit Additional Versions pages in order to reduce confusion
Added options to quickly mark a game as completed/incomplete or broken/working in the game details menu
Controller navigation now properly skips the dividers in the settings menus
Added new default platform banner images for Sega Naomi and Sega Naomi 2
Added 83 new font options for theme developers; see the LaunchBox\Themes\Documentation.pdf file on your Android device
Added a new DictionaryLookupConverter for theme developers; see the LaunchBox\Themes\Documentation.pdf file on your Android device
Added two new properties to pages for theme developers: TopBarBackgroundColor and UseTransparentTheme; see the LaunchBox\Themes\Documentation.pdf file on your Android device
New Swedish translation thanks to gantraz from the LaunchBox Community Forums
Fixed an issue where the user could select "Recently Played" as the Default Root Filter in the options, which would cause a crash on startup
Fixed some possible saving/syncing bugs when editing additional versions
Fixed some incorrect popup window titles when browsing for files
Fixed a rare issue where the edges of previous screenshots would mistakenly show behind videos
Fixed an issue where launching games with multiple discs via auto-generated m3u files was causing save states not to work in some cases
Fixed an issue with replacing images for Android games
Fixed issues launching games on Android 11+ with the 2600.emu, ColEm, ColEm+, GBA.emu, GBC.emu, iNES, MasterGear, MD.emu, NES.emu, and PCE.emu emulators
Version 1.4 - Released July 6, 2022
All games views can now be sorted by any field (both ascending or descending) via the top menu
All games views will now remember the previously selected game
A new Recently Played filter is available in all filters lists that shows all your recently played games (though it will only show games that you play with this new version going forward since previous versions weren't tracking game plays)
A new option to select a random game has been added to the top menu of games views
A new option to change the ROMs folder path for a particular platform's games has been added to the top menu of games views
New settings for Show All Games Filters and Show Recently Played Filters are available in the Options menu
A new setting to Include Non-Game Android Apps is available in the Options menu
The Options page has been organized with categories to make it much easier to navigate
Last Played and Play Count fields are now updated when playing games
Date Added, Date Modified, Last Played, and Play Count fields have been added to game metadata edits
Imports now populate the Max Players and Release Type fields, which were previously missed
Image fading is now smoother and doesn't flicker on the edges
Fixed issues launching Nintendo DS games with the DraStic emulator
Fixed an issue where native Android game metadata and media changes were not saving
Fixed an issue where some old and/or miscategorized Android games were not importing on startup
Version 1.3 - Released June 13, 2022
The AetherSX2 emulator for Sony Playstation 2 is now fully supported and will launch games! However, you will need to open up the emulator first and let it scan your PS2 ROMs folder in order for it to have access to your ROMs.
Both PPSSPP and PPSSPP Gold for Sony PSP are now fully supported and will launch games on Android 11+! However, you will need to open up the emulators first and let them scan your PSP ROMs folder with the Browse button for them to have access to your ROMs (on Android 11+).
Yaba Sanshiro 2 and Yaba Sanshiro 2 Pro have been added, but they do not work to launch games on Android 11+. As far as we can tell, this is because the developer has not yet added support for launching games with the new Android storage access framework. Please hit us up on the LaunchBox forums if you know otherwise or have any further information.
Dolphin MMJR is now the default emulator for Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii, because it is so much better with performance
Support for Dolphin MMJR2 has been added as well, but it is not recommended for most users because it has been abandoned in favor of Dolphin MMJR
Added a new option to the MAME imports to skip games that require a CHD file; this is ideal for mobile devices because the CHD files increase the ROM set space requirements from 66 gigs to roughly 500 gigs, and only around 120 games actually require a CHD, so it's usually better to omit the CHDs for mobile devices that run MAME
Games are now sorted more similarly to how they are in the desktop apps, ignoring articles like "The", "A", and "An"
M3U playlists are now used for games with multiple discs (to allow for easy disc switching) when launching RetroArch with the following cores: duckstation, swanstation, mednafen_psx_hw, mednafen_psx
Added a new option to "Quit RetroArch on Losing Focus" to the platform emulator settings; this option will help to ensure that new games will be launched properly even if a previous game is still running in RetroArch. However, it will also prevent games from resuming when the screen is turned off, if this setting is turned on.
Fixed errors importing Capcom Play System, Capcom Play System II, and Capcom Play System III
Fixed a crash when trying to download missing media with no connection
Version 1.2 - Released June 6, 2022
Custom themes are now available in LaunchBox for Android! Download them from the LaunchBox Community Forums here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/category/36-custom-themes/
Three new themes are now included with LaunchBox for Android: Alisia (with both platforms/filters and games views), BannerBox Lite (with a new games view to match the existing platform banners view), and The Grid (with a new games view). Try these out by selecting Change View from the top menus on platforms, filters, and games views.
Two additional themes (with more coming!) are available on the LaunchBox Community Forums: Emblem and Unified Lite. Download them here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/category/36-custom-themes/
The EmuMovies downloader has been updated to the new version of the API and should be much more stable
Image downloads have now been limited to 2000 pixels wide and 2000 pixels tall, which will reduce media storage space requirements and increase performance and stability
Loading up emulators should be slightly less jarring now (Android's launching animations have been disabled when launching emulators)
RetroArch will no longer require you to complete exit the game before launching a new game
Added support for the following new platforms: Amstrad GX4000, Capcom Play System, Capcom Play System II, Capcom Play System III, Commodore Amiga CD32, Nintendo Famicom Disk System, Nintendo Satellaview, Philips CD-i, Sega Naomi, Sega Naomi 2
Fixed an issue where excessively large images (bigger than 4K) could crash the app on some devices
Fixed an issue where the Sort Title field was not being used properly to sort the games in the games views
Fixed an issue where backing out of the metadata search page with a controller was backing completely out to the filters view
Version 1.1 - Released April 12, 2022
Full game editing is now available by long-pressing a game and selecting Edit Metadata or Edit Media
Fixing incorrect matches to the LaunchBox Games Database is now possible by selecting the Search LaunchBox Games Database option in the Edit Metadata screen
Platform theme videos are now available for download by selecting Download Theme Videos from the top right menu
Platform theme videos can now be played in the background in the Wheel with Details and Text List with Details platforms views
Many customization options have been added to the platform/filter Wheel with Details and Text List with Details views to hide and show items and enable the background videos
Added a workaround for accessing network drives with the latest glitchy Nvidia Shield firmware (latest hotfix from Nvidia is still required - see here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/65300-issues-with-the-latest-firmware-on-nvidia-shield-tv-devices-how-to-fix/ )
Deleting a platform will now optionally delete all media (including videos) instead of just images
Improved the initial startup process so that the app does not have to be manually restarted after accepting the new storage permissions on Android 11 and 12
The update process has been streamlined to no longer require multiple manual restarts of the app
The data saving and loading processes have been streamlined and are now more robust, with automatically restored backups when needed
You can now change the default version of a game by selecting Change Default Version from the game's context menu
Fixed an issue where disabling media background downloads would prevent some existing media from showing
Fixed an issue where one-off game deletions were not always deleting all associated media when choosing to delete media
Fixed an issue where importing MAME games was not excluding games that already existed properly (even when turning off duplicates)
Fixed an issue that was causing videos to only loop twice
Version 1.0 - Released February 15, 2022
Support for gameplay videos has been added! They can be downloaded from EmuMovies via the Download Missing Media option or exported from your desktop collection. All text list and wheel games views support the videos, either in the background or the foreground.
Both game title and gameplay screenshots have been added as well! They will show in the new Wheel with Two-Column Details or Text List with Two-Column Details views in place of the video if no video exists (or always if videos are shown in the background).
New "Wheel with Two-Column Details" and "Text List with Two-Column Details" games views have been added with support for videos or screenshots in the foreground in addition to the box art
New "Prioritize Gameplay Screenshots" option has been added for the above two new views
A new option to enable hardware decoding for VLC video playback is available in the Options screen; however, some devices have stability issues with it, so you may need to turn it back off if you experience crashes
A new Background Fade option is available in the wheel and text list games view settings that will allow you to control how dark the background video or background image is
New Background Video and Stretch Background Video options are available in the wheel and text list games view settings
Performance on lower-end devices (such as the Nvidia Shield) is much improved during navigation
Support for the dreaded new Android file permissions model has been added; devices that are running Android 11 or higher will now be prompted to allow access to all files on startup, which is necessary in order to properly launch some emulators
Launching the newest versions of Dolphin, Snes9x EX+, Citra MMJ (the Storage Access Version), Mupen64Plus FZ, and Mupen64Plus FZ Pro now work properly on Android 11+ (once again you can thank Google for repeated poor design decisions causing these unnecessary issues)
Added support for 4 new RetroArch cores: a5200_libretro_android.so (Atari 5200), bk_libretro_android.so (Elektronika BK), gearcoleco_libretro_android.so (ColecoVision), and swanstation_libretro_android.so (Sony Playstation)
Improved media download speeds by downloading more things at once and caching metadata
The All Games filter has been moved to be last on the main screen only (it's still first on secondary filter screens)
Fix for occasional crash when returning to LaunchBox from other apps
Fix for the selected media not always updating properly after searching
Fixes for the issues with Nvidia's broken updates to the Nvidia Shield TV software (still requires Nvidia's latest hotfix, please see this post: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/65300-issues-with-the-latest-firmware-on-nvidia-shield-tv-devices-how-to-fix/ )
Fix for a potential crash when changing the selected language in the Options
Fix for not always using the selected language
Fix for All Games images not showing up properly when using a different language than English
Version 0.42 - Released October 25, 2021
Games can now be filtered by Platform, Genre, Developer, Publisher, Rating, Play Mode, Region, Series, Status, and/or Source fields
The default root filter can now be changed to any of the above filtering options (Options > Default Root Filter)
A default secondary filter option has also been added that will allow you to add a second filter to default navigation (Options > Default Secondary Filter); this will allow you to navigate by platform and then by genre, for example
Fully dynamic and nested filtering is now available, which means you can filter to anything at any time; long press on a platform or filter and select Filter, or choose Filter from the top menu of any games list
An All Games option has been added to all filter views
Added the ability to customize all platform/filter media; you can long press on a platform or filter and select Edit Media to change all media items
The Android games list will now only show apps that are in the Android Game category; unfortunately though, Android apps are often miscategorized, so it might not be perfect
The Arcade platform now supports the RetroArch Flycast core
Reduced the potential for crashes related to misbehaving game controllers
Added support for FPse64
Version 0.41 - Released September 7, 2021
Fixed an issue where the Android platform was not saving changes to the view
Fixed an issue where the emulator settings pages were not always loading up the correct value for the Extract ROM Archives setting
Version 0.40 - Released September 2, 2021
Added a Search option to games lists via the top menu
Fixed an issue where game emulator settings overrides were not working properly
Fixed an emulator settings potential crash issue with the MSX, MSX2, and MSX2+ platforms
Version 0.39 - Released August 31, 2021
Read-only access to network shares on Nvidia Shield devices can now be used to import games from; however, media cannot be stored over the network as Nvidia Shield network shares are always read-only
Added a bunch of saved game/state file extensions to the exclusions list for importing games, which should help to not import saved game/state files that are in the file system next to ROM files; thanks to dmaker on the forums for the list
Improved multi-track bin/cue file imports to not import extra bin file tracks, so long as the bin files start with the same file name as the cue file (if they're all in the same folder)
Improved multi-track bin/cue file imports to not import extra bin file tracks if each set of bins and cues are in individual subfolders and the "Import Files from Subfolders" option is checked
Added support for Pizza Boy GBC Free, Pizza Boy GBA Free, and Pizza Boy GBA Pro (though the free versions are unable to actually launch games from a frontend)
Improved controller navigation and controller compatibility by adding more button bindings
Version 0.38 - Released August 30, 2021
Added a new option to "Skip Menu and Play Game on Tap", which will remove a step and allow you to immediately play games without pulling up the game menu; if enabled, you can still access the game menu with a long press
Emulator settings can now be overridden on individual games via the game menu
Fixed the DuckStation emulator to no longer have issues launching games
Version 0.37 - Released August 27, 2021
Improved region prioritization for image downloads, which should help the images that are downloaded to better match the region of the game and/or the prioritized region
Added 23 missing platform banners for some of the more obscure platforms; thanks to Faeran and other members of the community for their work on the images
Added support for ClassicBoy Gold and Dolphin MMJR
Added support for Duckstation, Citra, and Citra MMJ (though unfortunately all of these emulators are broken and will not actually launch games from a frontend; we can only launch the emulator itself)
Added support for Mupen64Plus FZ and Mupen64Plus FZ Pro (though they also appear to be broken on some devices; games will launch fine on an Nvidia Shield TV, but they fail to launch with a "Failed to open ROM file for reading" error on some other devices)
Added support for Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Game Boy Color to the RetroArch mGBA core
Added problematic emulator warnings on some emulators to help notify users of broken emulators
Version 0.36 - Released August 26, 2021
Fixed an issue with some Nvidia Shield devices where a read-only file system error was occurring on startup; thanks to Madcore for help testing
Version 0.35 - Released August 25, 2021
Added support for 8 new platforms: Apple II, Apple IIGS, Commodore PET, Fairchild Channel F, Neo Geo CD, PC Engine SuperGrafx, Sharp X1, and Watara Supervision
Added support for 25 new RetroArch cores in order to support the new platforms and better support some existing platforms as well
Updated the RetroArch recommended/default cores list with more up to date options
Version 0.34 - Released August 24, 2021
Three new platform views have been added that much more closely resemble the Big Box experience on the desktop; we now have wheels and a new BannerBox-style platforms list (thanks to Faeran)
Two new game views have been added as well, including one with wheels
The app's theming has been completely overhauled with a dark theme that better matches the rest of the interface
Imports are now very fast, because LaunchBox does not download all media during the initial import process; instead, media is now downloaded as needed. This can be turned off in the Options menu.
A new option to "Download All Missing Media" is available for each platform; this will allow you to download everything for the platform all at once, if desired
Games can now be favorited, which will optionally put them first in the game lists
LaunchBox now defaults to using a new folder in the root of the SD card (priority) or in the root of the internal storage instead of Android's default location
The LaunchBox folder can now be easily changed to a different folder via the Options screen
Compatibility with the Nvidia Shield TV has been improved by using a LaunchBox folder inside of the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder in the root of external storage instead of trying to use a LaunchBox folder directly in the root
Added a .nomedia file to the root LaunchBox folder so that the game images don't show up in the Android image galleries
LaunchBox for Android is now free for use with less than 100 games; a new licensing system based on our desktop DRM-free licensing will unlock an unlimited number of games
Version 0.33 - Released January 17, 2020
Fixed issues with imports on a few platforms with incorrect platform names that don't exist on the LaunchBox Games Database
Added the Sammy Atomiswave platform
Version 0.32 - Released January 2, 2020
Custom emulators are now supported, if you have the correct metadata for them (package name, activity name, and ROM path key)
Added support for over 50 new emulators!
Version 0.31 - Released December 12, 2019
Improved the import process to be faster and use fewer resources, which should also help with stability on lower-end devices
Version 0.30 - Released November 27, 2019
Fixed some potential import process stability issues with poor connections and/or low-powered devices
Version 0.29 - Released November 21, 2019
You can now play combined/additional game versions by long-pressing a game from the list and selecting "Additional Versions..."
A new region prioritization option is available on imports, used when combining games
More granular options for MAME imports are now available (such as what types of games to skip)
The option to combine games with matching titles on imports is now more accurate
Version 0.28 - Released November 15, 2019
Fixed the import process to resolve an issue where some images were not downloading properly
Improved download performance with the new import process
Version 0.27 - Released November 14, 2019
Optimized the import process to hopefully prevent some devices from killing it due to high resource usage
Version 0.26 - Released November 13, 2019
Added an import process for importing games directly on your Android device
Version 0.25 - Released September 25, 2019
Added support for sideloaded versions of RetroArch (both 32-bit and 64-bit); this is very useful if you want to use a recent version of MAME on Android, as recent MAME cores are currently only available in the 32-bit version of RetroArch
Added support for MAME4droid emulator for MAME/Arcade; keep in mind though that it expects a very old MAME ROM set, so sideloading RetroArch 32-bit is recommended instead
Added better logic for platform-specific default extract archives settings
Fixed some rare error messages not displaying correctly and crashing instead
Version 0.24 - Released September 16, 2019
New long-press menu is available in the games lists (either by touch or by holding down the A button on a controller)
Games can now be deleted via the long-press menu in the games list, and you can choose whether or not to delete game media and/or game files
Added Yabo Sanshiro and Yaba Sanshiro Pro emulators for Sega Saturn (now working properly)
Version 0.23 - Released September 13, 2019
New long-press menu is available in the platforms list (either by touch or by holding down the A button on a controller)
Platforms can now be deleted via the long-press menu in the platforms list, and you can choose whether or not to delete images and game files
Fixed controllers not working properly after selecting Exit from the main menu and restarting
Version 0.22 - Released September 12, 2019
Fixed an additional issue where controllers were not working properly in some cases upon restarting the app
Version 0.21 - Released September 9, 2019
New Boxes View Settings page with platform-specific settings for the game boxes views
Game Boxes View setting for style (can switch back to the old style without image backgrounds)
Game Boxes View setting for box width and height; can now specify box width and height separately for each platform
New Change Log Screen available from the main menu
New Forums Support link in the main menu
Version 0.20 - Released September 8, 2019
Translation updates for Italian, German, French, Russian, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese
Fixed incorrect platform names for NEC TurboGrafx-16 and NEC TurboGrafx-CD
Disabled DamonPS2, NEO.emu, and Yaba Sanshiro for the time being as they are not currently working
Version 0.19 - Released September 6, 2019
Fixed a regression where controllers were again not working properly in all cases after returning from games
Added support for Dolphin emulator
Added support for DamonPS2 and DamonPS2 Pro emulators
Added support for fMSX and fMSX Deluxe emulators
Added support for Redream emulator
Version 0.18 - Released September 5, 2019
New boxes view overhaul with support for background fanart images
New launching view overhaul, also with support for background fanart images
Added Yaba Sanshiro and Yaba Sanshiro Pro emulators for Sega Saturn
Version 0.17 - Released September 3, 2019
Added Sony PSP Minis platform to valid emulators
Fixed an issue where controllers were sometimes not working after returning to LaunchBox from a game
Temporarily removed the MESS core option for RetroArch as it is not launching properly
Fixed the message box that comes up if no data is found to only show up on initial launch, instead of every time LaunchBox is resumed
Version 0.16 - Released September 2, 2019
New per-platform option to extract ROM archives or not
Fixed missing games issue from Android platform; due to the poor classification of games vs. apps on Android, some apps may show up now, but at least all games will be included
Added support for two new emulators: My Boy! for GBA and Mupen64Plus FZ for N64
Fixed the PPSSPP Gold emulator
Extracted ROM archives are now cleaned up with a max of ten archives kept, and existing archives will be used instead of re-extracting
Version 0.15 - Released August 30, 2019
New startup screen with file extraction progress bar
Now checks to make sure that the ROM file exists before launching in order to reduce confusion
Added SNK Neo Geo AES and SNK Neo Geo MVS to the supported platforms for RetroArch
Version 0.14 - Released August 28, 2019
Enabled support for Android 4.4 (Kit Kat), primarily for GPD XD devices
More robust error handling/reporting for data loading and launching emulators
Updated About screen
Version 0.13 - Released August 28, 2019
Enabled support for Android 4.4 (Kit Kat), primarily for GPD XD devices
More robust error handling/reporting for data loading and launching emulators
Updated About screen
Version 0.12 - Released August 27, 2019
Added parsing Android games back in, with an option to disable
Fixed emulator launching issues for many different emulators
New Exit option in the main menu
Improved error handling for launching emulators
Improved searching and error handling for initializing the root folder
Improved error handling for corrupt data
Now notifies the user to export via the desktop application if no data is found on startup
Version 0.11 - Released August 26, 2019
Fixed crash/white screen on first start after accepting permissions
Improved error handling on startup
Now searches for only folders with actual content (avoids using an empty folder when exported platforms exist elsewhere)
New splash screen
Version 0.10 - Released August 24, 2019
Fixed some potential crashes on first launch when accepting permissions
Version 0.9 - Released August 24, 2019
Fixed some potential crashes related to missing folders
Version 0.8 - Released August 24, 2019
Temporarily removed the auto-parsing for Android apps on startup due to apparent startup issues. Will add this feature back in after more testing.
Version 0.7 - Released August 23, 2019
New options screen with the ability to change the language