Support for content reading from external SSD / USB drive.

[DavidAriyan]

With the new implemented SAF system, the emu could easily read & write to external ssd/ or any USB drive connected via the USB c port. The device name clearly showed there in the menu. But when I tried to select the directory in it, Flycast unfortunately can't access it. But the weird is, SD card loading is supported but not external USB. I'm using android. Please take a look at this "bug". We really need this kind of feature. Because having to save everything in the internal SD woulf be messed up.

[flyinghead]

What is your android version and device type?

[DavidAriyan]

What is your android version and device type?

Android 12. I'm using Samsung Galaxy S20 FE.

[DavidAriyan]

As a proof I'll include the screenshots. As we can see here, the SSD drive is detected, but strangely Flycast can't access it. There's nothing wrong with my portable SSD because it's loaded just fine in File browser like Zarchiver and native file browser and off course in other emulators.

[flyinghead]

The latest build on the dev branch supports external USB storage devices. Tested on Android 9 and 11. For now only games (and cheat files) can be loaded from USB devices. Flycast home directory must be on internal or SD card storage.

[DavidAriyan]

I'm glad to hear that. Thank you so much for your efforts.

On Sun, Apr 9, 2023, 00:16 flyinghead @.***> wrote:

The latest build on the dev branch supports external USB storage devices. Tested on Android 9 and 11. For now only games (and cheat files) can be loaded from USB devices. Flycast home directory must be on internal or SD card storage.

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[flyinghead]

This required very substantial changes and thus a high probability of bugs, so please test and report. Thanks

[DavidAriyan]

I had tested it on my samsung note 10 plus, with portable ssd (brand is orico) attached to it's usb c port. At first it recognize the folders in the ssd, but after I selected it, the app crashed and won't recognize the folder after. Need me to reinstall the app to try again point that ssd path. Well my ssd is not really portable it needs a usb power hub and a power bank in able to connect correctly to the phone. Maybe it's not compatible. But i tried on other emulators like dolphin & Aethersx2 is just works fine. I think I'll probably get my self a real ssd portable with usb c male port. Orico have that product. I just need more money to buy it later. I will test if it's gonna work. Probably this is still bug though, like you mentioned. Because I also tried sd card adapter with usb c port and sd card attached to it. The app won't recognize it too.

Pada tanggal Kam, 13 Apr 2023 19.04, flyinghead @.***> menulis:

This required very substantial changes and thus a high probability of bugs, so please test and report. Thanks

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[flyinghead]

Thanks for the feedback. Flycast shouldn't crash like that so that's probably a bug.

Make sure to enable Automatically Report Crashes so that crash reports are automatically sent to me. So far I haven't seen any crash related to your issue. Also restart the app after a crash so it gets uploaded.

[DavidAriyan]

It's finally works. Great! Thank you so much. Thank you.