iOS version doesn't launch

[3m4r5]

it just shows a blank screen tried installing it from the repo and the ipa file on iPhone 8 Plus iOS 14.3 (jailbroken with checkra1n)

[jpd002]

Hey! Which game are you testing?

[3m4r5]

I meant the emulator itself, the app simply shows a blank screen.

I thought either I'm doing something wrong or it only supports A12+ but the community is so small I couldn't find information online, sorry to bother you.

[3m4r5]

It doesn't crash it just shows a black screen, can't send you crash reports.

[jpd002]

Oh, gotcha. Can you try starting it while internet connection is disabled? The emulator scans games and fetches boxart at the start, so, it might have an issue downloading them for some reason.

[3m4r5]

I uninstalled play!, reinstalled it, enabled airplane mode and launched it but unfortunately it shows the same black screen, sorry if I wasted your time.

[3m4r5]

I tried a firewall to monitor networking activity but it doesn't request access to anything.

I also tried it in safe mode but with no luck.

it appears to me that the app doesn't launch at all.

[3m4r5]

using a jailbreak tweak that allows me to put apps in windows, it doesn't show black screen it just shows the gray background which made me come to the conclusion that it's just a blank screen

[jpd002]

Thanks for the info. I've made a temp branch that disables game scanning all together just to see if it's causing issues: https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/actions/runs/1375846324.

Could you try that build please?

Thanks!

[3m4r5]

@jpd002 thank you so much for your work, I tried the deb package and the ipa file and they both launched successfully!

[jpd002]

Good! I guess you don't have any games on your list though, right?

[3m4r5]

yeah, just to be sure I added a game to the correct location and it didn't show up.

[darkpigeon]

yeah, just to be sure I added a game to this (supposedly correct location) and it doesn't show up in Play!.

The game must be inside that "Play Data Folder".

[3m4r5]

@darkpigeon thanks for the info, I just put it there and it didn't show up👍

[jpd002]

Yeah, that's to be expected since all scanning has been removed.

I re-enabled local scanning in this build: https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/actions/runs/1382036335

Can you tell if what result you get with that one?

Thanks!

[3m4r5]

@jpd002 thank you for actively working on this issue and sorry for the late reply.

the app opens when I install the it and tap on it, when I add an iso file, kill the app and relaunch it the app shows a black screen and request access to api.thegamesdb.net but when I relaunch it again it launches with the game listed and it works!🎊

thank you so much!

[3m4r5]

loading screens run at 60+ fps, the sound works, the bluetooth controller works, the wide screen option works, saving & loading states works, both opengl & vulkan work. what should I also test?

[jpd002]

Very cool :) Glad it's working.

I'm working on giving better feedback to users on what's happening during the scan process. Could you test this new build to see if anything strange comes up? https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/actions/runs/1396657273

This build has all scanning stuff enabled, but it displays the steps that are being executed instead of just doing the steps synchronously at app load.

Thanks!

[3m4r5]

sorry for the late reply, I just saw yours & tested the last build.

after installing it (before the first launch), there's no "Play!" folder in the files app, and this happens at the first launch.

After the first launch the Folder "Play!" show up, I copied "hermes.iso" (one file) to the "Play Data Files" folder and this happens when I relaunch it.

I personally suggest adding "local scanning only" option, and an option to only scan at app launch.

thank you so much for your work!

[3m4r5]

@jpd002 here's a first launch with the firewall enabled: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/63432932/139562136-07b3d88f-21a3-4432-b164-c9fa309a890f.MOV

[jpd002]

Thank you very much for the videos! Gives me a very good idea of what's going on :) I can see that I screwed some things up in my test code, like the result of scanning not being displayed after it's done and scanning happening again when you leave the settings screen (and probably after you come back from playing a game). I'm going to fix these issues.

On Android, it only does a full scan of the device the first time you launch the app. After that, it only scans the folders that are known to contain game files, so, it's much quicker. Something similar could be implemented on iOS. Another idea would be to have a prompt to ask if you'd like to scan all your filesystem for games the first time you launch the emu.

[jpd002]

This version should be a bit better: https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/actions/runs/1405568389.

Gonna check to implement the full scan that happens only the first time the app is launched next. I'm going to do something very similar to the Android version and I'm going to add an option in settings to force scan the whole FS again if needed.

[3m4r5]

yeah, this build scans the whole file system on every launch video

[jpd002]

Hello! This new build should only scan the whole filesystem at first launch or if there were no game found: https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/actions/runs/1427047116

There's also a new button in the settings menu to force a rescan of the device if needed.

[3m4r5]

that's great, the button works! First Launch also the Second launch is much better (although I faced a bug once)

[jpd002]

Thanks for testing! I guess it's still not perfect, but at least, it's way better than before. I can look at the other issues later. I'm gonna merge the current state of the branch in main once the pipeline succeed!

[jpd002]

Branch was merged. Closing this.

[3m4r5]

for sure it's miles better, thank you so much!