Naming ROMs

[yourwifeandkids]

I'd love it if I didn't have to manually name every ROM I download in-app. It's a nice feature, but it would be great if its default name (the ROM name it has on coolroms) would pop up first, and then be editable.

One more thing. Currently, when naming roms, every new word auto-capitalizes. Generally, this is nice, since titles get every word capitalized, but when Downloading Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, for example, I get "Kirby And The Amazing Mirror," which is incorrect. It's not the end of the world to fix it, but this is just one of those small little details that pops out to me.

[ioslife]

Well, typically the ROMS will show up as a string of numbers. 

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On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:32 AM, yourwifeandkids notifications@github.com wrote:

I'd love it if I didn't have to manually name every ROM I download in-app. It's a nice feature, but it would be great if its default name (the ROM name it has on coolroms) would pop up first, and then be editable.

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[yourwifeandkids]

I'm not sure what you mean, Bronson.

[ioslife]

For instance: say you download Pokemon. Typically the ROM's file name will be something like "0729528" and that will be what shows up on your ROM list. So the naming feature is truly the best option as it allows for us to choose what we want it to be called. 

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On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:37 AM, yourwifeandkids notifications@github.com wrote:

I'm not sure what you mean, Bronson.

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[yourwifeandkids]

Okay, I think I understand what you're saying, but how do you replicate this? For me, the in-app browser will not let me DL the ROM unless I name it (put at least one letter in the name field). Otherwise Save is greyed out and only Cancel is clickable.

[ioslife]

Right. With this version of GBA4iOS you can't download without saving. I am just saying that with other emulators it will be a string of numbers. So if Riley implemented not having to put the names in, it would show as a string of numbers. 

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On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:40 AM, yourwifeandkids notifications@github.com wrote:

Okay, I think I understand what you're saying, but how do you replicate this? For me, the in-app browser will not let me DL the ROM unless I name it (put at least one letter in the name field). Otherwise Save is greyed out and only Cancel is clickable.

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[yourwifeandkids]

Well, not necessarily. GBA4iOS 1.0 automatically named DLed ROMs. I'm sure that can be replicated in 2.0. I imagine Riley just told the app to hijack the ROM name found at the top of the download page at coolroms.

[ioslife]

I assume there could be a way. But for me in GBA4iOS 1.0 it saved as a string of numbers. 

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On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:43 AM, yourwifeandkids notifications@github.com wrote:

Well, not necessarily. GBA4iOS 1.0 automatically named DLed ROMs. I'm sure that can be replicated in 2.0. I imagine Riley just told the app to hijack the ROM name found at the top of the download page at coolroms.

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[yourwifeandkids]

Weird. Didn't do that for me.

[Wrsford]

There is a way. Every ROM has a unique ID code at the same address. Just find a file online that matches the name to the ID code and you can automatically name ROMs.

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On Sep 22, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Bronson15 notifications@github.com wrote:

I assume there could be a way. But for me in GBA4iOS 1.0 it saved as a string of numbers.

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Well, not necessarily. GBA4iOS 1.0 automatically named DLed ROMs. I'm sure that can be replicated in 2.0. I imagine Riley just told the app to hijack the ROM name found at the top of the download page at coolroms.

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[rileytestut]

Backstory: Yes, in GBA4iOS 1.0 it would download files without asking for the filename. Once downloaded, it would appear in the ROMs list as whatever the filename was. Unfortunately, when downloading from coolrom.com, their filenames weren't human-readable, they were a string of letters and numbers. Since coolrom was the most popular choice for downloading ROMs, it meant many users downloaded a ROM, then had to rename it.

In the old version, one solution could've been to unzip the file after downloading and then use the actual ROM name. Unfortunately this doesn't work in 2.0, since I need to display something in the ROM list to give the indication that it's downloading. This is why I require a name; not because it's necessary, but to prevent every download from coolrom from showing up as random letters and numbers. I agree it can get annoying, but I have yet to figure out how to get the filename of the downloading ROM.

[mithical]

I actually prefer the current method. Renaming upon downloading is a great way to organize. Sure, it takes a few seconds, but it makes the all look better. 

I realize many would prefer to have the name already included, so if Riley ever figures it out, I opt for it to be optional and have rename upon download. 

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On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Riley Testut notifications@github.com wrote:

Backstory: Yes, in GBA4iOS 1.0 it would download files without asking for the filename. Once downloaded, it would appear in the ROMs list as whatever the filename was. Unfortunately, when downloading from coolrom.com, their filenames weren't human-readable, they were a string of letters and numbers. Since coolrom was the most popular choice for downloading ROMs, it meant many users downloaded a ROM, then had to rename it.

In the old version, one solution could've been to unzip the file after downloading and then use the actual ROM name. Unfortunately this doesn't work in 2.0, since I need to display something in the ROM list to give the indication that it's downloading. This is why I require a name; not because it's necessary, but to prevent every download from coolrom from showing up as random letters and numbers. I agree it can get annoying, but I have yet to figure out how to get the filename of the downloading ROM.

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