launch command for ppssppgold on android missing and ppsspp not working

[djay]

I had thought it was in the list but now can't find it and ppsspp launch command doesn't seem to work.

Update: 2a5d566 I can see it was removed here.

But the other change is PPSSPP doesn't work at all now. At least on firestick.

[zach-morris]

PPSSPP with retroarch, or a separate emulator?

[djay]

@zach-morris separate emulator

[IAmAGitHubb]

Same issue

[zach-morris]

Trying to figure it out, but I'm having the same trouble.
The format is:

StartAndroidActivity("{application}", "{intent}", "{dataType}", "{dataURI}", "{flags}", "{extras_json}", "{action}", "{category}", "{className}")'

In the current external command, that equates to:

"org.ppsspp.ppsspp","android.intent.action.VIEW","","","270532608","[{"key":"org.ppsspp.ppsspp.Shortcuts","value":"file://%ROM_PATH%","type": "string"}]","","",".PpssppActivity"

These commands in the past have been helpful to try and figure out what the command needs to be.

Perhaps @chrisism has some ideas or has run into this with AKL?

[djay]

@zach-morris whats the reason the old command can't be used? That was working on my system until I did a reinstall.

[zach-morris]

The old method of launching using subprocess is prevented in newer Android OS's by the OS itself. The new method of launching uses an internal Kodi function (StartAndroidActivity) which is given permission to launch other apps.

If you have an old Android OS, you can change the advance setting in IAGL to use the old method by turning off 'Use StartAndroidActivity'. The new method and old method should work on old OS's though. The new method would work with these apps, if i could figure out what the command format needed is, but thus far, i can't figure it out

[djay]

@zach-morris does this help?

hrydgard/ppsspp#17416

[djay]

@zach-morris is there something I can help with?

[djay]

@zach-morris I can confirm both of the following commands work on my system

am start -n org.ppsspp.ppsspp -a .PpssppActivity  -a android.intent.action.VIEW -e org.ppsspp.ppsspp.Shortcuts $FILE

am start -n org.ppsspp.ppsspp/.PpssppActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -c android.intent.category.DEFAULT -d $FILE -t application/octet-stream --activity-clear-task  --activity-clear-top  --activity-no-history

But I can't work out how to modify to the PSP_ZachMorris.xml to work.

I get the following in the log

2023-06-12 22:31:28.690 T:17431    info <general>: IAGL:  Lets Play!
2023-06-12 22:31:30.901 T:17431    info <general>: IAGL:  Post processing complete for ...
2023-06-12 22:31:31.250 T:17431   error <general>: IAGL:  Launcher None is unknown, defauling to RETROPLAYER
2023-06-12 22:31:31.294 T:5591    error <general>: StartActivity: ExceptionOccurred launching org.ppsspp.ppsspp

The xml looks like

		<emu_launcher>external</emu_launcher>
		<emu_default_addon>none</emu_default_addon>
		<emu_ext_launch_cmd>"org.ppsspp.ppsspp","android.intent.action.VIEW","","","270532608","[{"key":"org.ppsspp.ppsspp.Shortcuts","value":"file://%ROM_PATH%","type": "string"}]","","",".PpssppActivity"</emu_ext_launch_cmd>

so I can't work out why the command is not getting recognised as external.

[djay]

@zach-morris the main problem seems to be with ".PpssppActivity". it needs to be the full version ie "org.ppsspp.ppsspp.PpssppActivity"
I can't see where to make the change so I can submit a PR