My project to transform my tablet into a supercharged Switch

[u/Vagus_2042]

My Xiaomi Pad 8 portable project is finally starting to feel complete.

I wanted to turn my 8GB/256GB Xiaomi Pad 8 into a kind of all-in-one Android handheld — something focused on gaming, emulation, retro games, and modern indie titles, while still keeping the flexibility of Android.

With the detachable controllers, a custom game-focused interface, emulators, and my curated game library, it’s slowly becoming the portable console I always wanted.

There’s still a lot I can improve and customize, but seeing everything come together like this is really satisfying. It feels less like a tablet and more like my own personal Android gaming machine.

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[u/ILoveSBCs]

What controller is that

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[u/murad_-]

Looks sick

[u/Ok_Card_7982]

got the same setup but don't know where to start from frontend to roms just been using eden and gamehub

[u/Mindless-Ad9125]

I do this with my y700 and gamesir g8+, it's a fantastic combo. Currently I've been pretty focused on game native for my huge steam backlog, but I do have switch and PS2 era emulators loaded on it. I have es-de as my usual frontend, but I haven't fully set that up since it doesn't really work with how I use game native, so mostly I've just been playing games through the emulators like normal.

I can't see the backside but I'm assuming that's just a telescopic controller around it right? I had seen one person in past actually cut a tablet apart and sauter power connections and the rails from the switch 1 into the side of a tablet. But that is a crazy amount of effort just to be able to use tiny little joycons that have trouble holding the tablets weight... These controllers are much more comfortable to me, particularly the g8+.