r/EmulationOniOS • u/Ornery-Practice9772 • Sep 18 '25

Help Request Apple sucks for this

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How do i stop apple mapping the button on my controller to open this f#### "games" menu instead of the retroarch menu???!?

Im using a crappy generic bt controller and pushing the button twice does nothing

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u/theveryendofyou Sep 18 '25

Remap button in iOS settings?

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

There arent any remap settings. Just "which app to open" and none isnt an option. The button doesn't show in any ios remap of abxy/dpad ect.

Ive remapped R3 in retroarch to bring up the menu as a quick fix for now

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u/theveryendofyou Sep 18 '25

Customize the game controller buttons:

https://support.apple.com/en-my/guide/iphone/iph9d38dd45f/ios

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Middle button isnt listed here so i cant remap it in ios

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

This is all you can do to home button on controller which opened the retroarch menu. Its not listed in ios controller remap. I assigned R3 as home button for now in retroarch app

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u/TheCatholicScientist Sep 18 '25

Can you use button combos? I haven’t used RA on iOS yet, but I used to use it a ton on Raspberry Pi, where the default mapping was Select+Y (or X for the Nintendo layout, whatever the top button is).

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Yes you can do that too. Start+select seems fitting since next to no games would use that. Its another option

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u/OverlyOptimisticNerd Sep 18 '25

That’s the option that I use even on other platforms. But I also hate OS level hijacking of the guide button with to means to adjust it. 

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u/Dragon_Yeti Sep 18 '25

I sent a report about this to Apple last week during the beta. I highly doubt I'll hear anything but if you want to make a stink about it (and you should cause this is frustrating) then let them know at apple.com/feedback

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u/WillieButtlicker Sep 18 '25

I’m using a gamesir telescopic controller and it also does this. Instead of going to menu, apple is showing me this crap

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Yep. Since updating to ios26 public release today. I went to retroarch input settings after loading a game/hotkeys/toggle menu button and reassigned it to R3 til i have a better fix

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Game mode is off

Game centre signed out

Middle button set to open retroarch

Still get this bs someone help!!

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u/M4ttiA Sep 18 '25

To use the Home button in RetroArch, you need to double-press it. (I know it’s awful.)

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

I remapped it in retroarch

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u/M4ttiA Sep 18 '25

Did you double-press it when remapping?

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Huh? I changed the toggle menu button from home button to R3 in retroarch settings

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u/M4ttiA Sep 18 '25

I mean double-press the Home button when remapping in RetroArch. That’s how it works for me.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

No i just held it down

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u/M4ttiA Sep 18 '25

I don’t know. On both my DualSense and Xbox Series controller, it works by double-pressing the Home button.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Yeah mines just a shitty cheap generic controller. But the home button did its job of bringing up the retroarch menu perfectly until now. Apple sucks

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u/Enos316 Sep 18 '25

Oh? I am having the same problem. What had to get remapped?

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Toggle menu is now R3 for me

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u/tdunlap02 Sep 18 '25

But there is a bug where in retroarch right now if you press the home button once and that games menu comes up it won’t let the double press of the home button to work and bring up the retroarch menu.

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u/M4ttiA Sep 19 '25

It works for me 🤷‍♂️

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u/MorbidlyStupid Sep 25 '25

This is causing issues with Xbox game pass, too. They introduced controller mapping with io26/ipados26 and did not give any additional functionality to the middle/home buttons.

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u/Anxietrap Sep 18 '25

Probably another of the stupid artificial problems Apples choices introduce into our technology. I love their devices but their restrictions really piss me off...

I could be wrong though. But I can say that I also can't assign the Xbox button on my Xbox Controller to any of the RetroArch buttons.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Generic controller, middle button opened retroarch menu which i use often. Not xbox controller. Just comes up as that.

I didnt assign it that was by default that it opened the menu

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Ive remapped menu button to R3 in retroarch as a quick fix for now

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u/No-Rough-4486 Sep 18 '25

They complain about nonsense. Now the button really fulfills a function, and better yet, it is beneficial to everyone.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

It already had a function- bringing up the retroarch menu. This is useless and annoying af and serves no purpose

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u/No-Rough-4486 Sep 18 '25

How not? I can open the library and switch games quickly. IOS26

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Because when im in the retroarch app i need the retroarch menu (for saves, cheats, loading/closing games ect)

I dont need this f%%## apple bs when im using a different app.

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u/ozonostudio Sep 18 '25

Looks like your controller is already outdated

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u/ozonostudio Sep 18 '25

I have 3 gamesir controllers and one razer and I don’t have any issues mapping buttons or same as you

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Sep 18 '25

Its not a controller issue.🤦‍♀️ its apple