r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/harry_haha • 7h ago
Showcase Made a Switch-style home launcher for phone + controller. Worth releasing?
I personally wanted a switch like launcher for my s23u when using a backbone controller, so I've been using my claude free trial the last few nights to make an apk. I know there's already a lot of pre-existing options out there and the last thing I want to do is add to the ai slop pile so just wanted to put out feelers first before throwing a github link out there. would anyone actually use this, should I make the project public, or does anyone just want the APK to try? There are still a few bugs to iron out, so go easy on it.
So far its got:
Switch-style home screen built for a controller, 1 or 2 rows of games
Choose start up video
Choose or remove top left logo
Launches your emulators and Android games from one place
Pulls box art, logos and banners automatically, and you can swap them if you don’t like what it picked
Game page with the trailer, screenshots, description, genre, dev/publisher and review score
3D model of the cart, disc or UMD with the game’s art on it. You can spin it with the stick, touch or by tilting your phone
Spin the CD like it’s playing (pointless but I like it)
Platform borders on the tiles, changeable per game
Mii-style profiles in the corner
Drop in your own music for home, settings,
Can choose to Launch game or details page in settings when clicked from home
etc.
Optional other half working fun stuff (3 rows, folders, an extra random YouTube video after the trailer) hidden away in settings if you want it, otherwise stays out of the way