melonDS Android port

This is a WIP Android frontend for the melonDS Android port. For the Android port of the emulator, check out https://github.com/rafaelvcaetano/melonDS-android-lib

What is working

Device scanning for ROMS
Games can boot and run
Input
Game saves
Save states
GBA ROM support
Settings (WIP)
Controller support

What is kinda working

Sound (works properly at full speed only)

What is missing

Wi-Fi
More settings
Mic input
OpenGL renderer

Performance

Performance is far from OK, but acceptable on high end devices. Right now, this is more of a proof of concept that anything else. But at least we now know that it (kinda) works.

Integration with third party frontends

It's possible to launch melonDS from third part frontends. For that, you simply need to call the emulation activity with the absolute path to the ROM file. The parameters are the following:

Package name: me.magnum.melonds
Activity name: me.magnum.melonds.ui.emulator.EmulatorActivity
Parameters:
- PATH - a string with the absolute path to the NDS ROM (ZIP files are not yet supported)

Building

To build the project you will need Android NDK and CMake.

Build steps:

Clone the project, including submodules with:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/rafaelvcaetano/melonDS-android.git
Open the project in Android Studio.
Install the Android NDK and CMake from the SDK Manager
Hit Run

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