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Register android intent with cartridge file type. #384

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jahodfra opened this issue Nov 5, 2017 · 2 comments
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Register android intent with cartridge file type. #384

jahodfra opened this issue Nov 5, 2017 · 2 comments
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enhancement Improvement of existing feature or adding something new platform: android For issues affecting TIC80 on Android

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jahodfra commented Nov 5, 2017

I would like to download cartridge on phone and being offered android tic-80 app to immediately open it and play it. Thanks very much for considering this issue.

@nesbox nesbox added the enhancement Improvement of existing feature or adding something new label Nov 5, 2017
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Popolon commented Nov 27, 2017

This is linked to #380 where a mime-type is needed.

@Anrock Anrock added the platform: android For issues affecting TIC80 on Android label Nov 6, 2019
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Until this feature is complete, you can probably put them straight into the app's data using a clever trick. Here's an instructional video on how to do it, but the basics are these:

  1. Install Files. It's barely an app, it uses no permissions but launches Android's built-in/AOSP file manager which has the necessary privileges.
  2. Disable the Files by Google app, temporarily.
  3. Download the .tic files you want, but starting with one is good to test.
  4. Launch TIC-80 and do mkdir downloaded in its root directory, then close the app. The dir name doesn't really matter.
  5. Launch Files, then from its menu open a new window, and put them side-by-side in split screen.
  6. Go to your download location in one window.
  7. In the other, go to the device root, then Android > data > com.nesbox.tic > files > TIC-80 > downloaded (or whatever you called your dir).
  8. Select every .tic file in the first window with long press, then drag'n'drop to move them over the split into the other window.
  9. Close the Files windows.
  10. Launch TIC-80 again and run cd downloaded then load the_cart_you_got.tic. Use the Tab key to complete the real cart's filename.
  11. If it works, download all the carts you want, then repeat the file moving procedure.
  12. Re-enable the Files by Google app.

Sounds lengthy, but the steps are all tiny. It worked for me.

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