Retro Arch resets on Nexus Player?

by terminalScript

I got a Nexus Player, mostly excited to use it as an emulator. I install retroarch, controller doesn't work. Oh ok. I'll just use an OTG cable and a mouse to set up the inputs. Once I've done that, I set the menu driver to xmb, so I can control it easier. Quit, waiting to see a new interface where I can play N64, and what? Everything I did reset, as if I just reinstalled the program. I check to see if I could load my saved config, and I get a Directory not found error. Ok, I go to settings ans realize the config directory is set to an imaginary location probably /data/data/com.retroarch/config, which doesn't exist. I try making a new config folder, and save and load a config. Then I quit, and wait to see what happens. It reset the config directory I set it to, back to that imaginary folder (Which it can not save to when I make it in that location.) I've been at it for a few hours, and I don't know what to do. I've reinstalled multiple times.

opinjonated

Configuration directories are broken. I think it saves updated configurations in a different place than the default configuration file(at least for some things, my filter options seem to stick). So as soon as you quit it loads the default again on the next launch. The app developer can get a little defensive when you bring up the state of the Android port.

However, they do have a nightly repository for both Cydia and Fdroid. They might be in a better state.

http://www.libretro.com/index.php/category/blog/