Provenance-Emu
Game Library Syncing
I can do Dropbox integration, we used it in nds4ios and it works well. At the moment saving ROMs would be okay, since they're fairly small, but once more emulators are added the space needed for ROMs on Dropbox might increase drastically.
No, it would simply be dropbox integration. Unless OpenEmu also integrated Dropbox and you used the same folder they wouldn't sync together.
Save synching should be fairly easy to do with iCloud document synch, I'll take a look at it when I'm done with the PSX Core.
For my 2 cents, I'd prefer Dropbox over iCloud sync since my saves are already saved there (using symbolic links, so it works with OpenEmu) and because my iPad is under a different iCloud ID. (Maybe there's a way to share files between iCloud storage users, but I never use it so I wouldn't know.)
I'm fine if only the saved games are synced. Syncing the ROMs too would take up too much cloud space and I'd feel a bit paranoid having ROMs in the cloud...
Maybe it could have an option to let you choose what you want to sync? e.g. roms, saved games, configuration, etc.
I agree with Dropbox syncing. While ROM syncing would be nice, I don't think that's as necessary as save states. Like Cralex, I have symbolic links for my saves with OpenEmu setup, and being able to access my saves across devices would be amazing. It would also be nice to be able to choose which service to use. I would say Dropbox, Box, or iCloud Drive. Maybe Google Drive as well.
I setup an integrated web server that allows for bulk copying of ROMs as well as uploading/downloading game saves. Please see pull request here: https://github.com/jasarien/Provenance/pull/81
This has been discussed, but I think will be more of an issue as people want to use this app on their devices and on the new AppleTV, but we need to accommodate a way to sync game ROM's and game save files so we can just play on any device. I know there has been some discussion about Dropbox, but I wonder if there is any way we can incorporate this? A web server connection is a good stop gap, but I think a full blown sync solution is going to be necessary.
Is there any way we can dissect how GBA4IOS was utilizing Dropbox framework to make it work with ATV and iOS?
Dropbox would be fine if it was only iOS we were dealing with. As it stands there is no WebKit, or UIWebView on tvOS, which is a vital component in the completion of OAuth which Dropbox requires in order to be used in 3rd party apps. So we can't use Dropbox with tvOS until there is a usable web component.
I guess for now the only option is to use the iPad version of Provenance, and then Airplay mirror the screen to the Apple TV, which I guess you can do now....
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 1:07 PM, James Addyman [email protected] wrote:
Dropbox would be fine if it was only iOS we were dealing with. As it stands there is no WebKit, or UIWebView on tvOS, which is a vital component in the completion of OAuth which Dropbox requires in order to be used in 3rd party apps. So we can't use Dropbox with tvOS until there is a usable web component.
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Welp that sucks. I guess for now I'll have a set of games I want to play when I'm portable and a set of games that I want play around the house. Does the web server work on TvOS? I guess you could transfer game files and saves around back and forth if needed.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 1:23 PM, James Addyman [email protected] wrote:
I tried airplay previously, the latency was too high to be playable.
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Maybe something like this could help? https://github.com/gilbertchen/acrosync-library
josejulio's idea look viable. All you need to do is make sure you have a local machine that can be the connection point to sync between ATV and iOS devices.
We don't know if the AppleTV will have an iCloud Drive app yet. It probably will but not until release.
Provenance can't access iCloud directly because it's not an App Store app.
We may be able to use CloudKit in development mode though, if not natively, via the REST api.
Maybe, wouldn't work if provenance is distributed by iEmulators again, or something.
Hopefully being able to build and run apps without a developer ID now should help there. Though it does still require you to have a mac.
That's what I mean. Building for yourself may allow access to iCloud in dev mode. But if it's distributed via iEmulators (which has been the widest distribution Provenance has had) it won't work because it'll be signed with an Enterprise cert and they don't allow access to iCloud.
Does the non-paid dev account even allow you to create a profile with iCloud entitlements anyway? I don't know if it does or not.
With the REST API, you shouldn't need developer credentials, you just need to set the app ID up once with valid credentials, and then other apps can access the web API for that App ID. https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/DataManagement/Conceptual/CloutKitWebServicesReference/SettingUpWebServices/SettingUpWebServices.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015240-CH24-SW1
Yeah I don't think that's going to work :D
Upload URLs are valid for a limited time (15 minutes) and the maximum file size is 15MB.
Unless I'm missing something?
Might work for cloud saves, and you can always chunk rooms into multiple parts. But yeah, overall we're very limited by not being a store app.
Google drive example - https://github.com/googledrive/ios-quickeditor
Doesn't require oAuth, but does require some config both on the google drive console and setting 2 known secrets
We need a solution that's as simple as pressing a button in the app or else no-one but us techies is gonna use it.
Another option that comes to my mind, would be to start a web server, and request the user to move to a browser (on this phone, pc, mac, w/e) and go to http://local.ip.of.apple.tv, from there, do the dropbox login, receive the keys and send to the apple tv (using the same web server). Though is somewhat cumbersome.