[POLL] Mobile version: .apk or Joiplay


A possible fix for the black quest box in the android version is currently test. It should be solved in the next upload.


I made a poll to ask android players if they'd prefer to play with Joiplay or an .apk, to help me decide if I should change my way of exporting the game for android.
For those who don't know, Joiplay is an app which allows to play windows RPG Maker games on the phone, without the need of an .apk file.
Due to recent troubles with the export of the .apk, I wondered if making a text file and video about how to set up the game on Joiplay would be better than the .apk file, both for me and the players.

Cons:

- It'd require the use of the external app Joiplay to run Renryuu on android, if I don't create .apk files.

- Save files from previous android version with .apk files can't be transfered and continued.


Pros:

- The save folder would be accessible this way, allowing people to copy their saves to other phones or systems. This means another case of losing your progress in the future due to troubles with the .apk export would be avoidable.
It would also allow me to check and fix saves of mobile players. Currently, in the .apk version, the saves are hidden in the system files and can't be seen normally.

- Another advantage would be that the "update files only" could be used to update the game. This means much smaller downloads to update your game to the newest version.

- The issue that some phones can't get RPG Maker games to run might also be fixed with this.

- For myself, it'd be less work without the extra steps and programs needed to create the .apk file, and less time needed for uploads.

- As the files for Joiplay would be the same as for windows, there would be no more "surprise" bugs that are only in the android version, as we had recently with the black quest log box.
- The android .apk file is made with a third party program, and is thus less editable and in control for me.


Please let me know which option you think sounds better for the future.

The poll: https://strawpoll.com/XOgONlEoXn3

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MaldiVes 🗿

That one emulator is thousand times better than JoiPlay for RPGM games. And personaly I prefer to use it over apk.

Somehow people just forgot that JoiPlay isnt the only option. It is ok for RenPy games, but it is realy hard to find an emulator that works worse with RPGM games.

Joiplay can't be used on devices running newer versions of the android system. So please keep making APK files!