libretro / libretro/RetroArch

Scanning causes a crash

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Description

Is there an existing issue for this?
  • This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
  • I have searched the existing issues
Description

Whenever I scan on my phone, the app crashes. I’m using SideStore, is there a workaround for this?

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/44d5eade-70cd-44bf-83cb-0bcdd79e82a7

Expected behavior

The rom file should be scanned correctly.

Steps to reproduce the bug

Null

Version/Commit

You’ll find out in the video

Bisect Results

No response

Present in the nightly version

Yes, this is reproduced in the nightly build

Platform & operating system

iOS-arm64

Affected Cores

No response

Environment information

No response

Relevant log output

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No source file, test, reproducible steps, version, or log is provided. Start by reproducing scanning on an iOS-arm64 nightly build installed through SideStore and collect the exact version and crash log; done means the ROM file scans without crashing.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c, ios
Domain
frontend, mobile-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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