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Some VM/emulator apps have a fixed set of OS's or applications that can be supported. Since Android 8 and later versions of Android, some of these apps have been reporting issues as Google has heightened the security of file-access permissions on newer versions of Android. Some apps have difficulties or have lost access to SD card.
RetroArch is a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications. It is the reference implementation of the libretro API , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] designed to be fast, lightweight, portable and without dependencies. [ 4 ]
Thus, apps can only utilize Android API's to learn about the device's or system's configuration or settings. However, not all information is available to apps; due to this, many OS compatibility layers or emulation apps are not able to run every package or application. Here are some known applications and packages that are unable to run:
Android phones, like this Nexus S running Replicant, allow installation of apps from the Play Store, F-Droid store or directly via APK files.. This is a list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software.
Dolphin was the first GameCube emulator that could successfully run commercial games. After troubled development in the first years, Dolphin became free and open-source software and subsequently gained support for Wii emulation. Soon after, the emulator was ported to Linux [28] and macOS. [29]
Citra is a discontinued [5] free and open-source game console emulator of the handheld system Nintendo 3DS for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. Citra's name is derived from CTR, which is the model name of the original 3DS. [1] Citra can run many homebrew games and commercial games. [6] Citra was first made available in 2014.
PPSSPP (an acronym for "PlayStation Portable Simulator Suitable for Playing Portably") is a free and open-source PSP emulator for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo Switch, BlackBerry 10, MeeGo, Pandora, Xbox Series X/S [3] and Symbian with a focus on speed and portability. [4]
Snes9x is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator software with official ports for MS-DOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, AmigaOS 4, macOS, MorphOS, Xbox, PSP, PS3, GameCube, Wii, iOS, and Android. [4] Windows RT and Windows Phone 8 have an unofficial port named Snes8x.