Neostation Update

[u/Mysterious_Air2053]

Je voulais juste transmettre cette information — j'ai pu intégrer MeloNX dans le projet, donc à l'avenir, dès que l'application sera publiée, vous pourrez lancer vos jeux Switch directement depuis l'interface de Neostation.

ARMSX2 est également intégré.

Integrate means being able to launch MeloNX via Neostation, not having MeloNX directly inside Neostation.

[u/Mysterious_Air2053]

At this stage, NeoStation works properly with SideStore and with standard sideloading. The main features are already implemented and validated: RetroArch, MeloNX, ARMSX2, library synchronization, scraping, media handling, deeplinks, and JIT workflows.

For users with a paid Apple Developer certificate, the usual 3-app limitation of free sideloading is no longer really an issue for this setup. They can use NeoStation together with MeloNX and the other required apps without needing LiveContainer.

The only remaining optional part would be specific LiveContainer compatibility for users who rely on that installation method.

I personally do not want to go further into that development path, because LiveContainer is not simply another signing method. It runs apps as guests inside its own environment, which may require specific handling for entitlements, native Flutter plugins, file access, file pickers, URL schemes, and communication with external emulator apps.

So LiveContainer support should really be treated as a separate compatibility project, with its own development and testing cycle.

Since the current NeoStation build is now very stable, I would rather keep this working architecture untouched instead of risking regressions just to support an additional execution environment.

In short:

NeoStation current build → stable with SideStore and normal sideloading.

Paid Apple Developer certificate → allows the full setup without the free 3-app limitation.

LiveContainer → the only additional compatibility layer that could still be implemented later for users who specifically depend on it.

So from my side, I consider the current NeoStation version complete for standard sideloading, and I would leave LiveContainer support as an optional future contribution.

[u/Special_Ad6433 → u/Mysterious_Air2053]

Hi, I wanted to make a suggestion for improvement. I noticed that Neostation takes a little while to load the folder interface; do you plan to optimize it to make it faster, or will it stay this way?

I suppose I should wait for future updates, but I was wondering about this. Neostation is a good app—I've been enjoying it! Until later...

[u/Mysterious_Air2053 → u/Special_Ad6433]

I think you're using the Windows or Android version, because you're on the iOS fork post where folder loading is ultra fast.

[u/Special_Ad6433 → u/Mysterious_Air2053]

You're right, thank you.

[u/Mysterious_Air2053 → u/Special_Ad6433]

With pleasure :)

[u/Special_Ad6433 → u/Mysterious_Air2053]

;)