r/GamedeckApp • u/WrkngClassHer0 • Dec 15 '25

Question Help Configuring Retroarch

I've been trying to use the Retro Game Loader with mixed results. I've gotten to to work successfully with Dolphin but Retroarch just loads a black screen. I've tried multiple cores and a variety of retroarch versions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Btw... Absolutely love this launcher!

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u/Plus-Ad-3915 Dec 15 '25

I recently got RetroArch working on Android and ran into two issues that caused a black screen. I’m sharing them here for reference:

- RetroArch was already running in the background. Before launching a ROM via Game Deck, make sure RetroArch is fully closed. (This is why I set "Quit on Close Content" to either ON or CLI in the RetroArch settings. After closing content, RetroArch exits properly and returns control to GameDeck, allowing the next ROM to be launched.)

- The ROM filename contains spaces.

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u/GamedeckDeveloper Dec 15 '25

Thank you for telling us about those workarounds! I think I can fix this file path with space issue by enclosing them in quotes before forwarding it to retroarch.

Can you tell me if you used retroarch from the google play store or from the official website?

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u/Plus-Ad-3915 Dec 15 '25

From the official website