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{{#seo: |title=Switch Homebrew Apps (Title Launchers) - GameBrew |title_mode=append |image=SphairaSwitch.png |image_alt=Sphaira }} Sphaira is hbmenu alternative. It currently has feature parity with hbmenu (that is, launches homebrew + nxlink) whilst adding quite a few features. ==Features== === HomeBrew === The main menu tab, it lists all the .nro found in "/switch/". From there, you can launch, sort, delete, create a forwarder etc. You can navigate to the other menu tabs using "L" and "R", explained below. === FileBrowser === By pressing "L" from the main menu, you can access the file browser. You can Cut, Copy, Delete, Rename etc. You can select multiple files / folders by using the "ZR" button and then se the above functions of that group of files. Forwaders can be created if the selected file has a file assoc, see below for more details. === Appstore=== sphaira features an appstore, using the api from https://hb-app.store/switch. It can be navigated to by pressing "R" from the main menu. The appstore is feature parity with hb-appstore app, as well as installing the manifests in the same folder as hb-appstore, in order to not break compatibility between the two. === Themes=== sphaira comes with 3 themes, abyss (default), black and white (unfinished). custom themes can be added to "/config/sphaira/themes/", here is the abyss theme for example: INI: <pre class="language-ini">[meta] name=Abyss author=TotalJustice version=1.0.0 ; unused currently preview=romfs:/theme/preview.jpg [theme] background=0x0f111aff grid=0x0f115c30 selected=0x0f115cff selected_overlay=0x529cffff text=0xffbc41ff text_selected=0x529cffff icon_audio=romfs:/theme/icon_audio.png icon_video=romfs:/theme/icon_video.png icon_image=romfs:/theme/icon_image.png icon_file=romfs:/theme/icon_file.png icon_folder=romfs:/theme/icon_folder.png icon_zip=romfs:/theme/icon_zip.png icon_nro=romfs:/theme/icon_nro.png Copy</pre> music can be added to a theme, as long as the music is converted to bfstm format. simply add an entry like so: <code>music=/config/sphaira/themes/music/bgmusic_pcm.bfstm</code> === Forwaders=== sphaira can create and install forwarders for any .nro. It will use the icon of the .nro and the name + author. It can also install forwarders for files that have a file assoc. For example, if mgba is installed and a game is located in "/roms/gba/game.gba", then the "Install Fowarder" option will appear. In this case, it will try to scrape the icon of the game, otherwise it will use the icon of the .nro and the name will be a combination of the .nro name and game name. === File Assoc=== file assoc is a way to associate file extensions (.gba, .nro etc) with a homebrew app. For example, clicking on rom.gbc that has an file assoc will bring up a list of all the applications that can handle it. This can be used for emulators, media players, text editors etc... custom file assoc should go in the folder "/config/sphaira/assoc/" the format is ''very'' simple, here is an example of vgedit.ini INI: <pre class="language-ini">[config] supported_extensions=txt|json|cfg|ini|md|log Copy</pre> and again for mgba.ini INI: <pre class="language-ini">[config] supported_extensions=gba|gbc|sgb|gb database=Nintendo - Game Boy|Nintendo - Game Boy Color|Nintendo - Game Boy Advance Copy</pre> "path": (optional) fullpath to the .nro. if not specified, it uses the name of the ini, ie, mgba.ini will use mgba.nro. "supported_extensions": list of extensions the application supports, separated by |. plea "database": (optional) name of the rom database to use defined by the left-side of this table [https://gist.github.com/ITotalJustice/d5e82ba601ca13b638af9b00e33a4a86 <https://gist.github.com/ITotalJustice/d5e82ba601ca13b638af9b00e33a4a86]>.. All of the retroarch cores has file assoc built into sphaira, so if you download retroarch using the appstore, and then navigate to "/roms/gbc/game.gbc", gambatte and mgba will be available to be selected. Games can be kept in .zip format, sphaira will peek into the .zip and find the real extension and use that for displaying icons / file assoc. === Roms === roms should be placed in "/roms/system_name/" where system name is defined by this table right-side entries [https://gist.github.com/ITotalJustice/d5e82ba601ca13b638af9b00e33a4a86 <https://gist.github.com/ITotalJustice/d5e82ba601ca13b638af9b00e33a4a86]>. this is the same layout emulation station uses. the reason for forcing roms to be in specific folders is due to many roms for different systems using the same file extension, ie, .bin / .cue or .chd. roms placed in subfolders are allowed, for example "/roms/psx/scooby-doo/scooby-doo.bin" is valid. === Themezer === themes can be browsed and download by going Menu Options -> Misc -> Themezer. Themes will be downloaded to "/themes/sphaira/Theme Name - By Author/". To install themes, launch "NXThemes Installer" and browse to the selected folder listed above. === Irs === InfaRed Sensor. its a toy app i made 4(?) years ago where it shows the output of the joycon irs, use it to take a selfie. === Web === Launches the builtin web browser, it's not very good. === Nxlink === For homebrew developers, nxlink is built into sphaira. You do not have to press any special buttons, just do "nxlink ''.nro" and send your nro like normal, console logging works to be using "nxlink -s'' .nro" By default, this is enabled in the background, to disable it: Menu Options -> Network -> Nxlink. ==Notes== That's most of the features spahira has. If you enjoy it so much that you'd rather it be launched over regular hbmenu, you can enable the option in "Menu Options -> Replace hbmenu on exit" where it will do just that. It will create a backup of hbmenu in "/switch/hbmenu.nro" should you wish to swap back. ==Screenshots== https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/images/SphairaSwitch-01.png https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/images/SphairaSwitch-02.png https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/images/SphairaSwitch-03.png https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/images/SphairaSwitch-04.png https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/images/SphairaSwitch-05.png https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/images/SphairaSwitch-06.png https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/images/SphairaSwitch-07.png https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/switchhomebrews/images/SphairaSwitch-08.png ==Changelog== '''v0.4.1''' * Fix time being displayed as gm time, instead of local time * Update ru.json by [https://github.com/J0hnTR @J0hnTR] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/29 #29] '''v0.4.0''' * Improve Portuguese translation by [https://github.com/ninstar @ninstar] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/1 #1] * use translatation from native Chinese by [https://github.com/WE1ZARD @WE1ZARD] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/3 #3] * Added Italian translation by [https://github.com/LNLenost @LNLenost] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/8 #8] * Improve french language by [https://github.com/shadow2560 @shadow2560] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/10 #10] * Chinese translation by [https://github.com/do-kiss @do-kiss] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/12 #12] * Japanese Translation by [https://github.com/ITotalJustice @ITotalJustice] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/11 #11] * i18n: improve de locale by [https://github.com/acuteaura @acuteaura] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/16 #16] * New icon by [https://github.com/ninstar @ninstar] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/18 #18] * Add OLED Black Theme by [https://github.com/Sanrax @Sanrax] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/20 #20] * Korean translation by [https://github.com/Yorunokyujitsu @Yorunokyujitsu] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/19 #19] * Update fr.json by [https://github.com/Battosai94 @Battosai94] in [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/pull/17 #17] * Added updater * Clip text in filebrowser [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/issues/13 #13] * Fix inconsistent sound effects [https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira/issues/6 #6] * Added time to the main menu * Fix sphaira not exiting to home menu whilst launched as hbmenu * Add support for loading translations locally in <code>/config/sphaira/i18n/</code> * Add option to install an nro forwader via the filebrowser '''v0.3.0''' * First Release. ==Credits== * borealis * stb * yyjson * nx-hbmenu * nx-hbloader * deko3d-nanovg * libpulsar * minIni * gbatemp * hb-appstore * everyone who has contributed to this project! == External links == * Gbatemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/sphaira-hbmenu-replacement.664523/ * Github - https://github.com/ITotalJustice/sphaira

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