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N-EMU v1.1.1 update

Layouts for the folded iPhone Duo and a display held like a book

Folded, the iPhone Duo uses the column beside the camera and puts the tab bar back at the bottom. Held like a book, the Nintendo DS stacks both screens large in the middle. Rotation no longer closes the game, and an Android sound error is fixed.

Dates show when changes were integrated into the app and may differ from store release dates.

Integrated

  1. The Nintendo DS on a display held like a book

    Turn the unfolded iPhone Duo on its side and hold it like a book, and the Nintendo DS stacks its two screens large in the middle, one above the other, with the D-pad and buttons on either side. The touch screen is about twice as wide and as tall as in the previous layout, which split the display into upper and lower halves. L and R, Select and Start, and the microphone and Pause buttons stack directly above the D-pad and buttons, within reach of the thumbs. Android foldables change the same way in the same posture. We checked the layout in an iOS simulator and an Android emulator.

  2. Pause button position in Android portrait

    Android

    Fixed an issue on Android where the Pause button was drawn slightly lower than L and R when playing a game with L and R in portrait. It now sits between them at the same height.

  3. Sound error when resuming on Android fixed

    Android

    Fixed an issue on Android where opening a game to resume from its automatic save occasionally showed a sound error and stopped the game.

Integrated

  1. The Library on the folded iPhone Duo

    iOS

    Folded, the iPhone Duo puts the Library and Settings buttons back in the bottom tab bar. The app uses the right column except for the clock and the camera, and the Library list widens into it.

  2. Wider game and buttons on the folded display

    iOS

    Playing on the folded iPhone Duo, the controls use the full width of the display. A wide game such as the Game Boy Advance moves below the camera and grows, while a squarer game such as the Game Boy keeps its current size.

  3. The Nintendo DS on the folded display

    iOS

    On the folded iPhone Duo the Nintendo DS is laid out as on the unfolded display: the top screen alone, large and centered below the camera, with the touch screen moved down between the D-pad and buttons. This layout draws the D-pad and buttons slightly smaller to give the touch screen more room. If the portrait arrangement is set to Stacked or Side by side, or a controller is connected, both screens are shown together as before.

  4. Rotating the unfolded iPhone Duo keeps the game

    iOS

    Fixed an issue where rotating the unfolded iPhone Duo closed the running game and returned to the Library. The game now keeps running when the orientation changes, and only the layout follows the new orientation.

Development stories and earlier posts

  1. Development storiesv1.1.1Closed beta testing

    Why the Nintendo DS screens grew on a book-shaped foldable

    Holding a foldable like a book made the Nintendo DS touch screen small in the old layout. We moved both screens to the center and the controls to the sides to make more room for touch.