Caution

Disclaimer: These modifications were made for my own personal use, specifically focusing on the Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer emulation functions. Since this fork was "vibe-coded" with AI assistance, I have no precise idea of the actual quality or reliability of the work. I take neither credit nor responsibility for the original work or for the modifications made, and they are provided strictly as-is. Accordingly, no support will be provided.

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GBCC Android

This is the android front-end to GBCC, a cross-platform Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C with a focus on accuracy. See the main repository for details.

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Fork New Features (Vide-coded)

This fork includes several improvements and new features implemented via AI assistance (vide-coded), specifically tailored for use with the Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer emulation functions:

Camera and Sensors

• CameraX Integration: Full migration and implementation of CameraX APIs for modern and performant camera management.
• Rapid Sensor Switching: Added a touch button to cycle between front and back cameras directly during emulation.
• A + Photo Combo Button: A new dedicated button that emulates the Game Boy 'A' key while simultaneously capturing a high-resolution photo with the smartphone sensor.

Printer

• Automatic Cropping: Images exported via the Printer function are now automatically cropped (16 pixels at the top and 48 pixels at the bottom) to eliminate unwanted margins.

Interface and Customization

• New GBC Colors: Added new shell color options for the Game Boy Color, including Atomic Purple, Glacier, Red, Blue, Orange, and an Yellow.
• Enhanced Touch Controls:
  • Real text overlays (TextView) on A, B, START, and SELECT buttons using the sans-serif-black system font for maximum sharpness.
  • Full integration of the new Camera buttons into the "Rearrange layout" feature, with drag-and-drop support and resizing via a dedicated slider.
  • Dynamic UI adaptation: the A + Photo button automatically turns blue when using Red or Berry skins to ensure visibility.
• Layout Optimizations: Added ScrollView to the layout customization screen and fixed various icon and slider overlap issues.

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Install

From source

I'll write up instructions on this at some point, but it's pretty much just install the Android SDK & NDK, clone this repo recursively, and then run

./gradlew build

This will generate the apks in app/build/outputs/apk/.

You can get gbcc on Google Play.

### Prebuilt packages !

Debug packages are generated on each commit. To download them, navigate to the actions tab (you'll need to be logged in to GitHub to do this). Select the latest "Build Packages" job that succeeded, and look for the artifacts dropdown.