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"Install or restore a core" button not working correctly when a version of the core already installed in android #19470

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@i30817

Is there an existing issue for this?

  • This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
  • I have searched the existing issues

Description

New frontend bug. When installing a core from the filesystem with the "Install or restore a core" button and that core already exists, the progress bar stays at 0% with "Scanning core: Core name".
You can work around it by deleting the existing core first. This is android as usual

Expected behavior

Core gets replaced if it wasn't exactly the same core as before (I can't recall if it also refused to install a older version but regardless I dont think thats a good idea if it worked that way).

Steps to reproduce the bug

  1. Get a .so off the buildbot to a core you have installed
  2. Try to install it with the install or restore core button
  3. Watch the task hang at 0% (just the task, RetroArch continues running)

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1.22.2 (August 23 2026)

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Present in the nightly version

Yes, this is reproduced in the nightly build

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Android 15

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I do have Threaded tasks turned on if you were wondering.

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