(02-18-2018, 12:16 PM)Helios Wrote: Because no developer that contributes to Dolphin finds working on Android very enjoyable. It doesn't matter if Android has a lot of users. That doesn't make a developer magically care. We have a couple java devs that are at least interested in making the UI less bad at least, but they come and go and nobody can be bothered to review their work because we all just look at it and go "meh, android."
Also, look at this forum. Look at the kinds of posts that are made here and how quickly any developer that contributes code to making Android better gets users annoying them about fixing things. Heck, even the person who originally made the port, who hasn't worked on Dolphin in 2 years still gets emails of users being obnoxious. When you consider all this, is it really that surprising that no developer stays interested for long?
But Android should be the platform developers are most interested in. Who cares about a Gamecube emulator for PCs, we can already play any game on PC. Not only can we play every modern game, but almost every game made on these old consoles was ported to PCs. So the only reason you'd ever want an emulator on PC is to play those few console exclusive mario and zelda kiddy games.
Android is entirely different. It is completely devoid of any games. The playstore is filled with simplistic garbage and shovelware, as well as microtransaction-infested tapfests and clash of clans clones.
If you bring a Gamecube emulator to android you'll be bringing hundreds of real games, the lowest quality of which would still be better than the highest quality android games. You would completely transform the smartphone gaming experience forever.