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Hi there everyone,
since i haven't found a detailed Tutorial about this issue I thought I make a Guide about how I got Cheats working for me on the latest version (5.0-10945) of the Android Dolphin Emulator
(I searched mainly using Google so sorry if there is an existing One)

1.
A) Open the "Dolphin.ini" located in ...\dolphin-emu\Config
B) Search for the "EnableCheats =" Line and change "False" into "True"
C) Save and close

2.
A) Search for the Cheat Codes of your Game here
https://www.geckocodes.org/index.php?chid=G&r=*
B) Important! You need the ID of your Game too
- you can find it on Android if you tap and hold your game listed next to "Game Settings:"
- or you can find it on the site which i put the link for here, next to the games name

3.
A) Create a .ini File and name it "GameID".ini or change some settings for your Game which will automatically create a .ini File for your Game
- example: the Game ID for Resident Evil Remake (US) should be GBIE08 so your File should be named "GBIE08.ini"
B) The .ini File is located in ...\dolphin-emu\GameSettings or if manually created has to be placed there

4.
A) Open the .ini File of your Game and edit it in this way:

[ActionReplay]
$xxx1                     <- Cheat Title
xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx <- Code
xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx <- more code if existing

$xxx2                     <- Next Cheat/s
xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx <- Code

[ActionReplay_Enabled]
$xxx1
$xxx2

B) thats about how the .ini should look like (without the arrows and the text behind them)
C) If some settings already exist in the File put the [ActionReplay] part below the existing stuff
D) Save, close and make sure the .ini is named only with the GameID of your game and is located in ...\dolphin-emu\GameSettings

If done correctly the game should start with the Cheats already active

Thank you so much for this guide! My question is I found another site with a large Action Reply archive of Gamecube cheats. Would those work here too?

Pretty sure gecko cheats crash the game on Android.

Can anyone confirm that this actually works?
Would be nice to have a working widescreen hack for the metroid games and Sonic Adventure.

(10-22-2019, 11:51 PM)Aggro_hamtaro Wrote: [ -> ]Can anyone confirm that this actually works?
Would be nice to have a working widescreen hack for the metroid games and Sonic Adventure.

Confirmed, Gecko cheats just crash the game immediately and returns to the game library.

(12-28-2019, 01:59 PM)Jdbye Wrote: [ -> ]Confirmed, Gecko cheats just crash the game immediately and returns to the game library.

What a shame. I guess gecko codes won't ever be working on Android (same with DDS texture packs).

You can get some gecko codes to work if you enter them as action replay codes.

(10-22-2019, 11:51 PM)Aggro_hamtaro Wrote: [ -> ]Can anyone confirm that this actually works?
Would be nice to have a working widescreen hack for the metroid games and Sonic Adventure.

Sonic Adventure DX has a widescreen patch

So are cheats working or not and will they be available by default in the app without changing any ini files

(08-18-2020, 06:50 PM)Kostas Gangstar Wrote: [ -> ]So are cheats working or not and will they be available by default in the app without changing any ini files

Action Replay cheats work quite well.  There just isn't a UI function to add them yet.