From 452ebe4c79a58e6cbc2c31bbc566d9e82e0da6f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:02:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add data_root to mame4droid-2024

---
 emulators/mame4droid-2024.yml | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/emulators/mame4droid-2024.yml b/emulators/mame4droid-2024.yml
index 82e87436..539d07c4 100644
--- a/emulators/mame4droid-2024.yml
+++ b/emulators/mame4droid-2024.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ systems:
   - videosystem-zn1
   - virtuality-su2000
 
+data_root:
+  android:
+    path: "Android/data/com.seleuco.mame4d2024/files"
+    source_ref: "source android-MAME4droid/app/src/main/java/com/seleuco/mame4droid/helpers/MainHelper.java:175-211, source android-MAME4droid/app/src/main/java/com/seleuco/mame4droid/helpers/DialogHelper.java:131-150, source android-MAME4droid/app/src/main/java/com/seleuco/mame4droid/MAME4droid.java:188-212, source android-MAME4droid/app/build.gradle:20"
+    note: "Android/media/com.seleuco.mame4d2024 on Android TV. The installation path setting can name another folder"
+
 notes: |
   Android port of MAME 0.289 by David Valdeita (Seleuco), package
   com.seleuco.mame4d2024, app version 1.38.1. The repository carries the
@@ -107,8 +113,8 @@ notes: |
   myosd_droid_initMyOSD chdirs into it, so every relative MAME path resolves
   there: roms, hash, samples, artwork, ctrlr, cheat, crosshair, plugins,
   language and software, with fonts and ini files at the root. The directory
-  is /sdcard/Android/data/com.seleuco.mame4d2024/files, /sdcard/MAME4droid or
-  the app's external media folder, picked in the settings. When a Storage
+  is the one data_root gives, or the folder the installation path setting
+  names. When a Storage
   Access Framework folder is chosen for ROMs the app prepends it to rompath,
   artpath, samplepath and swpath and keeps the installation directory as the
   second entry. With the mame.ini setting on it passes no path at all and