From b3ed6971d2f440c66f4c6b6b2ea78604d101e845 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Henrik=20Rydg=C3=A5rd?= <hrydgard@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:26:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Android: Make the microphone an optional feature

RECORD_AUDIO implies android.hardware.microphone with required=true
unless declared otherwise, which hides the app from devices without one.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 android/AndroidManifest.xml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 8767a91c47..62b435622b 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.network" android:required="false" />
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false" />
+    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.microphone" android:required="false" />
 	<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.type.pc" android:required="false" />
 
     <!-- I tried using android:maxSdkVersion="29" on WRITE/READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, but that made

From 1d7458c4f9e5120f0a07024f9a110eb22ccadf84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Henrik=20Rydg=C3=A5rd?= <hrydgard@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:28:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Android: Don't ask for microphone permission on devices
 without one

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 android/src/org/ppsspp/ppsspp/PpssppActivity.java | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/android/src/org/ppsspp/ppsspp/PpssppActivity.java b/android/src/org/ppsspp/ppsspp/PpssppActivity.java
index 9c1046874e..771f221ff6 100644
--- a/android/src/org/ppsspp/ppsspp/PpssppActivity.java
+++ b/android/src/org/ppsspp/ppsspp/PpssppActivity.java
@@ -1877,6 +1877,11 @@ public class PpssppActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements SensorEventList
 			return true;
 		} else if (command.equals("microphone_command")) {
 			if (params.startsWith("startRecording:")) {
+				// No point asking for permission for a microphone the device doesn't have.
+				if (!getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_MICROPHONE)) {
+					Log.i(TAG, "No microphone, not starting recording");
+					return true;
+				}
 				int sampleRate = Integer.parseInt(params.replace("startRecording:", ""));
 				NativeApp.audioRecording_SetSampleRate(sampleRate);
 				if (!askForPermissions(permissionsForMicrophone, REQUEST_CODE_MICROPHONE_PERMISSION)) {