Retropie VNC Ipad Pro
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Hi all, new to RPI4
Been doing some things, I have manged to install Raspbian and Retropie, both run fine on my TV via HDMI.
I have also followed a guide named
Use Raspberry Pi 4 USB-C data connection to connect with iPad Pro
and managed to get my RPI4 Raspbian on my ipad with USB C cable.
This is great when I'm on my travels.
So my next thought would be, this is great can I use it to see Retropie on my ipad and play retro games. So I enable VNC, restart and connect my USB open the VNC Client on my Ipad and I get unable to display dektop. From the reasearch I have done, VNC does not work great without desktops. I feel I am nearly there, so can anyone help with a workaround ?
Yes I know I can sideload RetroArch to my ipad, but I dont want to go down this route as I have my RPI4 with me so may as well make use of that, as its already got my ROMS on it.
Thank you in advance -
RetroPie doesn't use the desktop env (which I think you'd need for VNC) and it doesn't have it installed by default if you use the provided image. While some Pi4 users run EmulationStation from the desktop, it's not a supported or tested configuration and you may bump into problems at some point.
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