How-to Add Custom Box Art to RetroArch for iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Learn how to change the default box art for your games in RetroArch on your iPhone or iPad. You can edit the box art to any custom image file. Each box art will need to be changed one by one. It can be a tedious process.
Add Custom Box Art
Before we begin, you will need to add your ROMs, Import Content under settings, and open each console so the default box art is generated.
Each box art needs to be changed one by one. The most efficient way to change the box art for each console at a time; so download all of the box art for the games in a specific console and change them one at a time.
LaunchBox Games Database
LaunchBox has a collection of various box arts for games in its large database. I recommend using it to have consistent box art for your games but you can use your own custom image by skipping to step 1b.
1a. Find box art. I like to use LaunchBox Games Database at gamesdb.launchbox-app.com. Search for game in search bar.
2a. Select the correct game and press Images.
3a. Long press desired image and press Download Linked File.
4a. Press the blue download button next to the URL field, press Downloads, and press the magnifying glass on the downloaded file to open the Files app.
Custom Images
1b. Find custom image, long press it, and press Save to Photos.
2b. Locate photo in Photos app and press the share button.
3b. Go to the Downloads folder. You may need to press back until you see On My iPhone, open it, and open the Downloads folder. Press Save.
4b. Open the Files app and go to the Downloads folder.
5. Press on the three dots on the top-right corner and press Select.
6. Select image and press the folder button on the bottom-center of the screen.
7. Open the RetroArch folder. You may need to press back until you see On My iPhone and open it to see the RetroArch folder.
8. Open the RetroArch folder and scroll down and open the thumbnails folder.
9. Open the folder of the console for your game, open the Named_Boxarts folder, and press Move on the top-right corner.
10. We will now go to the folder where we moved the custom image to. Press back to go to On My iPhone and open the RetroArch folder.
11. Open RetroArch > thumbnails > [console] > Named_Boxarts.
12. We will now rename the custom box art to exactly the same as the name of the default box art. So long press the default box art and press Rename.
13. Long press the text, press Copy, then press done.
14. We will now delete default box art since we cannot have two files of the same name. Long press the default box art and Delete.
15. Long press the custom box art and press Rename.
16. Long press text, press Paste, and press done.
That's it. The new box art will now display in RetroArch. You will need to repeat this process for each game.