BannerHub v6 1.3.0-608

## BannerHub v6 1.3.0-608

⚠️ Read before installing — USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. BannerHub v6 is a separate project from BannerHub 3.7.x and BannerHub Lite (own package names, keystore, and backend) — they do not update over one another, and v6 is a work in progress, barely tested, with different game compatibility. Full details below. ⤵

⚠️ Important — separate projects & compatibility (click to expand)

BannerHub v6 does NOT replace BannerHub 3.7.x or BannerHub Lite — they are SEPARATE projects.

• BannerHub 3.7.x — built from the GameHub 5.3.5 ReVanced project by PlayDay.
• BannerHub Lite — built from GameHub Lite 5.1.4 by Producdevity.
• BannerHub v6 (this repo) — built from XiaoJi GameHub 6.0.x on a brand-new pipeline.

None of the three are to be updated over by any of the others. Each ships with its own package names, its own keystore, and its own component / Steam-client backend — Android won't accept an in-place update between them, and forcing one will leave you with a broken install. Uninstall first, then install the new project if you want to switch.

Keep in mind BannerHub v6 is still a work in progress and will re-release frequently as new base GameHub versions come out from XiaoJi upstream. Compatibility is different — don't expect every game that works on BannerHub 3.7.x or Lite to work on v6, and vice versa. v6 uses a new component system and new Steam clients and, thus far, has been barely tested in general.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

A patched build of XiaoJi GameHub 6.0.8 that removes the login requirement (import and play games with no account) and redirects the catalog to the BannerHub Cloudflare Worker. Ships 9 variants that install side-by-side.

9 APKs attached. Steam game launches work end-to-end.

No separate Lite builds on the 6.0.8 base. XiaoJi's own −46% size pass plus the privacy/size strips folded into every variant make the full 6.0.8 build (~46 MB) smaller than the old 6.0.4 Lite — so a distinct Lite would strip nothing extra. The Lite concept is absorbed.

🔒 Privacy-hardened — upstream telemetry/analytics channels stripped at the bytecode level. Full list of killed channels (and the honest leftovers) in PRIVACY.md.

✨ Everything BannerHub v6 offers (click to expand)

• No login required — launch straight to the home screen and import/play games without a XiaoJi account.
• Custom catalog API — the catalog is redirected to the BannerHub Cloudflare Worker for curated component delivery (hand-picked DXVK, VKD3D-Proton, Box64, FEX, Mesa Turnip driver builds, etc.) instead of the stock upstream set.
• Privacy-hardened — upstream telemetry/analytics channels stripped at the bytecode level (see the PRIVACY.md link above for the full list).
• PC-accurate controller vibration — real XInput rumble routed into Android's VibratorManager with independent dual-motor support, configurable per-game (mode + intensity) via the PC Vibration Settings menu row. Preload-free — no libevshim / LD_PRELOAD.
• GOG integration — sign in to GOG, browse your owned library, and download + install GOG games in-app; they're added to your GameHub library and launch like any other PC game. Reached from the Explore tab's GOG card or the Banner Tools → GOG tile.
• BannerHub Explore homepage — the bottom-nav "Explore" tab opens a BannerHub-owned homepage instead of the stock online discovery feed: wordmark/logo hero, a "What's New" article that auto-syncs from the release notes, the GOG store card, and an in-app update banner + installed-vs-latest version readout with a settings cog. Content can refresh live via an external JSON override; still fully offline-capable.
• Recording-compatible audio — optional toggle (Banner Tools → Audio) that routes PulseAudio through the mixer so screen recorders capture in-game sound.
• In-game performance overlay (root) — a draggable edge pill → slide-out panel for live CPU-governor + Adreno min-clock toggles while gaming; off by default, root-gated, auto-reverts on exit. Toggle from Banner Tools → In-game Overlay.
• 9 side-by-side variants — different package names + launcher labels so multiple builds coexist on one device (Original replaces stock GameHub; the rest install alongside it).
• Root-free file manager access — a content provider lets MT Manager and similar apps browse GameHub's data dir without root.
• Portrait PC-settings — per-game PC settings render in both landscape and portrait (side benefit of the API redirect).
• Installs in place — stable signing keystore; future BannerHub v6 stables upgrade without uninstalling.
• BannerHub v6 branding — custom app icon, Wine container header, and auth/splash artwork.
• Triage-friendly — debuggable build with logcat markers along the import path.

What's new in 1.3.0-608

The headline: in-game Steam voice calls plus a big upgrade to the Steam chat overlay. Same GameHub 6.0.8 base (versionCode 119) and stable keystore, so it installs in place over 1.2.0-608 / 1.1.0-608 / 1.0.0-608.

🎧 In-game voice calls (1:1 and party)

The Steam overlay can now place real voice calls while you're in a game — no root, no extra app. Tap a friend's 🎙 to ring them; the call rides on WebRTC served from the BannerHub Cloudflare Worker (a real HTTPS origin, so the mic actually opens) with Cloudflare Realtime TURN for cross-network / strict-NAT peers — device-confirmed across different ISPs.

🙏 Thank you to Glitch and Stevolit for hopping on call after call across real networks (and NATs) to help test, debug, and iron out the voice features — the 3-way party calls and the TURN fix wouldn't be device-confirmed without you.

• Movable call window — a draggable call box (independent of the chat panel, so it shows even with the pill collapsed) that collapses to a compact 🎧 N in call tile with a running timer. Mute + Hang up onboard.
• Incoming-call ring — Answer / Ignore box that pops automatically, labelled with the caller's name, with a 30s auto-dismiss.
• Ringtone settings (⚙ in the Friends panel) — built-in synth tones, 5 bundled ringtones, your own MP3, or silent; with a volume slider, play/pause preview, and a vibrate toggle.
• Party / group calls — add more friends to a connected call (peer-to-peer mesh, practical for small parties); live roster. Party members don't need to be friends with each other.
• Share-call link — 🔗 Invite shares a room link so anyone with a browser (a PC, another emulator, a non-BannerHub device) can join the call as a guest.
• Pill indicators — the collapsed 💬 pill shows a green 🎧 party-count badge and a blue unread-message count.

💬 Steam chat overlay v2

The friends/chat overlay (still no root, under Banner Tools → Overlay) gains: a 3-tab ☺ picker (Unicode emoji, Steam emoticons, stickers); send image (hosted via the BannerHub Worker so it doesn't hit Steam's flaky web-upload); game-invite cards (rendered from BBCode invites with live/expired state); typing indicators; auto-scroll; and a collapsible pill-opacity slider.

✅ Everything else carries over

The full Firebase Crashlytics shutoff (the runtime re-enable hole closed in 1.2.0-608), the 6.0.8 rebase (all patches re-fingerprinted, device-verified), GOG integration, the BannerHub Explore homepage (update banner + installed-vs-latest readout), PC-accurate controller vibration, the in-game performance overlay (root), recording-compatible audio, the offline component picker, portrait PC-settings, and the rest of the privacy-hardening stack all ship forward from 1.2.0-608 unchanged. There's still no separate Lite build, and the GPU Spoof and Legacy renderer (GLES2) tiles stay retired.

The Banner Tools grid on 6.0.8 stays Vibration · Game ID · Audio · GOG · Overlay · Root.

📥 Variants & install notes (9 side-by-side APKs)

Each variant has its own package name + launcher label, so the variants install side-by-side with each other. Original replaces an installed GameHub; the rest install alongside it.

Variant	Package	APK
Normal	banner.hub	…-Normal.apk
Normal-GHL	gamehub.lite	…-Normal-GHL.apk
PuBG	com.tencent.ig	…-PuBG.apk
AnTuTu	com.antutu.ABenchMark	…-AnTuTu.apk
alt-AnTuTu	com.antutu.benchmark.full	…-alt-AnTuTu.apk
PuBG-CrossFire	com.tencent.tmgp.cf	…-PuBG-CrossFire.apk
Ludashi	com.ludashi.aibench	…-Ludashi.apk
Genshin	com.miHoYo.GenshinImpact	…-Genshin.apk
Original	com.xiaoji.egggame	…-Original.apk

Filenames follow BannerHub-V6-1.3.0-608-Patched-{variant}.apk. The version string is BannerHub v6 (product) + our semver + -608 (the GameHub base, 6.0.8) — e.g. 1.3.0-608.

Install notes

• Signing: stable BannerHub test keystore. A one-time uninstall is only needed if upgrading from v1.0.0-604 or older (cert changed then); every release since installs in place. Fingerprints in keystore/README.md.
• Base APK is unmodified XiaoJi GameHub 6.0.8 (versionCode 119) — only the bytecode/resources the patches need are touched.
• The .rvp / .rve bundles are attached for use with revanced-cli directly. Built with ReVanced CLI 6.0.0; APKs from gamehub-608-build.

📦 Patches applied (click to expand)

Patch	What it does
Bypass login	Launch straight to the home screen; import and play games with no account.
Disable Firebase Crashlytics	Prevents a launch-time VerifyError crash.
Debug logging	Debuggable APK + logcat markers along the import path for triage.
File manager access	Content provider so external file managers (MT Manager etc.) can browse the data dir without root.
Rewrite custom permissions per variant	Stops two installed variants colliding on Android 7+.
Redirect catalog API	Points the catalog at the BannerHub Worker; also fixes PC-settings rendering in portrait.
Prefix API path with /v6	Lets the Worker serve 6.0-only responses without affecting 5.x clients.
Offline component picker — local list	Offline, every per-game picker (GPU driver, DXVK, VKD3D, FEXCore/Box64, and the Wine/Proton container) lists the components you've already downloaded, catalog-ordered. Online behaviour byte-identical; fully fail-safe (any error falls back to stock).
PC-accurate vibration	Routes XInput rumble into Android's VibratorManager (independent dual-motor). Preload-free: an on-disk winebus.so patch defeats SDL2's ~1 s auto-stop with no libevshim.so / LD_PRELOAD (fixes the x86_64/box64 launch-death). Default on at 100%.
PC Vibration Settings (activity + menu row)	Per-game mode (off / device / controller / both) and intensity (0–100%), plus a PC Vibration Settings row in both per-game popups.
Strict per-game settings store	PC Vibration saves strictly per-game in BannerHub's own store with explicit Save/Cancel — no host clobber, no app-wide leak.
Show PC Game Settings row	Keeps the per-game PC game settings row visible in Explorer view (XiaoJi's UX hid it for Steam-linked games).
Privacy hardening	Upstream telemetry/analytics channels stripped at the bytecode level (Firebase Analytics/Crashlytics, GMS Measurement, Mob Push, heartbeat, OTA, Ad-ID, cert-pinning override, etc.). Full list + honest leftovers in PRIVACY.md.
Change app icon	BannerHub v6 branding — adaptive icon, Wine container header, auth/splash assets.
Change package & app name (per variant)	Per-variant package + launcher label so all 9 variants install side-by-side (Original keeps com.xiaoji.egggame).
Privacy/size strips	Removes the Aliyun carrier-login (NumberAuth) SDK and the Haima cloud-gaming stack from every variant. (On 6.0.8 the old Lite-only font + AVIF/HEIC codec strips are moot — XiaoJi already dropped them in its own −46 % size pass.)

Per-patch mechanics, smali anchors, and version-by-version letter maps are in the README's Patches applied section and the patch sources.

Credits

PC-accurate controller vibration (including the preload-free rework) is built on TideGear's GameHub-Vibration-Fix (PR #80 + PR #91), adapted with explicit permission, deriving from GameNative (PR #1214). Full project credits (DXVK, VKD3D-Proton, Box64, FEX, Mesa Turnip, ReVanced, etc.) are in the README Credits section.

Voice-chat testing: huge thanks to Glitch and Stevolit for the many cross-network test calls that helped get 1:1 + party voice working and confirmed across different ISPs/NATs. 🙏