Creates an Application instance from the ID of an
installed application.
The ID of the installed application.
const app = new Switch.Application(0x100bc0018138000n);
console.log(app.name);
Creates an Application instance from an ArrayBuffer
containing the contents of a .nro homebrew application.
The contents of the .nro file.
const nro = await Switch.readFile('sdmc:/hbmenu.nro');
const app = Switch.Application.fromNro(nro);
console.log(app.name);
Readonly authorThe author or publisher of the application.
Optional Readonly iconThe raw JPEG data for the cover art of the application. Can be decoded with the Image class.
Readonly idThe 64-bit unique identifier of the application (PresenceGroupId).
Readonly nacpThe raw NACP data of the application. Use the @tootallnate/nacp module to parse this data.
Readonly nameThe name of the application.
Readonly versionThe version of the application.
Static selfAn Application instance representing the currently running application.
Creates the Cache storage for this Application for the specified save index ID.
The save index ID. Defaults to 0.
Creates the Save Data for this Application for the provided user profile.
const profile = Switch.currentProfile({ required: true });
app.createSaveData(profile);
Mounts the Cache storage for this application such that filesystem operations may be used.
The save index ID. Defaults to 0.
The name of the device mount for filesystem paths. If not provided, a random name is generated.
Mounts the save data for this application such that filesystem operations may be used.
const profile = Switch.currentProfile({ required: true });
const saveData = app.mountSaveData(profile);
// Use the filesystem functions to do operations on the save mount
console.log(Switch.readDirSync(saveData.url));
// Make sure to use `saveData.commit()` after any write operations
const saveStateUrl = new URL('state', saveData.url)
Switch.writeFileSync(saveStateUrl, 'your app state…');
saveData.commit();
Static [iterator]Generated using TypeDoc
Represents an installed application (game) on the console, or a homebrew application (
.nrofile).Can be used as an iterator to retrieve the list of installed applications.
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