Multiple files firmware support?

[Ranomez]

I'm a pretty new user of ESP32 based devices (currently Lilygo T-Embed CC1101, Lilygo T-Deck, M5Stack Cardputer v1.1) and been looking at available firmware for these before I began doing my own thing.
Launcher is pretty much the first thing I came across and probably the best thing I found up to now but I found a few firmware which use multiple files when flashing (the most noticeable one being Tactility), is there any way those could be used with Launcher?
Sorry if I didn't respect the issue template or anything, I currently only have access to a phone and github is not the most friendly site for using on a phone.

[bmorcelli]

Hello.. these "multiple files" you are saying are:
bootloader.bin, partitions.bin, app_data.bin and firmware.bin (names can change, but usually are these ones)

The first 3 files are responsible for booting and handling the device, and Launcher already provides it..

Usually these files are the same across almost all firmwares, some of them use different partition schemes, which launcher can change too, in some devices (Cardputer, mostly) but Launcher uses a customized bootloader and partition scheme to do its magic, so flashing these files will break Launcher completely

The firmware.bin (file that you usually flash at address 0x10000) is the program itself, and it's the one that you need to save in your SDCard and install with Launcher..

What happens with the firmware you flash at 0x0? (Aka merged firmware file)

• It is a file that has the 4 files at the appropriate places (bootloader at 0x0, partitions at 0x8000, app_data at 0xe000 and firmware at 0x10000)
• Launcher installs the portion after 0x10000 at app1 partition, allowing it to run, ignoring the other parts

[bmorcelli]

Tactility seems to have 2 more FAT important partitions, where he stores the images for the firmware..

I will need to adapt the firmware to flash these partitions at the right place...

UiFlow2 uses a similar structure, so this partition scheme might be good for Cardputer