[released] Official XBMC Remote for iOS

johndhulme · 2012-07-31 11:50

@joethefox, fantastic app, i'm loving it....

One small request though :-) Would it be possible to have a playlist button in the music section alongside the albums, artists, genres, files buttons....it would be nice to access playlists directly. As far as I can tell the only way at the moment is by using the remote control section, unless i've missed something? :-)

Thanks again for the great app...

John

DJ Jam · 2012-07-31 12:33

@joethefox Wonderfull app!!!! everybody in our family loves working with this. Now even my wife uses XBMC without calling me 50 times a day!!!!

I just got a few questions....
- is there a possibility to add user switching? If you want to change from one user library to another using the remote the connection is lost...
- can you add box-set support in the library
- I used to work with the constellation remote, which is way too complicated for normal users, but it had one verry nice option:
if you are playing a movie the poster and basic controlls show up on the ios lockscreen.

I hope i'm not asking for to much!

p.s. i've got some basic programming skills and i'm a dutch user... perhaps i can help you translate the app...

Thanks in advance and don't reply to quick because your on a well earned holliday!!!!!

**joethefox** · 2012-07-31 15:42

@johndhulme, @DJ Jam, thank you guys!

(2012-07-31 11:50)johndhulme Wrote: Would it be possible to have a playlist button in the music section alongside the albums, artists, genres, files buttons....it would be nice to access playlists directly.

Yes, I like the idea and I've just verified that the xbmc api supports playlists retrieving. added to the TODO list Smile

(2012-07-31 12:33)DJ Jam Wrote: - is there a possibility to add user switching? If you want to change from one user library to another using the remote the connection is lost...

Beside adding a way to switch users from the remote (I have to look into the feasibility) maybe you need to set the same connection info for each profile (XBMC Eden: System->Network>Services>Allow control of XBMC via HTTP)

(2012-07-31 12:33)DJ Jam Wrote: - can you add box-set support in the library

Yes, it's already in the TODO list

(2012-07-31 12:33)DJ Jam Wrote: - if you are playing a movie the poster and basic controlls show up on the ios lockscreen.

I will look into the feasibility.

(2012-07-31 12:33)DJ Jam Wrote: I hope i'm not asking for to much!

Never think about that!!! without user suggestions I will never implement cool stuff Big Grin

(2012-07-31 12:33)DJ Jam Wrote: p.s. i've got some basic programming skills and i'm a dutch user... perhaps i can help you translate the app...

Help is always much appreciated!!! source code https://www.github.com/joethefox . We need to adapt the code to accept language file

(2012-07-31 12:33)DJ Jam Wrote: Thanks in advance and don't reply to quick because your on a well earned holliday!!!!!

I did not resist Big Grin

johndhulme · 2012-07-31 17:23

(2012-07-31 15:42)joethefox Wrote: Yes, I like the idea and I've just verified that the xbmc api supports playlists retrieving. added to the TODO list

Great, thanks very much...

John

amcfarla · 2012-08-02 01:08

The 1.1.5 version is available in the app store.

**kricker** · 2012-08-02 01:43

..aawwww. You stole Joe's thunder... He likes to make the announcements. I guess he is busy vacating! Enjoy the farm Joe!

Bankin · 2012-08-02 23:41

I for the life of me cannot get the volume gesture working correctly. all rotating my thumb does is skip through the thing I'm watching/listening to super quickly.

Maybe I'm doing it wrong?

**kricker** · 2012-08-02 23:51

The volume gesture is a two finger action. Look at the thumbnail again. It is the only 2 finger action. We wanted to do a circle one finger action, but that takes extra code as it is not an built in iOS gesture.

Bankin · 2012-08-03 08:02

(2012-08-02 23:51)kricker Wrote: The volume gesture is a two finger action. Look at the thumbnail again. It is the only 2 finger action. We wanted to do a circle one finger action, but that takes extra code as it is not an built in iOS gesture.

works perfect! thanks Big Grin

stoof · 2012-08-04 20:12

Thank you so much for this great app. I have one question which I hope hasn't been asked before. I have tried to go through all the pages.
I'm running the app on iPhone and control XBMC on Windows. Is there anyway to make XBMC active if some popup window or anything else has taken focus?

johndhulme Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: Jul 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-07-31 17:23 Post: #294 (2012-07-31 15:42)joethefox Wrote: Yes, I like the idea and I've just verified that the xbmc api supports playlists retrieving. added to the TODO list Great, thanks very much... John
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amcfarla Member Posts: 96 Joined: Oct 2009 Reputation: 0	2012-08-02 01:08 Post: #295 The 1.1.5 version is available in the app store.
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kricker Team-XBMC QA Specialist Posts: 3,307 Joined: Apr 2004 Reputation: 16 Location: Knoxville, TN	2012-08-02 01:43 Post: #296 ..aawwww. You stole Joe's thunder... He likes to make the announcements. I guess he is busy vacating! Enjoy the farm Joe! Read this before using these builds. XBMC win32 SVN builds Changelog (This post was last modified: 2012-08-02 01:44 by kricker.)
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Bankin Junior Member Posts: 26 Joined: Mar 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-08-02 23:41 Post: #297 I for the life of me cannot get the volume gesture working correctly. all rotating my thumb does is skip through the thing I'm watching/listening to super quickly. Maybe I'm doing it wrong?
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kricker Team-XBMC QA Specialist Posts: 3,307 Joined: Apr 2004 Reputation: 16 Location: Knoxville, TN	2012-08-02 23:51 Post: #298 The volume gesture is a two finger action. Look at the thumbnail again. It is the only 2 finger action. We wanted to do a circle one finger action, but that takes extra code as it is not an built in iOS gesture. Read this before using these builds. XBMC win32 SVN builds Changelog (This post was last modified: 2012-08-02 23:52 by kricker.)
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Bankin Junior Member Posts: 26 Joined: Mar 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-08-03 08:02 Post: #299 (2012-08-02 23:51)kricker Wrote: The volume gesture is a two finger action. Look at the thumbnail again. It is the only 2 finger action. We wanted to do a circle one finger action, but that takes extra code as it is not an built in iOS gesture. works perfect! thanks
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stoof Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: Aug 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-08-04 20:12 Post: #300 Thank you so much for this great app. I have one question which I hope hasn't been asked before. I have tried to go through all the pages. I'm running the app on iPhone and control XBMC on Windows. Is there anyway to make XBMC active if some popup window or anything else has taken focus?
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