Remote Control for XBMC (unofficial iPad/iPhone remote)

Another (unofficial) iOS remote control app for XBMC; works on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. I know there's already a couple available, however, I already started working on my app before most of the other apps came out, and I was having such great fun developing it that I just had to continue. And I will continue developing it with more features to come.

As of March 29, 2011, XBMC Remote Control for iPad is available in the iTunes App Store. It supports remote control, music library browsing, as well as TV shows and movie library browsing. I've optimized everything for all iPad models and also for large music and video libraries. Since March 12, 2013, I added a whole new UI design to support iPhone and iPod touch as well and renamed my app to Remote Control for XBMC.

Check out the list of exact features either on the App Store or on its dedicated page at http://code-muse.com/remote-control-for-xbmc. I will post updates there and here in this forum thread.

Of course, a couple of pictures that show how it looks like on an iPad:

I'm happy to announce that a new update is available, that adds requested support for username/password settings to connect with XBMC.

It also fixes some minor issues: sending return key code from iPad keyboard when XBMC virtual keyboard is active and improved keyboard handling for windows with edit controls.

For more information and to download XBMC Remote Control for iPad visit it on the App Store.

I'm currently working on music and video library browsing, which I have planned as the first major update to come.

Another update is available, that adds music library browsing! It took me a while, but it's finally done, and I'm happy with the result.

Check out the new screenshots in the updated first post in this thread. Also I added a link to a little video demoing the new music library interface.

Interested? Check out or download XBMC Remote Control for iPad on the App Store.

As of version 1.4.0 XBMC Remote Control for iPad now supports TV show library browsing!

I re-used the concept for browsing an artist's albums for browsing a TV show's seasons and episodes and I think the result works very well. Check out the screenshots in the first post in this thread, which I updated with shots from the latest and greatest version.

I already added support for nightly builds since 1.3.0, but as of 1.4.0 the nightly builds with the JSON-RPC changes from September 5 are supported now. Older nightly builds are *not* supported, so make sure to update to a nightly build from September 6 or later. I'll do my best to keep up with the JSON-RPC developments, but I cannot guarantee anything until RC cycles start.

Want to give it a try? Check out or download XBMC Remote Control for iPad on the App Store.

Very nice, I will purchase it as soon as its supports, Videos, TV Shows & music , as its the sleekest remote I have seen.

so the faster you get Videos Support in the faster you will get my cash

Keep up the good work.

Edit OK just bought it, its only $1.99, look forward to Video support & could you add Dharma Collection support please, as I'm currently still on Dharma, as the Nightly builds break all my plugins :\

Rocky5 Wrote:Very nice, I will purchase it as soon as its supports, Videos, TV Shows & music , as its the sleekest remote I have seen.

so the faster you get Videos Support in the faster you will get my cash

Keep up the good work.

Edit OK just bought it, its only $1.99, look forward to Video support & could you add Dharma Collection support please, as I'm currently still on Dharma, as the Nightly builds break all my plugins :\

Thanks for your support! When support for movies is ready you'll be able to upgrade for free, so no cash is lost ;-).

I'll certainly look into collection support for Dharma; I'm only preliminary supporting nightly builds. My own box connected to my TV is running Dharma still as well.

the TV Shows tab doesn't work it crashes the app.

Jailbroken iPad 1Gen, iOS 4.3.3, even putting the iPad into safe mode, it still crashes

Rocky5 Wrote:the TV Shows tab doesn't work it crashes the app.

Jailbroken iPad 1Gen, iOS 4.3.3, even putting the iPad into safe mode, it still crashes

Do you have a TV show with a "Specials" season?

I was adding a special episode for BBC's Horizon yesterday and that's when I hit a crash, which is probably the same thing as you have. Unfortunately I didn't test with "specials", I didn't even know about the existence. The problem is that with the JSON-RPC API special episodes do not "belong" to a season, which is why the app crashes. Apologies for that.

I will try to fix this tonight, and submit a new version to the App Store asap.

I'm still looking for beta-testers to prevent such problems in the future. If you're interested, drop me an email at xbmc@code-muse.com. You can help testing fixes and you'll be the first to get access to new features.

gertjanzwartjes Wrote:I'm still looking for beta-testers to prevent such problems in the future. If you're interested, drop me an email at xbmc@code-muse.com. You can help testing fixes and you'll be the first to get access to new features.

Beta request sent.

Rocky5 Wrote:the TV Shows tab doesn't work it crashes the app.

Jailbroken iPad 1Gen, iOS 4.3.3, even putting the iPad into safe mode, it still crashes

Submitted a new version (1.4.1) to Apple for review yesterday, fixing this issue.

EDIT: Btw, this is a Dharma only issue, works just fine on Eden nightly builds.