Remote Launcher - start XBMC remotely from your Android device

ralob Wrote:I do not believe there are any memory leaks. I left the server running all night and it remains at 49.3 mb when idle.

All in all, I love this little program. It makes life just a little bit simpler.

Excellent, I'm glad you like it!

One thing I found that would be helpful is a confirm dialog on the Android side. If you have several launchers, including shutdown, you may accidentally tap one you do not wish to launch. Having an "are you sure: yes/no" would be prudent.

ralob Wrote:One thing I found that would be helpful is a confirm dialog on the Android side. If you have several launchers, including shutdown, you may accidentally tap one you do not wish to launch. Having an "are you sure: yes/no" would be prudent.

Yes that is a good idea. Especially for shutdown and similar commands it would be annoying to launch accidentally. I've added that to the code together with an option on the settings page so you can decide whether you want the confirmation dialog or not. My only question is if I should change the behaviour to default showing the confirmation dialog or if the user should have to enable the option?

Thanks for the suggestion!

owtroid Wrote:Yes that is a good idea. Especially for shutdown and similar commands it would be annoying to launch accidentally. I've added that to the code together with an option on the settings page so you can decide whether you want the confirmation dialog or not. My only question is if I should change the behaviour to default showing the confirmation dialog or if the user should have to enable the option?

Thanks for the suggestion!

I would make it default, then allow the user to turn it off in the options. The last thing someone wants is to shutdown their htpc when they meant to turn on XBMC.

For now, I only use the program to launch XBMC, so I won't need a confirmation. But when I add the shutdown launcher, having it ask me would be nice to prevent any mishaps.

This is great, been looking for a way to start xbmc from my phone!

Great job!

ralob Wrote:I would make it default, then allow the user to turn it off in the options. The last thing someone wants is to shutdown their htpc when they meant to turn on XBMC.

For now, I only use the program to launch XBMC, so I won't need a confirmation. But when I add the shutdown launcher, having it ask me would be nice to prevent any mishaps.

Ok great, the code is ready and I will test it a bit before releasing a new version in a day or two.

Now that more options are added I really should start at reworking the settings page...

e2zippo Wrote:This is great, been looking for a way to start xbmc from my phone!

Great job!

Thanks alot! Let me know if you find bugs or have any suggestions!

Does a similar software for ios devices exist?

owtroid Wrote:Ok great, the code is ready and I will test it a bit before releasing a new version in a day or two.

Now that more options are added I really should start at reworking the settings page...

Hi! New version is now available.

This version (0.2.3) adds a confirmation dialog to prevent accidental clicks and an option to enable/disable the confirmation dialog.

Links to the new website (http://remotelauncher.owtroid.com) are also updated.

milchkuh Wrote:Does a similar software for ios devices exist?

Hi!

There is unfortunately no version of Remote Launcher available for iOS (although the server part should work on OS X). I've been thinking about writing a version for iOS too but I don't own a mac and it seems a bit cumbersome to develop iOS apps on Linux.