Unable to Connect via ZeroConf Android App

[colinnuk]

What was the reason for removing the option to connect to a server with a hostname? I can't seem to get my ZeroConf setup working at all (and hence the app is useless), whereas it was working fine pre 1.0 on the Android app.

[tkem]

There have been a lot of internal changes between v0.9.3 (the last version available as an app) and v1.0, so the server management stuff would have to be rewritten, and this just didn't make it for v1.0. However, I plan to re-add this feature in the near future, so please bear with me ;-)

In the mean time, you could either

• install the Mopidy-Mobile v1.0 Web extension and use the Web client (there's not much difference, anyway)
• continue using Mopidy-Mobile Beta v0.9.3, which is still available on Google Play for members of the Mopidy announcement list.

To see whether ZeroConf-releated problems are caused by Mopidy-Mobile or your server/network settings, may I ask you try a third-party ZeroConf browser app on your device and see if it reports the _mopidy-http service? I'd personally recommend ZeroConf Browser [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melloware.zeroconf&hl=en], but there are a couple of ZeroConf/Bonjour apps available for free on Google Play.

[colinnuk]

OK thanks - turns out I had ZeroConf issues, so not related to your app, though I still think it's useful to have the option to manually enter hostname:port settings!

Thanks for the great work.

[tkem]

You're right, of course ;-) Watch #109 for progress on this...

[tkem]

Leaving this open so other users can find some hints on this, and until #109 gets implemented and/or more info is provided in README or app itself.

[tkem]

Closing for now. May be reopened if other ZeroConf issues are found.