Zoom function for viewing pictures in Android TV Emby App

[iamthedude 5]

Hi there,

the Kodi App for Windows and AndroidTV has a built-in zoom function for photos.

So, if I press 1, 2, 3 ... on a keyboard or compatible keyboard app, the photo zooms in respectively.

Could we get that for the Emby App on Android TV?

That way, by pressing the numbers - let's say on the Nvidia App for the Shield -  the photos can zoom in accordingly.

Or maybe we could do the same with the pop-up keyboard in the emby phone app.

Apologies, if this has already been requested. I tried the search, but only found  topics regarding zoom not related to this.

many thanks and regards

iamthedude

[ebr 14902]

3 hours ago, iamthedude said:

by pressing the numbers - let's say on the Nvidia App for the Shield

Hi.  The Shield remote does not have number keys...  We would have to find some other way to make this function available.

[iamthedude 5]

26 minutes ago, ebr said:

Hi.  The Shield remote does not have number keys...  We would have to find some other way to make this function available.

Hi ebr,

thanks for replying.

Yes, I misspoke. I didn't mean the physical remote, but the NVIDIA Shield remote app for ios/android phones.

Or any other remote app with a soft keyboard for that matter

Maybe this could be implemented into the Emby iOS/Android phone app.

Really - I think - all that would have to be done is implement a function where key presses of numbers on a soft keyboard will zoom in accordingly.

For example, the shield TV remote app does the same thing on a number press that a physical keyboard would.

So we could press 1,2,3,4, on the soft keyboard of the ShieldTV phone app and the photo would zoom accordingly.

I hope that makes it more clear.

many thanks

 

[sydlexius 238]

Key mappings are always cool for the power user, but I don't think we should ignore on-screen options as well.  A common motif I see in galleries is a scaled view with a magnifying glass in one corner that, when pressed toggles to a full-sized (1:1 pixel mapping) of the image that you can then pan around using the keyboard arrows, or drag-click with your mouse, or touch-drag with your touchscreen device.  Some other motifs will have similar magnifying glasses for zoom in and zoom out, and possibly another for zoom reset.

[iamthedude 5]

I’m all for it, it’s a great idea. I don’t think it matters how it’s achieved. 

It’d be great if we could just zoom in on a photo while viewing on a TV screen. I’m sure there are plenty of ways to achieve that