Android app constantly needs a restart to connect

[Grimx00 0]

Whenever a network change happens on my phone, such as going from wifi to cellular or vice versa or turning a vpn on/off, I become disconnected to the server and it won't load anything until the app is restarted. However this issue does not occur when actually watching video, but backing out of the video after the network change still causes the issue. This is all demonstrated in the attached video. It also happens almost every time I open the app if it's been awhile, so i'm constantly restarting the app. At first I thought it occured when changing from remote to local connection but that is not the case. The example shown in the video is connected remotely before and after. Not sure if this is a setup issue with the server or a bug with the app.

Device: Oneplus 13 on android 16

App version 3.5.28

 

 

embyserver.txt

[Grimx00 0]

App log

emby_android_1772904205662.txt

[Luke 42593]

Hi, you don’t actually need to restart the app. As soon as the network requests fail, then the app will automatically switch from lan to wan or vice versa. Does that help?

[Grimx00 0]

Luke, thanks for the reply. I know this post is a few months old but the issue is still present even after several app updates. The app does not behave as you describe it's supposed to. When I open the app I just get the loading icon forever until I force close the app as seen in the video. I have to do this every time I open the app which is usually several times a day. It gets very annoying.

[Grimx00 0]

On 3/14/2026 at 2:59 PM, Luke said:

Hi, you don’t actually need to restart the app. As soon as the network requests fail, then the app will automatically switch from lan to wan or vice versa. Does that help?

Forgot to quote you on my reply