The search experience in Android app needs to be fixed

[ecrispy 39]

Emby recommends using the Android (vs ATV) app on your tv. Search in this app on your tv is a terrible experience and unusable.

ATV app/any other app - you get the system search box, onscreen keyboard, voice search

Emby Android app - this is a phone app. it acts like you are on a phone. I have to enter search by navigating and selecting lettters. There's no search button. But it gets worse. There's no feedback, no spinner while it searches. 

[Luke 42306]

Hi, what exactly is your issue with it?

[ecrispy 39]

17 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, what exactly is your issue with it?

I described it in my post didn't I? I have to search by selecting letters vs on screen keyboard with voice input in the ATV app.

[ecrispy 39]

so this isn't going to be even considered? I don't know how others are using search using Android app, instead of being able to use voice input like with the ATV app, or onscreen keyboard, there's a phone input entry.

[Apotropaic 62]

Are you saying you have to use letters on your remote control to search?

Might be worth sharing a picture, I’m using the Android app on an android box. I have the ability to use voice for search and the onscreen keyboard.

[ecrispy 39]

I will be adding pics here, it seems I am seeing something different? the apps I use are on FireStick 4k FYI

[ecrispy 39]

see attached pics. on android app, there's just 1 row to select letters, very cumbersome and slow and of course its not touchscreen.

frankly I don't see why the ATV app is abandoned, it works so much better except for playback issues but there are other threads for that. while we're at it, the 2 apps have an identical icon making it very hard to pick out, since on Android TV only icon is shown.

 

Android app running on FireStick4K - there is no option for voice search. 

 

ATV app running on FireStick4K shows you OS text entry -

Edited 1 hour ago by ecrispy