Why doesn't the Android app keep a manually-added server address?

[Blueskies278 111]

When I manually set a custom server address in the Emby Android app (to point it at a different port than the one Emby auto-discovers), the change doesn't stick — after closing and reopening the app, it reverts back to the auto-discovered address every time. Tried this on both the latest stable release and the current beta channel — same result on both.

Is this intentional — does auto-discovery always take precedence over a manually-entered address for a known server — or is this a bug? If it's by design, I'd appreciate understanding the reasoning, since as it stands there's no way to keep a client pointed at anything other than the address Emby itself broadcasts.

Thanks

[visproduction 369]

Try clearing your browser cache.  Also, if you are using IP addresses, I believe many, if not all, Android browsers prohibit IP numbers from working easily.  You can try an incognito browser window.

[Luke 43036]

Hi, it will eventually revert to the address displayed on the server dashboard. This is good for the majority of users in case their server address changes.

[Lessaj 561]

If you go to Change Server -> Tap and hold on your connection -> View Server Info, does it show the last connected address as the local address, and also list the remote address? Or in other words, do you see the addresses you're expecting?

[Blueskies278 111]

2 hours ago, Lessaj said:

If you go to Change Server -> Tap and hold on your connection -> View Server Info, does it show the last connected address as the local address, and also list the remote address? Or in other words, do you see the addresses you're expecting?

Local: port 8098. Remote: port 8098. Both show 8098 — not the 8096 I manually set.

Luke Has confirmed my suspicions. Thanks

[Blueskies278 111]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, it will eventually revert to the address displayed on the server dashboard. This is good for the majority of users in case their server address changes.

Is there a way I can change the network settings on Emby Web to achieve this?

Thanks

[Luke 43036]

if you need to use a different address from the usual one, then currently no. But there are open feature requests to allow this to be configurable.