Deep link to switch the active server (emby://items doesn’t change server context)

[danergo 49]

Folks,

I have two servers configured in the Emby for Android app (com.mb.android), and I’d like to open the app directly on a specific server from my own app with a single tap.

Following your earlier posts, I’m using:

Quote

am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "emby://items/SERVER_ID/ITEM_ID" -p com.mb.android

This works fine for opening an item. It also works with just the server ID and no item ID. However, the app doesn’t actually switch its active server:

• After the link opens, pressing Back returns to the home screen of the server I was on before, not the one from the link.
• The settings (gear icon) also show the previous server’s settings.
• If the target server is unreachable, the app silently opens another reachable server I used before, instead of reporting that the requested server isn’t available.

So the deep link opens content from the target server, but the app’s current-server context stays on the old one. That makes navigation confusing.

Feature request: could you add a deep link that properly switches the active server? For example:

Quote

emby://server/{SERVER_ID}

It would make the target server the current one (home screen, back navigation, settings) and show an error if that server can’t be reached. Ideally, emby://items/{SERVER_ID}/{ITEM_ID} would switch the active server the same way.

This would be really useful for launchers, automation apps (Tasker etc.) and anyone with more than one server.

Thanks!