<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Larry K <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lunchtimelarry@gmail.com" target="_blank">lunchtimelarry@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Thomas Mashos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas@mashos.com" target="_blank">thomas@mashos.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div>On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Brian Long <<a href="mailto:briandlong@gmail.com" target="_blank">briandlong@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Thomas Mashos <<a href="mailto:thomas@mashos.com" target="_blank">thomas@mashos.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>>> Would it be unreasonable for the application to perform a limited query on a<br>
>>> smaller local dataset, and reach out to the backend for a more powerful<br>
>>> quer?. For example provide a "search titles" option and have an advanced<br>
>>> search screen for more indepth searches against the backend DB?<br>
>><br>
>> Currently that is not possible. As I've previously stated, the minimum<br>
>> amount of data you can currently get to display a list of titles is<br>
>> all data about every episode. There isn't a "list titles" query.<br>
><br>
> Dumb non-developer question: As I understand it, other frontends have<br>
> MySQL creds in order to query the backend DB directly for certain<br>
> items. Until the MythTV backend API supports everything you need for<br>
> a mobile client, why not use direct MySQL access like the other<br>
> frontends?<br>
><br>
> /Brian/<br>
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</div></div>It adds code complexity and requires another connection to the backend<br>
(to the database) and makes zeroconf no longer work (as minimally<br>
you'll need to enter a PIN, if not the hostname/user/pass of the<br>
database). It's doable, it just takes away some of the fun zeroconf<br>
(which is a great feature to just hit a button to find the backend).<br>
<br>
Personally, if possible I'd rather just carry a downstream patch of<br>
the "list titles" functionality in our distribution packages, although<br>
I haven't discussed that with other Mythbuntu devs nor do I know if<br>
the android app would take advantage of that functionality.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Thomas Mashos<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div><div>The latest version (September) can't find my backend, yet the July version can. In neither version does the network scan find the backend. I'm on Android 2.3.4 if this matters.</div>
<div><br></div><div>How can I get the latest version to find my backend (on the local network; I have not even begun to try this app from outside the LAN)?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Nevermind. I see Honeycomb is required. </div>
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