web remote after remote update

meerkat_ip

I'm having the same problem, it works smoothly on various browsers on my mac laptop. But I need it on a tablet, and since the tablet is a bit old and can't update to the very latest version I can't get it to work on any browser. On my iphone it only works on chrome.

If we can only get a type of work around for the older browsers that would be awesome.

KCG

I also encountered this issue yesterday after updating to version 0.9.11. I have alway had it working perfectly on my old tablet until yesterday's update. This seems to be down to the update to the latest version of Angular as indicated by the changelog on GitLab by Chris Witterholt. Is there any way to downgrade back to 0.9.10?

KCG

KCG As a workaround, I managed to find a PC with remote version 0.9.10 and copied the contents of the remote folder. I am now once again able to use my old tablet!!

witterholt

KCG What is your issue with version 0.9.11?

If you need an older version, they can be downloaded from here: https://get.openlp.org/remote/

It is important to stay up-to-date though if your computer is connected to the internet since there are security vulnerabilities in older versions.

KCG

witterholt

Hi Chris, thanks for your reply. I have an 'oldish' tablet and when I updated to 0.9.11 yesterday, it only shows the openlp logo and nothing else.

meerkat_ip

KCG Unfortunately I am however on remote version 0.9.10 and the older tablet browsers just shows logo on that, doesn't work. I'm willing to dive deep into terminal commands to get a work around if anyone has ideas.

witterholt

Ok, and what do you see in the console of the browser when you press F-12 (developer tools)?

KCG

witterholt I'm running on a tablet so I'm not sure how to get to the developer tools as there's no F-12 to press

KCG

meerkat_ip I share your pain! I have two old iPads in perfect working order but are just sitting ducks since I cannot get any version of the remote to work on them. They only show the OpenLp logo as you describe. Luckily and joyfully, the remote 0.9.10 has been working on my old Samsung tablet so you can imagine my panic when I couldn't get the tablet to work yesterday at church, after upgrading to 0.9.11. As I stated in my earlier post, I have now been able to downgrade to 0.9.10 so it should be fine for now.
What would be really useful is if we could get some backward compatibility with older browsers.

witterholt

KCG ok, I think that you use an ipad as well. In that case you are locked by Apple and forced to use an older release.

meerkat_ip

KCG YES!! Old browser backward compatibility would be awesome... even if it means an option to disable some features, I really just need the plain old link stuff to keep working.

KCG

witterholt so no chance of backward compatibility?

witterholt

KCG No, I am sorry.

witterholt

KCG I think you can change that in the XML file of the Bible translation you have imported.

KCG

witterholt No worries. I managed to get version 0.9.7.1 working on both iPads and tablet so I am in a much better situation now. Thanks for your help Chris.

witterholt

KCG you are welcome. I can see if I can display an info message with the download link for older versions instead of the logo in such situations.

Nicthevic

witterholt I would really appreciate some easy instructions for how to revert to a previous version of the remote plugin. I upgraded to 0.9.12 today and it broke. I've tried everything else that has been suggested, but don't know how to go back to 0.9.10 which worked perfectly

witterholt

Nicthevic If you need an older version, they can be downloaded from here: https://get.openlp.org/remote/

KCG

Nicthevic it is quite straightforward to revert to an earlier version. I will try to write out the steps below:

Download the version you want from the link Chris has posted above
Unzip the downloaded file
In OpenLp navigate to Tools > Open Data Folder
Once in the Data Folder, open the remotes folder (It should contain artifacts for the currently installed Remote version)
Delete the contents of the remotes folder and replace them with the contents of the unzipped file in step 2 above
Done - You should now have the version you want

Nicthevic

KCG Thanks KCG - that's worked for me. Up and running for Sunday!

witterholt

The next version of Web Remote will contain the instructions how to install a previous version of Web Remote in case your browser is not supported.