Thread: CC won't send to Kobo app (iOS)
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Old 02-09-2022, 09:09 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by di9girl View Post
I've always added books to the Kobo iOS app via Calibre, that's how I read them. It's never been an issue before, I've added hundreds this way. That's why I wondered why it quit working. Kobo happily syncs books not purchase via them, I download through Project Gutenberg, upload to Calibre on my PC then transfer the books to the Calibre app on my iPad then load them into Kobo.

I've done it for a number of years, it's weird.
As I stated, this question belongs elsewhere. Because the is no "Calibre app". Any app running on iOS or Android is not a "calibre app". It is an app created that works with calibre, or the calibre library. Or is just using the name. But, is not part of the calibre product. Calibre Companion was the closest to being a "calibre app". It was developed by someone who is involved in calibre development but has since been passed to other developers. Opening a book in the way you are means that Calibre Companion has downloaded the book from calibre. At that point, calibre stops being involved. Calibre companion is (probably) using iOS functions to open the file, iOS then presents the apps the file can be opened in and then passes the file to that app. One of those steps is failing. But, unless the file has been damaged downloading it from calibre, it is not calibre that has the issues. Which is why I suggested asking in the question in one of the other locations.

But, as an experiment, I tried opening a book from the calibre server on my iPad and sending it to the Kobo app. That opened the app but the book didn't appear. When I tried again, with the app open, the book did appear in the "Recently Added" section of the home page. I tried this a couple of times with the same result. This is an old iPad Air with iOS version 12.5.5 on it. And the Kobo app is at whatever version is available for that iOS version. Maybe it has changed on the newer devices and iOS versions. Or there is a later app version. But, I would probably start in the Apple or Calibre Companion forums. You can ask in the Kobo forum, but, the Kobo apps are rarely discussed and I don't know if anyone will know more than the above.
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