[IOS] v2.0.0 iOS issues

[peaceridge]

Originally Posted by svenlind

Calibre's content server is actually quite easy to use. I use it to import books to Marvin and other readers.
It may not be so well suited if you want to import really many books at a time.


Look at this from the Calibre manual: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/server.html
Marvin has a "Get Books" part where you can specify among other things "OPDS auto or Calibre Server". If the content server is set up as described in the link then you can directly and very conveniently access your books in Calibre.

I stopped using CC when I discovered this.

Thanks. My only problem with using the content server is that I can't send the read flag back to Calibre (unless I'm missing something?), but I certainly can do that manually.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by peaceridge

Thanks. My only problem with using the content server is that I can't send the read flag back to Calibre (unless I'm missing something?), but I certainly can do that manually.

There is an Edit option in the more recent of 3.x (I forget when it became available)
It is a bit non-obvious with dark themes: You also need to be viewing the full details of a single book.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by theducks

There is an Edit option in the more recent of 3.x (I forget when it became available)
It is a bit non-obvious with dark themes: You also need to be viewing the full details of a single book.

OPDS feed doesn't have it which is what Marvin automatically finds.

Last time I used Marvin's in-app browser to view the webpage version of Calibre content server, it didn't play nice. Haven't really tried recently. It might work better now that it's not reliant on local database cache.

[crane3]

I got hit with the ios CC 2.0. Looks to be happening my ipad installed the new ipados.

Will now have to reload the books but will check if they are still there first.

I do pray that the same thing will not happen to the Android version of CC.

[Mims]

I have been holding off on updating my phone because I’m afraid that it will install the Cc app update and wipe everything. Guess I’ll just keep waiting for another CC update while looking for the best alternative if that doesn’t materialize.

[samcohen]

Originally Posted by orchid500

Hello @ all,
same problem here - all books are gone without warning!
But additional issues here:

- Before the update I could one-tap on the "On device" button and download several books at the same time - Now I have to make three clicks all over the screen for one book and wait until it is downloaded until I can click the next one! Or is there somewhere a collection function to download several books at once?
For me this means literally hours to download all my books with 3 clicks each again and then also manually set them as read - simply not acceptable.

- Overview (Tap on "Back" in the top left corner, usual view when not connected) does not show the thump nail pictures, just white placeholders and title + author in black writing. Could not find anything disabled in the settings that would explain this.
Also I am disconnected every time I look at the overview - when I change the view, I then have to connect again every time.

Also I am interested in the explanation for the "subscription model" change.

Not happy at all!

Can you elaborate on this issue you are experiencing? We are trying to fix all the issues users are finding.

[crane3]

Is there place where one can get an old version of cc for ios?

[ratinox]

Originally Posted by crane3

Is there place where one can get an old version of cc for ios?

Not unless the developer forks the app into a "classic" version and the "new and improved(?)" version.

Related question: for those of us who already installed the subscription version, is there any way to opt out of future updates/payments besides uninstalling the current version of the app?

[ratinox]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

Last time I used Marvin's in-app browser to view the webpage version of Calibre content server, it didn't play nice. Haven't really tried recently. It might work better now that it's not reliant on local database cache.

I don't have Marvin so I can't try this but I did test out Calibre's data server with Brave Browser just to download and it worked fine with the handful of books I tried. Brave's utility here is that it downloads files into an On My iPad file tree accessible by other applications. This is YACReader in my case which has a bulk import function. YACReader unfortunately does not use vanilla ODPS (and maybe not ODPS at all) so it won't sync directly to Calibre.

A less tedious but significantly slower option is to use Calibre's Connect to folder function to connect to a cloud storage directory as if it were a reader device. Slower because these have to sync up to the central servers and then back down to the iThing.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by ratinox

I don't have Marvin so I can't try this but I did test out Calibre's data server with Brave Browser just to download and it worked fine with the handful of books I tried. Brave's utility here is that it downloads files into an On My iPad file tree accessible by other applications. This is YACReader in my case which has a bulk import function. YACReader unfortunately does not use vanilla ODPS (and maybe not ODPS at all) so it won't sync directly to Calibre.

A less tedious but significantly slower option is to use Calibre's Connect to folder function to connect to a cloud storage directory as if it were a reader device. Slower because these have to sync up to the central servers and then back down to the iThing.

Safari actually works just fine with Calibre's content server.

Marvin hasn't been updated in a while so its support for the Files app (via Cloud Picker) is less than ideal. Unless you go with Dropbox or OPDS, you need to transfer ebooks one by one. Hence, I never much liked using iCloud/Files or CC with it.

I find Dropbox is the best supported source so I just use FreeFileSync to mirror my Calibre library to Dropbox and do batch downloads to Marvin.

[samcohen]

Originally Posted by crane3

Is there place where one can get an old version of cc for ios?

It's actually not even possible due to the fact that the code was so old and outdated apple rejected us moving back to it. We are fixing all of the bugs.

[Mims]

Well, now that I’m over my initial pique and back to my usual rational state , I will actually make a positive post. I am looking forward to the next update with the bugs fixed. I did go ahead and update to iOS 13.1 on my go to phone and my old iPad Air 2. The old CC was not affected (works like always)and after updating to the latest Calibre, connecting via content server or wireless is working fine in both old and new CC apps.

[AnemicOak]

Ugh. The last time I updated iOS it must have somehow changed my setting to auto update apps (I always turn this off on my devices), I thought I was safe until opening CC a couple days ago. Guess it's time to reload 4,000+ books

[Mims]

Same thing happened to me earlier this week with my other iPad. I was able to transfer 4022 books in about 55 minutes. I started off with 200 books and then kept increasing the number in each batch. After 2000 books I said the heck with this and successfully sent 2022 in one batch I used the wireless connection and the worst part for me was highlighting all those books at once. You do need to be patient once you hit send. I think the fact that I only sent ePub format and none had to be converted on the fly probably decreased the transfer time.

I have become obsessive about checking that auto update setting.

[peaceridge]

Originally Posted by samcohen

If anyone is interested in testing the next test flight for IOS please send me your email in PM. I made a big mistake. Just trying to do right now.

Maybe we should start a new thread just for the errors we find?

One is that the long press on a book does not open the list of ebooks to choose from for reading. Short press allows go to detail page that has read up in the corner and that works fine.

Edit: I guess I wasn't pressing long enough or hard enough, but this works on my Ipad 5.

Edit 2: long press brings up list, but pressing on list item goes nowhere. Still have to go to detail page and press read in the corner. sigh.