Groov View App (Android, Play Store)

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I am having an issue with the groov View app on the Play Store (Android).

I haven’t ever used it before, but figured it may be more convenient than just using Chrome to connect.

Whenever I connect to an IP address, I get the red spinning circle for a few seconds and then just a blank white screen indefinitely.

I’ve tried 2 different EPICs running 2 different firmware with the same result, one running 2.0.2-b.139, the other on 3.4.1-b.78.

Samsung tablet is on Android Version 12, app from play store is Version 3.05

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I’ve heard from one other person running into the same issue. Don’t have a solution yet, unfortunately; I’d recommend just using Chrome for now.

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Gotcha. It’s just an android thing, app works fine on my iPhone

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Is the App not available anymore?

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We hit a tech glitch where the account connected to the Google Play Store is in limbo.
We are trying to get everything back, but Google is being Google.

Keep in mind that the app basically just full-screens a browser and adds some multi-connection options. Depending on your need, any Android browser in full-screen mode will get you up and running in a pinch.

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We stopped using the app many moons ago.

Our standard for groov view on mobile platforms has been to add a shortcut to the Home Screen.

On iOS, with safari, the home screen shortcut runs in a fullscreen almost as if it is its own app.

I bet something will work like this on android with Chrome.

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To expand on this a bit: as of groov Server for Windows 4.5b / GRV-EPIC 3.5.1, there’s preliminary support for installing groov View as a Progressive Web Application. Adding groov View to your home screen should make it look like a standalone application in iOS or Android, or even on desktop computers if your browser supports it.

To do this on Android:

It wasn’t mentioned in in the release notes because there are still some quirks with it, mostly due to issues with self-signed certificates, but it should largely just work. You won’t get the connection management features of the groov View mobile apps, but if you just want groov View in a standalone window without a URL bar, installing as a home screen app should get you there.

(On iOS it might even run faster; full Safari gets to use more JIT features than an app with an embedded web view.)

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groov View is listed on the Google Play Store again.

Sorry for the glitch.