Make directors' and actors' names clickable

[wwwizzarrdry]

It’s even more absurd once you realize how utterly basic it is to filter in the Plex api. It’s a one-liner request to the server.

[anon5074910]

Could it be … Release Announcements - Android TV beta - #499 by marekszulik

• Hubs: support for clicking actors on details pages.

Can’t wait for this beta to drop to test it out

[anon5074910]

Can confirm that with Plex for Android 8.30.0.30648-beta cast members are now clickable for movies and at the top level of a tv show.

Clicking episode specific cast members results in an error This directory appears to be empty, at least on mobile which is where I tested it. Will check on shield later …

Extremely happy to see this functionality arrive on android, thank you

[rafalohn]

Excellent news!

Any chance it works when clicking on Directors as well?

[anon5074910]

@rafalohn

Any chance it works when clicking on Directors as well?

Nope, only cast I’m afraid but for now I’ll take that

[bigdog5000]

This feature should have been put in a long time ago. No surprise though. Very few requests ever get looked at.

[tom80H]

@bigdog5000

No surprise though. Very few requests ever get looked at.

You need to visit the Feature Suggestions category more frequently. There’s tons of stuff that’s been implemented. Don’t go only by the big fish suggestions that have been around for ages.
Aside from what’s been implemented – don’t take Plex not reacting in those threads as proof that they’re not reading them → Please Read: Before submitting a feature Suggestion

I take it as a good sign if this one is now implemented (at least for the actors/cast)

[bhootz]

How can you get the beta version on Sony TV/Roku/ Nvidia shield? Or is it the Plex server that has to be updated?

[BigWheel]

@bhootz

for Android TV ( Shield and usually Sony)

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for Roku

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[bhootz]

Thanks for the awesomely quick reply and also cheers to the Plex team for making this feature available again. I know the last few days were tough for you guys and i had almost given up on this feature, but I’m so happy that it’s working. Yay.

[tom80H]

I believe the update to the Plex for Android (TV) app a month ago (version 10.0.0) should cover this and we could consider this feature as implemented.

WHATS NEW:

• Added a Cast & Crew page accessible from the details page.