On Deck and Recently Added for Shared Library's on Android

Feature Suggestions
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Hi.

 

I would like the Android application to show items from the shared library in the On Deck and Recently Added sections.

 

Currently, my family members have their own Plex accounts. When they use the Android application, the On Deck and Recently Added sections are empty as they do not have servers and library's of their own.

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I have recently bought a plexPass. Bummed to find out about this <_<

Are there any future plans for this? It would make the app 100 times better.

I think i'm going to ask my money back because all my clients are android and "shared libraries" also works without a plexpass ... :unsure:

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Just an FYI currently those users can go into a shared library and Filter by On Deck

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I have family members accessing via shared libraries on FireTV devices.  I find it bizarre that they essentially see a blank page (empty library) when launching Plex and need to switch to a screen called "social" to find content.  

Just add a option to have "share libraries appear as home screen" and make the view the same as the main account with on-deck and recently added content.

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There's already a topic for that, not for only Android but for all platforms, please use https://forums.plex.tv/topic/76385-multi-user-home-views/ instead so that votes won't be split

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Yes, this will make the fire tv stick less confusing to use.

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Are there any plans for this in the future? I was really disappointed to find this out. It's weird signing in and just seeing a blank on deck screen

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yes there are plans for this based on what the newer apps can do

currently it does not yet work with managed users but if you put a regular user with a free plex account in your “Plex Home” it will with the current release.

as far as i know sooner or later it will be like the Web app where you choose what server you want to view and that servers things populate the home screen ( that is how it currently works on the Android TV / Nexus Player )

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Thanks for the hint that Home-Users don't have to suffer the depressing black welcome screen in the Android app anymore ... unfortunately we don't want to add our (reputedly) grown up kids who are living on their own to Plex Home (no need for user switching or a pin - and better no access to the unloved brothers' Plex -_- ) , so we hope very much this will be expanded to all users with shared libraries soon.

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My family is still suffering from empty home screens and useless clicks to get to their content.


I have just bought new fire TV sticks in hope that the android version shows the shared content on homescreen but sadly it is still empty and black.

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If you use "Plex Home" and add your family members to it then they will see content like your wanting. 

Further with the newest version of the Android app, if you do not wish to use Plex Home, when a user selects your server from the dropdown they will see On Deck, recently added just like it was their own server.