plexremote is a project I just started working on which runs on the iPhone. It just uses mobile safari, so any phone can run it easily. I got the idea to create a remote app that supports gestures after seeing the Apple Remote in action. This project is very much in the early stages of dev, but feel free to check it out on github and to follow @plexremote for updates!
http://github.com/rectifyer/plexremote
Interesting. I’ll keep my eye on this. 
Interesting to see how this pans out. As you’ve no doubt seen if you’ve read a bit on these forums you are not the first to attempt a project in this vein, but I wish your project better luck than the other ones.
Gestures is all well and fine, but what I would really like would be something along the lines of XBMC Remote, where I could browse my library and select music etc directly on my phone without the need to actually see the screen. This is immensly useful for me when I am in other places around the house besides the living room, or sitting outside enjoying a cold beer.
Ofcourse your app is your own, and you will implement the solution you find most serviceable, but still the bottom left Gestue button gives me some hope that other control methods will be implemented down the line. 
Either way, good luck, and I will certainly follow your project with some interest.
i edited php file with my Plex comp IP addy but i'm still getting default xbmc screen on my iphone when i navigate to it. is there a special place where i'm supposed to put that php file ?
I'm not sure what you mean you are getting the default xbmc screen. The screenshot above shows what it looks like. Just leave the files in their current location, and yes just update the ip/port to your plex.
i dont really get it. I downloaded files from github , edited php file per instructions and tried loggin into my Plex via iPhone but i didnt see screenshot as shown in your 1st post.
I think you have to install the sources like a new PHP project in a web server
Now i'm confused even more haha
This requires your own web server to run the remote. Download the files from github, put them in a folder somewhere in your webroot. Change sendcommand.php to use your ip and port. Then fire up mobile safari and point it to the index file on your web server.
ok i got it. but its still not working.
I set up my webserver and php. changed php file to reflect my internal IP ( plex is using default 3000 port ).
I navigate to index file on my iphone using safari. It loads up fine but swiping up and down left and right has no effect in plex.
Not sure what the problem is BUT how can i make sure that this remote app is actually connecting to plex ? Problem is that even when i change IP address in php file to incorrect address it doesnt throw any error that its not connected to plex.
a: doesn’t render how it’s supposed to in the os 3 browser…
b: this would be pretty cool if it didn’t crash plex every 30 seconds. cool idea, looks nice enough.
It doesn't have any error checking or a connection status implemented just yet. You might have to add a web clip to your home screen, then launch the remote that way. On my phone it worked that way and in safari, but on another phone i know it only worked as a web clip for some reason.
I am using 3.0 for dev and testing this and it looks just like the screenshot (it was taken from the iPhone Simulator running 3.0). What is showing up differently for yours? You need to add it as a shortcut to your home screen and add it that way to get the full screen experience.
What are you doing that crashes plex? Is it the swiping or a particular button? The remote has never crashed my plex, the one thing i noticed is command queue up if a dialog is open in plex, so i need to make a fix for that.
didnt try that ... might have been my case.
I already removed files and closed ports on router but i will keep checking back here when new version is released i'll give it another try. thanks
PS. By the way , it also looked broken on my iPhone. ( not like screenshot above , but like you said that was probably because i didnt launch it from homescreen.
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