PlexPhotos App For IOS - Let's Solve Some Issues

LeviDavis
Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:56:53 +0000
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A lot of us have complained that this app was not ready to be released. The initial release was so bad that I started to search for other options. I have also started to use another app to at least look at my personal photos/videos, but keep hoping that more work can be done to solve issues.

I can no longer show my photos to others as the app seems to get caught up in itself and then shuts down or places you back at the beginning of app.

So, I am thinking maybe we should see if we can get small issues explained to the developers in hopes that they will find it in their hearts to help us by fixing them.

So, I am going to start with a few things that I think should be easy to fix.

On my Mac Studio, when I run the Plex Media Player (version 15.5 1.109.0.329-ea562b95) I get this for one of my pictures…

However, if I try to view this same photo on my iPhone 15 Pro Max iOS Version 18.5, I get this…

I believe that this was just missed when the developers decided the app was ready, but as you can see, it places the image file name at the top and truncates the image. While one would think, ‘So What?’, there are images that I would like the WHOLE image.

I know that when you touch the screen it brings up additional photos at the bottom…

Now, you would say, well that is a Vertical image, one would want to view it vertical, and I would agree in this case…

But, 75-85% of my photos/videos are horizontal and the loss is still there.
from my Mac Plex Media Player

from my iOS PlexPhoto App - remove the image file name at the top.

So, here fix this one thing. When you touch the screen clear everything except the image. You can still touch the screen and bring back the images at the bottom and the image file name at the top and you can still use the < at the top.

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