# Amplipi host discovery in mobile app **URL:** \ **Category:** Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [July 16, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipi-host-discovery-in-mobile-app/314 "2024-07-16T19:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mpo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/amplipi.discourse.group/mpo/32/21_2.png) [@mpo](https://amplipi.discourse.group/u/mpo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipi-host-discovery-in-mobile-app/314/1 "2024-07-16T19:13:10Z")
![Screenshot_20240716-205132_AmpliPi](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/amplipi/original/1X/a990740f359069ff27dc8a3a41f34cd09eadafc6.jpeg) When opening the amplipi app on my mobile í am always confronted with this screen. Is there a simple way for me to either (1) Ensure the autodiscovery of the device on my localdomain just works? (2) Have the app (cookies?) remember the last entry the next time it gets launched? Also. The ux of this screen seems to keep fighting with my personal natural expectations: I keep finding myself entering the hostname and then hitting the refresh button (which actually functions as a cancel) This might be just me, but in my defense: the connect button never grabs my natural attention: greyed out and to the left (feels like back, not progress/continuation) So maybe that button could light up to green when the hostname is filled in. And be placed on the right? ---
**Author:** ![mpo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/amplipi.discourse.group/mpo/32/21_2.png) [@mpo](https://amplipi.discourse.group/u/mpo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipi-host-discovery-in-mobile-app/314/2 "2024-07-16T19:17:51Z")
Of course: only after asking this I actually reread that screen and message and finally see the subtle checkbox at the bottom… Of the config page 🤷‍♂️ ![Screenshot_20240716-211456_AmpliPi](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/amplipi/original/1X/7d5b4fe47bb9d8a2d5af29a44f99ce4582d87566.jpeg) Still. Maybe the ux enhancement can be considered? ---
**Author:** ![amplipi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/amplipi.discourse.group/amplipi/32/8_2.png) [@amplipi](https://amplipi.discourse.group/u/amplipi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipi-host-discovery-in-mobile-app/314/3 "2024-07-16T19:28:47Z")
Hey mpo! Sorry you had this issue, but thanks for the UI feedback! I’ve been personally spearheading our UI side for a few weeks, every bit of feedback helps guide where to spend our time. I’ve made a pair of issues relating to these posts that are linked here: > > > https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipi-host-discovery-in-mobile-app/314 > > Th…e config page has proven to be a bad/unintuitive place for this checkbox to go, either make it more obvious that there's a mobile-only option hiding at the bottom of the config page, or move it somewhere better > > > https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipi-host-discovery-in-mobile-app/314 > > Ch…ange the color/theming of the buttons on the pictured modal, and swap them so continue is on the right Do you know what underlying issue you were having that the autodiscovery didn’t work? Do you have a specialized network configuration of some sort, a specific subnet or somesuch that we should look at testing for? ---
**Author:** ![amplipi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/amplipi.discourse.group/amplipi/32/8_2.png) [@amplipi](https://amplipi.discourse.group/u/amplipi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipi-host-discovery-in-mobile-app/314/4 "2024-07-16T20:06:28Z")
Apologies, I’ve just been informed that the autodiscovery feature was disabled on android due to the library we were originally using on android being discontinued, we have an issue for that [here](https://github.com/micro-nova/AmpliPi/issues/545) If you are not using an android device, let me know what steps we can use to replicate your issue; otherwise know that we’re already on it. ---
**Author:** ![mpo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/amplipi.discourse.group/mpo/32/21_2.png) [@mpo](https://amplipi.discourse.group/u/mpo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/amplipi-host-discovery-in-mobile-app/314/5 "2024-07-18T11:10:35Z")
> [@amplipi](#): > > orry you had this issue, but thanks for the UI feedback! I’ve been personally spearheading our UI side for a few weeks, every bit of feedback helps guide where to spend our time. I’ve made a pair of issues relating to these posts that are linked here: thx for the follow up - I do like the issues you extracted from this exchange - and yes I have my own network domain and switch setup, so I am not even hoping that much on autodiscovery (allthough I could ensure dhcp is adding my local domain to the search list so a dns lookup for ‘amplipi’ would yield the IP but I am not sure if that would be enough of a common / useful strategy ?)