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DVinyl on your phone
DVinyl is built to work well on a phone, and you can install it like a real app straight from your browser. Handy for checking your shelf in a shop, or adding something the moment it arrives.
DVinyl is a Progressive Web App, so no app store is involved. You install it from the browser:
- Android (Chrome): open your DVinyl address, tap the ⋮ menu, then Add to Home screen (or Install app).
- iPhone/iPad (Safari): open DVinyl, tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.
You get an icon on your home screen and a full-screen, app-like experience. It still talks to your own server, so your data never leaves it.
Everything you do on desktop works on mobile too:
- Search a title, artist or author and pick the match.
- Add by hand for anything without an online match.
- Move things between your wishlist and your collection.
This is where a phone shines. On the add screen, tap Scan, allow camera access, and point your rear camera at the barcode on the packaging. DVinyl reads it and looks up the matching release for you, so you barely type anything. It recognizes the usual retail barcodes (EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A and UPC-E).
Important
Browsers only allow camera access over a secure connection. The scanner works on localhost
and over HTTPS, but a browser will block the camera if you open DVinyl on a plain http://
address (like http://192.168.x.x:3099). To scan from your phone, serve DVinyl over HTTPS, for
example behind a reverse proxy (see the
installation guide).
- Set a quick add shortcut for your most common type, so adding an item on mobile is one tap. See Customizing your instance.
- Add navbar shortcuts for the filtered views you check most (for example "Vinyls" or "Wishlist") to save scrolling on a small screen.
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