11-06-2017, 08:39 PM | #1 |
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[iOS] Two instances of Calibre Companion (CC)
Would it be possible to download two instances of CC on your iPhone/iPad?
This would be something similar to Marvin and Marvin SS. It would allow the user to have a different library (Book & Comic) on each instance. You can access different libraries (folders) in the Android version but this feature is not available for iOS users. The only way I could have two different libraries, would be if I had two different devices and had different libraries on each. I did put this request on the iOS Wish List but thought I would ask again as an individual post as thought this would be relatively easy to set up and others may interested as well or can offer any work other work arounds. Inukami |
11-07-2017, 04:15 AM | #2 |
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Does iOS support multiple users like Android does? That would give you multiple libraries, one per user.
Another way would be to use something like virtual libraries. On the Android version, a long-press on an item in the grouping drawer (e.g., a virtual library name) causes CC to display only books with that item (the VL) in the book's metadata. I don't know if iOS CC supports long press, but if not you can probably do the same thing with search. |
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Thanks Chaley for your comments.
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I will have a fiddle and see if the virtual library works for one library although what is the best solution? And could I do this just with a custom column. I would like to sort by type, i.e Book or Comic
In other words what is the difference from using the virtual library in the custom column from just using a custom column only for filtering the two types? Or am I not understanding sorting properly. Hope that makes sense... Inukami |
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My understanding after asking Uncle Google is that iOS does not support multiple users. Quote:
However, I am not talking about sorting but am instead talking about searching. In aCC, if you long-press on an value in the grouping drawer, for example "Comic", aCC will restrict what you see to books with "Comic" in that column. You can subsequently sort the list however you want, group by other values in other columns, etc. This is very close to calibre's virtual library feature. The big difference is that in aCC you cannot search while you have restricted what you see (but you can "group"). Quote:
The above notwithstanding, grouping is very close to searching. For example, if you restrict (using long-press) to "Comic" then you can group on a tag or a language, further restricting the displayed books to that language, in effect "searching" for that value. Quote:
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As for the other question, chaley has given a fairly detailed answer already! Grouping and sorting on iOS works in a very similar manner to Android, so his advice should work. Actually, I think iOS allows to group/filter on multiple categories at once, whereas Android only allows one. |
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I'm assuming if I just used this custom column method only, it would be just as easy to sort or search in Calibre as well? Or would it be easier if I had the comic and book virtual libraries in Calibre as I could change between the two like if I had two separate libraries? Inukami |
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Hi Chaley,
I did pretty much what you explained above and all working pretty much perfectly. Thank you very much. I can now have all my different libraries in one place and still use CC to display it however I choose. I'm also using the View Manager plugin to display the relevant column for each virtual library. I can now see why this is the better option instead of having separate libraries in the one Calibre instance or having multiple Calibre instances on different computers. I was a bit unsure how to use it but now understand how it works and understand the benefits of using it. Inukami |
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