Constellation for XBMC

As with all XBMC remotes I saw this one and thought I would give it a try not expecting much. I was wrong and very happy with with this discovery. As someone that designs and installs home theaters and programs all types of remotes I was very happy with the layout and general design of this remote. It is an XBMC remote but could have been a universal remote. I like the fact that it isn't plastered with XBMC logos and green and black scheme colors. The design is very clean and everyone at my BBQ today was very impressed with the remote. I was impressed with the layout, color scheme, and most importantly the speed. I have XBMC commander and well, despite its looks, it's not the fastest touch remote on the block. Very twitchy. This remote is smooth. For users like me with large unraid arrays, or other media servers and over 2000 movies the speed is very impressive. Good job!!!! I will defiantly be recommending users of XBMC home theaters to this remote. Who ever you are listing to for features don't stop listening. Thanks!!!!!!

How do I use this app? My library is blank.

Love everything about the remotes functionality. My only beef is the original sync. When using my iPad, I sometimes can't tell if it's trying to sync the library in the background, and on the iPhone, the pull down to refresh option isn't there (I thought I may have seen it once but I might be wrong). My library is very large and it took 5 min to complete sync, but I had no way of knowing if it was syncing or not, and where in the syncing process it was. I'd recommend a larger and more visible bar stating when any sync or image fetching is in process. Additionally, if possible a progress bar would be nice, along with a little message stating what is being fetched (for instance "fetching TV Show: Family Guy Episodes" or something like that). Other than that, great app. I purchased the ads free and it's worth it once all is synced. Add the above features and it will blow the competition out of the water for sure.

I've been using the pro version since 2011 and it is well worth the price. A very polished GUI and the functionality it pulls from xbmc is awesome. Since the last update however there have been some issues and they are documented by the other users aswell such as thumbnails not displaying. I tried a lot of different things but what worked was to go back to using the Eden rc2 release an everything worked again. Somehow when I updated to the latest version of xbmc I started having problems with thumbnails not displaying. Apart from this issue which I am sure will be fixed this is hands down the best, slickest looking controller for xbmc you're likely to find. I've introduced a lot of people to the xbmc experience and it blew them away and when I show them how I can use my iPhone and iPad to control it their eyes pop out and love it!! Great job on developing this app. I hope that the niggling issues are resolved for all users as its almost perfect.

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I have used Constellation for over a year and in the last few months I have encountered a bug that affects many users and has yet to be addressed. Whenever I play any media using the app, I must quit the app before my iDevice goes to sleep otherwise I will be forced to reboot the device. I have tested this on an iPhone 4 and an iPad 3, iOS 5-6.1, and the issue happens without fail. This is extraordinarily annoying, leaving me with the choice of never allowing my device to dim it's screen or quitting the app and reopening it each time I want to pause, change the volume, or whatever. This is equivalent to having to take the batteries out of your remote after each time you use it. For an app that is primarily a remote, this is an EPIC FAIL. When working properly the app is amazing and would easily deserve 5 stars and your money. With the current lack of development I highly suggest you look elsewhere.