The Roon remote app on both my iPhone and iPad are working fine under iOS 14, but I have heard of other apps that require local network access not longer work under iOS 14 because they fail to prompt for local network access permission thus defaulting to no local network access.
Settings, Privacy, Local Network - this will show apps that have requested accessâŠso if the app appears you can enable it but if it doesnât appear the author needs to update the app.
This is pretty much the case for the Devialet Expert Remote. What has me puzzled is that it worked. Once. It prompted for local network access and then showed up in Setting - Privacy - Local Network. But when I uninstalled/reinstalled (really sorry I did that ;-), it never prompted again and never shows up in the Local Network listing. Strange.
Certainly did just that. The response I got from Devialet was a little bit more encouraging in that they understand the issue and are working toward a solution. Of course, when weâll see that is anyoneâs guess
I posted here hoping there might be a work-around since I was able to get it to work once.
My understanding is that any app that accesses your local network under IOS 14 is first forced to prompt for access permission. Once that happens, it is possible to turn that access on and off thru Settings - Privacy - Local Network. But, if the app never prompts, then the ability to control it is never presented.
What it is about the Devialet Expert Remote app that doesnât trigger the IOS local network access prompt is a mystery. I have to think there are likely other apps in the same boat.
I see. A normal firewall would have options to add an access like this, but in a PC OS this might be risky as it would be possible to script the action without the user knowing it. So I understand why, but it is not very user friendlyâŠ
Not user friendly at all and Iâm a bit surprised Apple got away with it. My understanding is that there are a few other apps suffering from a similar problem as the Devialet Expert Remote. Must be somehow related to how an app attempts to access the local network.
Itâs definitely a security thing. If you have lots of devices on your home network and one of them gets infected by nasty code this feature could prevent the infection to spread, but Apple should provide a manual (secure) workaround for advanced users. As a minimum one should have the option to add an app to the list with âDisabledâ as default. Then youâd have to enable the appâs access the same way as other apps in âPrivacy ->Local Networkâ
Devialet remote not working here as well, iOS14. Forever spinning wheel and no way to âforceâ connection to neetwork in settings, app doesnât even show up.
My comment wasnât about Devialetâs Expert Remote - of course they should already have it updated. IOS 14 beta has been available for awhile. Rather, Iâm puzzled why Apple doesnât provide a means to enable local network access for apps that use it. My understanding is that the prompt for local netowkr access permission is totally buried in IOS 14 and not directly performed by the app itself.
Itâs here: Settings > Privacy > Local Network⊠âApps that have requested permission to find and communicate with devices on your local network will appear hereâ⊠Roon appears, the Expert app does not. Thereâs no mechanism to manually allow an app access.