MinimServer Status in android browsers

[Julian Hughes]

I'm running MinimServer 0.8.1 update 30 (fully up to date as of now) on a headless Debian 7.5 (stable/wheezy) server. It works brilliantly in conjunction with UPnPlay on my Android phone, so first of all: thank you for an excellent media server that actually understands that music has composers as well as performers.

As well as a relatively unchanging lossless music collection I also have an ever changing variety of radio shows and podcasts arriving, some scheduled and some manually (and minimserver's sort-by-date ability is perfect for this) so I update minimserver at least a couple of times a day. This is fine on my desktop or laptop as I can do it with MinimWatch. On my Android device (nothing unusual, an old Galaxy Note running Samsung's Android 4.1.2) I found that the MinimServer Status page displays just fine but the "Rescan" button did absolutely nothing. I tried both the stock Android browser and Firefox. Nothing. Then I noticed Firefox on Android has an option "Request Desktop Site" and if I enable that then the page looks identical but now the Rescan button works as expected. Another browser, Zirco, which by default uses a desktop viewport, also works fine.

The stock Android browser must be extremely common, also Firefox on Android is hardly a rarity. Is the way the status page is rendered something which can be improved in MinimServer?

Thanks again.