Support for multiple libraries

[arifer612]

For a group with multiple users that wish to have the ability to maintain a library with private photos, it is recommended by PhotoPrism to use make use of multiple libraries, i.e., a private library for each user and a shared library for the group. This is the approach I have taken for my family, with each member of the family using this android client to connect to our private library and the progressive web app to connect to the shared library.

What my family and I would love to do is to move away from the progressive web app and to be able to view both our own private library and the shared family library on this android client. One way I can think of this being implemented is by having "profiles" that we can switch between in the client, where each "profile" can have a different library root URL and/or user. Switching between profiles will thus allow us to switch between the private library and the shared library.

[Radiokot]

Hi. It is amazing that you have convinced your family to use 2 PhotoPrism instances 😄However, I don't want to add such complexity to the app, which also doesn't align well with other features I am planning to add. Instead, I suggest using a clone package for your other library: https://github.com/Radiokot/photoprism-android-client/releases/download/1.24.1(38)/ua.com.radiokot.photoprism.clone-1.24.1-clone.apk

[arifer612]

Thanks for getting back. Took me a while to convince them, but it's working better than I ever expected so I guess I got lucky (?) 😆. Sure thing, I understand that this added layer of complexity does not align with what you have in mind, but if it ever comes to a point where you might need to host multiple libraries too, I hope you'll consider this idea as a solution around it as well!

Meanwhile, I suppose I'll go with your recommendation and use a clone package for the other library. Thank you!