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[Enhancement]: Allow direct opening of books from the bookshelf in the Android app (single tap to open) #1236
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf-app#1236
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Originally created by @msolla-ligno on GitHub (Jun 30, 2025).
Describe the Feature/Enhancement
In the Android app, tapping on a book cover in the bookshelf always opens the book’s detail screen. To actually open and start reading the book, I have to tap again on the “Open” button.
This means I need to tap twice on the same book to start reading — once to view its details, and then again to open it. This feels unnecessary and slows down the reading experience.
In the web version, when hovering over a book cover, a shortcut icon appears that lets you open the book with a single click. But in the Android app, there’s no equivalent quick access, and of course there is no hover on mobile.
It would be great to have a one-tap shortcut to open books directly from the bookshelf view.
Why would this be helpful?
Future Implementation (Screenshot)
Initial screen: the books list,
First tap: by clicking one of them, it opens its details
Second tap: finnally, pressing the button opens the book
It would be fantastic if we could going from first screen to thirth one with one single tap 😄
Audiobookshelf App Version
Android App - 0.9.81
Current Implementation (Screenshot)
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@nichwall commented on GitHub (Jun 30, 2025):
Related to https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-app/issues/854
How would you be able to view the book details page if tapping on the book cover?
Do you want the book details to never appear?
If you have both an audiobook and an ebook for a book, what happens?
@msolla-ligno commented on GitHub (Jun 30, 2025):
In the web version, you have an icon over the cover when hovering it. In mobile doesn't exist hover, but maybe detecting long press may show a submenu? or adding littler icons for audiobook an ebook?
Anyway, when I have audiobook and ebook I always had both as two different items, I din't know you can mix both in one single detail.
@nichwall commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2025):
Yeah, you can put both formats in the same folder so you have a single library item.
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jul 3, 2025):
I think most people would expect that clicking on a book would open the book details page
@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2025):
Fixed in v0.10.0-beta.