Can't get WIDI Master to work with Android

[richro65]

I have Band Helper all set up and working on a iPad. However, the person using the keyboard has an Android tablet and while the WIDI Master software says "connected", the MIDI presets do not work on the Android.  They work perfectly on the iPad.

I found a thread from 2022 where Arlo says that WIDI Master has compatibility issues with Androids, but the app is offered for Android so I don't get it. It's been 3 years so perhaps that has changed?

Any help is appreciated.

[arlo]

Please click the MIDI button in the top toolbar. Is the Widi listed under Connected Ports? Are your outgoing MIDI messages shown in the Activity Log?

[richro65]

There is no MIDI button in the top toolbar and there doesn't seem to be an option to add it.  The MIDI button I have on the set list/song screen is not grayed out but does nothing when you tap it. Does not even change color like it does on the iPad when the MIDI presets work. 

[arlo]

If the MIDI button isn't showing in the top toolbar, you can turn on Settings > Appearance > Top Toolbar Buttons > MIDI. The settings in your screen shot are for buttons that are a part of the layout and only appear in the set list view.

[richro65]

OK, I added the MIDI button and here is what happened. See first screen shot. After that, I went to the tablet settings and it showed the WIDI not connected, and the same when I went to the WIDI app.  I restarted the keyboard and then was able to connect the WIDI to the tablet.  See screen shot 2 for what happened after that. The 2 numbers that are circled count up endlessly and it does not record any further activity that I try with MIDI presets. Then I went to the WIDI app and it can't find the device.

Prior to using the MIDI button and connecting the device through that, the tablet never lost its connection to the WIDI, but when I used the connect feature in the MIDI menu to connect, the tablet loses its connection.

[arlo]

The F8 messages are MIDI beat clock messages from your keyboard. You should have a setting on the keyboard that turns that off. Then you can send some MIDI presets again and confirm that your outgoing data appears in the Activity Log (it's there in your first screen shot).