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April 8, 2014
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Lightroom Mobile for Android Users?

  • April 8, 2014
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Hey there,

I'm curious as to whether or not the app will be ported to Android. Adobe say that the iPhone app is coming soon but never mentions Android.

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    Participant
    March 11, 2015

    Also, I'd imagine screen specs (amoled/lcd/etc, dpi, resolution etc) are extremely critical for lightroom to work well. Only a coupe of options with an iPad, infinite options with Android tablets

    Participant
    January 27, 2015

    I think anyone that wants to do more serious work with raw images on their Android will have to look elsewhere. Photo Mate R2 seems to be the best one out there and they just added a "library" function which looks to try and align it a little more with the functionality lightroom has on the destop. I have it and it does a lot more of what I want on my Android tablet (and phone i guess if i'm desparate).

    bill-enh
    Participating Frequently
    January 27, 2015

    I just purchased it and looked at one photo with it, it seems like a pretty good program though.  As an occasional hobby photographer I see this as a good tool for me to play with my photos from my hotel room or camper when I'm away from my desktop. 

    bill-enh
    Participating Frequently
    January 28, 2015

    Are these raws from your camera via EyeFi or jpgs?

    Thanks.


    Nic,

    These are both jpegs from my camera.  I'll try nef's today.  I also have to say I really like Photo Mate R2 for its editing abilities....has crashed on me a few times though.

    bill-enh
    Participating Frequently
    January 23, 2015

    So I was able to download Lightroom Mobile to my Note 3 phone but there was no version for my 12.2" Note Pro tablet.  Armed with the knowledge that both the phone and tablet shared the same processor I exported the Lightroom Mobile apk file to my tablet and installed it.  I used APK File Exporter, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=htmt.apkexporter, to do the export then I emailed the exported apk to myself and installed it on the tablet.

    Guess what, it works great!  Good sync speed.  The Samsung Note Pro 12.2 " tablet is the perfect platform formatting adjustments to the photo's while on the go as well as really displaying them nicely....not a 5" phone.

    bill-enh
    Participating Frequently
    January 23, 2015

    Works great on my Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" (2013) as well!

    Participant
    January 15, 2015
    Participant
    January 15, 2015

    It's great that an Android version is available now but why is it only on phones? I was hoping to use it on my nexus 7 or nexus 10 tablet. Looking at and editing photos on my phone isn't really as valuable. I would have expected tablet support before phone.

    I did install it on my nexus 5  phone and so far it looks good.

    I haven't tried importing cr2 files from my 30d camera but hopefully that works. I would use lightroom mobile to filter out a big set of files and then do real editing in lightroom and photoshop on my PC or Mac with my big calibrated monitor. Also for quick edits or email photos I may use the mobile only.

    NicHamilton
    Participating Frequently
    January 16, 2015

    LR Mobile won't import raw files.

    Participant
    December 26, 2014

    I have given up waiting for LR on Android, i use snapseed, totally awesome app.

    Keith Reeder
    Participating Frequently
    December 26, 2014

    And imagine that - the sky didn't fall in for the want of Lightroom on Android...

    Geoff the kiwi
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 26, 2014

    Happy Christmas everyone and hope 2015 brings you what you want and what you haven't even thought of....

    Moredsir
    Participant
    December 17, 2014

    At least Adobe could stop sending me emails telling me I have new features added to my membership when I do not, and they know it! Leave Android users  out of the initial release for 9+ months (even if there are far more of us), but don't then taunt us with what we can't use!

    Then again, Adobe don't give a damn. I was lied to by their sales rep who told me I could continue to use Lightroom and PS after the first year of subscribing if I cancelled my sub at that time, I asked the question twice to be sure, they then lied that they would provide me a log of the conversation (except I did think to save it myself), and despite 5 emails trying to chase this up I have had zero response.

    Anyway, the only reason I want LR mobile for a decent photography app on Android that handles RAW (.ARW in my case) well and it would be very nice to be able to use my LR develop presets to quickly produce JPGs when travelling.

    DdeGannes
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 18, 2014

    Quote "Anyway, the only reason I want LR mobile for a decent photography app on Android that handles RAW (.ARW in my case) well and it would be very nice to be able to use my LR develop presets to quickly produce JPGs when travelling."

    This is not even available with Apple products. Lightroom Mobile cannot import or process raw files.

    Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
    floatingby
    Known Participant
    December 26, 2014

    DdeGannes wrote:

    This is not even available with Apple products. Lightroom Mobile cannot import or process raw files.

    Why? And what is it used for if it can't even do this?

    Participating Frequently
    December 12, 2014

    I'd like to throw in my late comments.

    1 - Background: For professional photography use, I primarily use Capture One Pro.  I like Lightroom for certain things but my workhorse app is Capture One, and that comes with a mobile app called Capture Pilot, and that works only on iOS as well with a Android web connection. However, I've never seen anyone use the mobile app on iOS for any real workflow.

    2 - If Lightroom never came out with an Android version or even iOS, it wouldn't bother me.  My mobile platform is Android, but I don't rely on it for work with image editing or processing or sharing.  Seems more of a novelty at this stage.

    3 - Why not embrace iOS as the first real beta group?  Overall, I would prefer to know that a application has been tested in the field and improved upon before it gets to Android.  Why not let Apple do all that for me.  Either way, the ultimate goal is to provide a product that works well, designed well, and does the job it's meant to do efficiently.  There are no benefits for being a first user, unless you need to say you were first for bragging rights.  But most working photographers I know wouldn't give a crap about that stuff.  Eventually all this will be for all platforms - may be - or they might kill it because no one is really using it seriously, or another product like Capture One will take the marketshare.

    radiomaven
    Participating Frequently
    November 8, 2014

    I am one of the 200,000 (according to Adobe) currently users of Lightroom Mobile on the iPad. But I really want to have it on my Android tablet also. Heard that Adobe announced that it would be out before the end of the year?

    Sidenote analogy: Market share is like "yards gained" in a football game.  "Profit" is like the final score.  Which would you rather have to be bigger?

    TheHoaryHound
    Known Participant
    November 19, 2014

    Good point doublenegative.  Although market share is still important because it leads to future profits and creates lock in. My own gut feeling is that most "creatives", especially creatives with influence in the marketplace, use Apple products. As an Android user I'd sure like to see Adobe at least say SOMETHING about the schedule. How hard would it be for them to show a little respect?

    Timothy.Spear
    Inspiring
    November 19, 2014

    They did. Android is in the release path. Beyond that, if they give a target date, and miss it they will get hammered bad. If they give a date far enough out in the future that any issues they run into can be resolved and fixed before release, they get hammered because it will take so long....

    Basically, users who do not understand software development and the associated complexities have made it so that no company really wants to give a release date until they are way passed beta and in final release candidate testing if they are doing releases on functionality. (The opposite also works, look at Ubuntu they release on a regular schedule but only include what is ready. If it is not ready it gets pushed back a release).

    Tim

    Inspiring
    October 30, 2014

    I think one of the issue that should noted is that most of the Adobe creative cloud tutorial made by adobe creative cloud evangelists all use Mac Computers and hense they also use IPADs etc so therefore easier for them to do the iOS first so all these evangelist can give feedback on it as well before they actually released it.  My wife has hinted that she may get me a Galazy Note Pro 12.1 for my birthday, and it would be nice to able to have LrM available for it. But I have happy at the moment doing my Photography work on my desktop.  Will not go back to Ipad unless they add expandable storage like Android phones and tablets have.

    Rick James Bish
    Participant
    October 29, 2014

    Wish I had read this prior to my download. At least I have 30 days to cancel     Cant see to getting into a contract without some indication of mobile support timeline.

    Geoff the kiwi
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 29, 2014

    LrM for Android is in the pipeline and will be ready when it is ready…… I think their is a fair indication of a mobile support timeline. It is here and now and other OS's will be added along the way… just like more cameras are added. Quite simply the OS used to launch is the most widely used with Lightroom and so it all makes sense….

    Participating Frequently
    October 30, 2014

    "ready when it's ready, but we won't give you any specifics"

    Yep. Sure. I'll say it again, the fact that the small screened iPhone got LrM before large screened Android tablets means that Adobe can't be too serious about Android development.

    "OS used to launch is the most widely used with Lightroom"

    Most widely used with Lightroom, or most widely invested in by Adobe executives?