From 0c2e2911cbc71e9e3115437b23286d559b87a995 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: phunkyfish <phunkyfish@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:46:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Try to connect to the backend prior to creating the addon
 instance

---
 src/ClientInstance.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ClientInstance.cpp b/src/ClientInstance.cpp
index 56573617..fcaccf9e 100644
--- a/src/ClientInstance.cpp
+++ b/src/ClientInstance.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ bool CVNSIClientInstance::Start(const std::string& hostname,
   m_abort = false;
   m_connectionLost = true;
   m_running = true;
+
+  // Connect to the backend if possible.
+  TryReconnect();
+
   m_thread = std::thread([&] { Process(); });
 
   kodi::addon::PVRMenuhook hook;