What is a private room?
A private room is a jam room that does not appear in the public room list. Each room has a name you choose and an 8-character code, such as K7QM-2XA9. The code is the key: whoever has it can come in, and nobody else can find the room.
You share the room with a link, https://www.ninjamzap.com/r/K7QM-2XA9, which opens NinjamZap with the room ready. There are no server addresses or passwords to type.
Availability: private rooms are being tested and are enabled per account. They require NinjamZap 1.0.10 (build 223) or later on iPhone, iPad or Mac. If the Private button does not appear on the Connection screen, the feature is not enabled for your account yet.
Create a room
Creating rooms requires signing in with an account. In Guest mode the Private tab shows: “Sign in with an account to create your own private rooms. You can still join one with a code.”
- On the Connection screen, the rooms button is split in two: Public | Private. Tap Private. The Rooms window opens on the Private tab; you can switch tabs at the top at any time.
- Tap + Create private room.
- Type a name, for example Tuesday jam, and tap Create.
The name is only shown to you and to the people you invite (up to 60 characters). The room gets its code at once.
Each account can hold up to 3 rooms; the list shows how many you have (1 of 3 rooms). With 3 rooms, the create button disappears: delete one to create another. Rooms do not expire; they stay in your list until you delete them.
Enter your room
- Tap Enter on the room. This selects the room but does not connect yet.
- Back on the Connection screen, the server address field is replaced by a card with a lock, the room name and Private room · code K7QM-2XA9.
- Tap Connect.
To go back to public rooms or a server address, tap Choose another room on the card.
Inside, it is a regular NinjamZap session: audio, video, chat and everything else work as in any room. If the connection drops, NinjamZap reconnects you to the same room automatically. The room stays in your list after everyone leaves, and the same code works next time.
Invite your band
Tap Share on the room, or the share icon on the room card of the Connection screen. The system share sheet opens with a message ready to send by WhatsApp, email or any other app:
Join my private NinjamZap room (Tuesday jam): https://www.ninjamzap.com/r/K7QM-2XA9
You can also simply dictate the code. The dash is optional and upper or lower case does not matter.
Important: anyone with the link or the code can come in. Share it only with the people you want in the room. If it reaches someone it should not, make a new code (see Manage your rooms).
Join a room you were invited to
Everyone who joins needs NinjamZap 1.0.10 (build 223) or later. Guests can join private rooms; only creating them requires an account.
With the invite link
Open the link on the device where NinjamZap is installed. The app opens with the room selected on the Connection screen; tap Connect. If you are not signed in, sign in or tap Continue as Guest first; the room is waiting for you afterwards. If NinjamZap is not installed, the page offers the App Store download.
With a code
- Tap Private, then Join with a code.
- Type the code. The dash is added automatically and lower case is fine. You can also paste the invite link, or the whole invitation message: the app picks the code out of it.
- Tap Enter the room, then Connect.
Codes never use the letters I, L, O or U, so there is no confusion with 1 and 0. If the code does not exist, the app shows: “No room has that code. Check it with whoever invited you.”
The “Invited” list
Every private room you enter is remembered on that device, in the Invited section of the Private tab, so you can return without the link. Tap Enter to select it again, or × (Remove from the list) to remove it. Your own rooms appear in your room list, not in this section.
Manage your rooms
Tap ⋯ (More options) on a room:
- Rename: changes only the name. The code and the links already shared keep working.
- New code: gives the room a new code. Every link and code shared so far stops working immediately, and anyone still in the room with the old code is disconnected. Share the new link with your band. Use it if the link reached someone it should not have.
- Delete: deletes the room. Its link and code stop working, and one of your 3 slots is freed.
If a room changed or was deleted
NinjamZap checks the code again right before connecting, so you find out before trying to get in:
- A room in your Invited list has a new code: “This room changed. “Tuesday jam” has a new code. Ask its owner for the new link.” The room is removed from the list.
- An old invite link: “This invite link no longer leads to a room. Ask whoever sent it for a new one.”
- A typed code that no longer exists: “No room has that code. Check it with whoever invited you.”
In every case, ask the room owner for the new link.