How to turn on hot seat?

[Cappa]

I am completely lost on how to turn on hot seat? Anyone can help?

[wdspider]

When making a new table: if you click on an open seat, the last option in the menu that comes up should be the hotseat option.

[Seebo_dude]

Anyone else have some suggestions?

I am not seeing an option to create a hotseat when I create a manual table.

What am I missing?

[Jellby]

PLAY NOW: https://boardgamearena.com/lobby
Choose FRIENDS on the rightmost menu.
Click on "Add a friend"
"Will both you and your friend share the same screen?" Yes

Alternatively:
PLAY NOW: https://boardgamearena.com/lobby
Create a manual table normally
Click on "Invite a friend"
Choose "hotseat"

[Seebo_dude]

Appreciate the response but it appears as though playing on the android app does not have this option.

Is there a different option when using the app?

[nik592]

Appreciate the response but it appears as though playing on the android app does not have this option.

Is there a different option when using the app?

The app is just a wrapper for the website - there is no difference. I just tried Jellby's instructions on my Android app and they worked exactly as described. I did have to scroll down in the second option to see the hotseat option, as I have a few friends, but otherwise, no issues.

I did notice that the prompt for sharing the same screen disappears after a bit, and then if you retry selecting the friends option, it doesn't always reappear, so that could also be your issue? In any case, the other method still works.

[Seebo_dude]

Definitely a user error

Thank you everyone for your patience.

The issue was how i was inviting the friend to play. I was selecting the friend as part of the manual option instead of inviting them via the button after I created the table.

Now it all makes sense to me.

Again thanks for your patience in helping me with this.