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The standard way to connect Kodi Remote App to your Kodi Media Center

1. Have a Kodi Media Center installed on a device. This device must be connected to the same network as your iOS device which runs Kodi Remote App.
   - Example: Run Kodi on a HTPC which is connected to your router. Connect your iOS device via WiFi to the same network.
   
2. Enable support for remote control in the Kodi Media Center in "Settings > Services Control":
   - "Announce these services to other systems = ON"
   - "Allow control of Kodi via HTTP = ON"
   - "Allow remote control from applications on other systems = ON"
   - "Allow remote control from applications on this system = ON"
   - Screenshot: https://abload.de/img/bildschirmfoto2023-03ngcs9.png
   
3. In the Remote App please first press "Add Host". In the next menu press "Find Kodi". The Remote App should now find the Kodi Media Center.
   
4. If you should have set a password and username, enter the same into the mask.
   - Screenshot: https://abload.de/img/bildschirmfoto2023-03kxeqs.png
   
5. Finally save and connect to the newly created server entry by selecting it.
   

Screenshots showing the complete flow on an iPhone: https://abload.de/img/bildschirmfoto2023-03hvdcy.png

Debugging:

1. Can Kodi Media Center be accessed from a browser?
   To check this you open a browser on another device (e.g. a notebook, pad or smartphone) and open the URL http://KODI_IP:PORT, whereas KODI_IP is the IP address of the device running your Kodi Media Center and PORT is the port you configured in the settings of the Kodi Media Center (usually 8080).
   - Example: http://191.145.167.31:8080
   If the browser remote UI works, then also the Kodi Remote App shall be able to connect. If the browser remote UI does not work, then most likely the Kodi Media Center is not configured right or not connected to the same network.
   
2. iOS Local Network Access not granted?
   The Kodi Remote App needs access to the local network. Usually you will be asked via popup to allow this access when the Kodi Remote App tries to access the local network the first time. To set this manually you can either enable local network access in you iOS device's settings menu (Settings > Privacy > Local Network) or in the Remote App's settings (Settings > Kodi Remote > Local Network).
   Last resort is to enforce the popup again by removing the app from your iOS device, then reinstalling and then selecting "Add Host" > "Find Kodi" again.
   
3. Problems with repeaters
   I have seen loss of connection and inability to reconnect when working with a repeater. Problems vanished after removing the repeater or using a different SSID for the repeater.
   
4. Problems with local networks without internet access
   It was reported that the Kodi Remote App does not connect to the Kodi Media Center, if both are connected to a local network which has no internet access.
   
5. Remote not reconnecting to a server it connected to before
   Kodi Remote up to version 12.1 only uses IPv4 addresses to access the server. It is possible your router gives a new IP address to the Kodi server after a while or after restart. In such case the Kodi Remote will not be able to connect to the now invalid IP address. This can be resolved by again using "Find Kodi", and it can be avoided by setting the router to not change the server's IP address.
   From Kodi Remote version 1.13 on you can configure "Find Kodi" to search for the local host name -- e.g. "my-server.local". If supported, this will continue to connect to the same server, even when the IP address changes.