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[APP][3.0+] Around Sound - Have your phone pay attention while you enjoy your music

Update (4/11/2017): Updated the app to use the Superpowered audio library. Performance is greatly improved. Lag is pretty much gone.
This was my first app and recently just overhauled it with a lot of the updates I had been doing to Wave Control. I've decided to take this out of incubation in the device specific forums and put it fully out there. All feedback is appreciated!
Around Sound allows you to listen to music, watch movies, or play games and still be aware of your surroundings. It's meant for when you're using sound isolating earbuds like Shure or others that are basically earplugs so you have no idea what's going on around you.
It uses the mic on your headset or phone to listen around you. You set how loud a noise needs to be to trigger it. When a loud sound is detected, it pauses your music or movie for a timeout period. During this time, it feeds the outside sound through to your headphones so you can hear what's going on. After the timeout period it then resumes playback.
With games, you can use the non-pause mode which will overlay the outside sounds on top of the current audio. Usually the game audio will lower itself during this time. I would really like for games to support the pause feature. I've reached out to some developers but need everyone's help to request the feature be added to their favorite games.
Play Store Link:
Free Version
Some known issues:
1. Audio lag - when the outside sound is fed through there's about a 500ms delay. It's a known issue with Android. It's rumored to have been fixed in Jelly Bean (or there's some low level API's available to fix it) but I haven't had a chance to play with it yet. Finally fixed! Practically realtime now!
2. Bluetooth Mic Option - Currently only works with mono headsets and not the AD2P kind, adds lag
Some use cases:
- At the office: pause your music automatically when someone is trying to get your attention
- At home: Don't miss door slams, children crying, your dog barking, or other warning signs

- At the airport: Relax at the gate and have your music or movie pause when the gate announcements start

- Anywhere relatively quiet where you want to know if something happens around you
Permissions Needed:
Network Communications: Full Internet Access (For Ad Supported Version)
Phone Calls: Read Phone status (shuts off the audio processing during calls)
Hardware Controls: Audio Settings, Record Audio (to use the microphone, no audio is ever stored)
Coarse Location(Not GPS): For Ad Supported Version
Write External Storage: For Ad Supported Version
Billing: For in app upgrades
Bluetooth: For Bluetooth mic feature
Broadcast Sticky: For Bluetooth mic feature
Limitations:

-For Pause Music Mode: You can't be in a really loud environment otherwise the microphone input will be maxed out and there is no way to detect a louder sound. Use Street Mode instead
Developed on a Samsung Galaxy S7

I played with this a bit in a few of its earlier incarnations and I have to compliment you on the app. One thing I've wondered -- instead of muting the underlying app, would it be possible to play what the microphone picks up over the top of whatever being played?

short/y said:
I played with this a bit in a few of its earlier incarnations and I have to compliment you on the app. One thing I've wondered -- instead of muting the underlying app, would it be possible to play what the microphone picks up over the top of whatever being played?
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i guees that is not possible ...hardware limitations
anyway if it is...would be a great addition

I hope someone can explain this to me. I'm not doubting it's a hardware limitation, I just can't understand what sort of hardware limitation it might be.
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short/y said:
I played with this a bit in a few of its earlier incarnations and I have to compliment you on the app. One thing I've wondered -- instead of muting the underlying app, would it be possible to play what the microphone picks up over the top of whatever being played?
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Yeah, it's possible. If you uncheck pause mode, it'll play over the other app. The way it's setup now, depending on the playing app, the music/movie might dip in volume. Alternatively there's Street Mode in the Pro Version that will play all sound above the trigger on top of your music/movie.

MarksThinkTank said:
Yeah, it's possible. If you uncheck pause mode, it'll play over the other app. The way it's setup now, depending on the playing app, the music/movie might dip in volume. Alternatively there's Street Mode in the Pro Version that will play all sound above the trigger on top of your music/movie.
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Woo hoo! Cool, thanks! Pro, here I come.
Any idea when you think you might be able to look into that lower latency JB API?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

This is so genius! Installing now!

I bought Pro this morning and used it on my walk. Worked like a charm!
It was pretty bright out and my screen couldn't brighten enough to let me see the trigger slider. A suggestion: how about adding +5 and -5 buttons so I can adjust the trigger level without having to see the slider? I don't mean remove the slider, I mean add +5 and -5 buttons.

Got the pro just to support the Dev. Great idea and great work. Keep it up man!

A little coverage on the portal for you
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/gain-an-extra-set-of-ears-with-around-sound/

the_scotsman said:
A little coverage on the portal for you
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/gain-an-extra-set-of-ears-with-around-sound/
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Thanks man!
Looks like it's igniting a lot of coverage. Just popped up on Gizmodo too!

short/y said:
I played with this a bit in a few of its earlier incarnations and I have to compliment you on the app. One thing I've wondered -- instead of muting the underlying app, would it be possible to play what the microphone picks up over the top of whatever being played?
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Sounds perfect....

i saw this while ago and was going to use it but deleted it by accident and than forgot about it this has reignited me to use it now ill download it later.
any news on the bluetooth issue as i have bluetooth headphones and there not mono and was wondering if it work well or not with em?

Wow...this is great. Thank you.

I like the sound of this (No pun intended) but I've only got bluetooth stereo headphones with a mic. so I'll have to wait until it supports them.

App2SD would be nice ...

daniturn3 said:
i saw this while ago and was going to use it but deleted it by accident and than forgot about it this has reignited me to use it now ill download it later.
any news on the bluetooth issue as i have bluetooth headphones and there not mono and was wondering if it work well or not with em?
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gadjet0 said:
I like the sound of this (No pun intended) but I've only got bluetooth stereo headphones with a mic. so I'll have to wait until it supports them.
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I don't have a set to test it with but I've gotten mixed feedback. Some stereo ones do work and some don't. Or.. it may be a particular phone's bluetooth implementation since it seems more like a bug in Android than a headset specific issue.
Please give it a try and let me know if it works!

Will this save me if I end up in the middle of a shoot out, and I have in noise canceling headphones? As bizarre as that sounds... I'm paranoid lol

GazaIan said:
Will this save me if I end up in the middle of a shoot out, and I have in noise canceling headphones? As bizarre as that sounds... I'm paranoid lol
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Possibly... but I make no guarantees

New Angle
So after un-intentionally (really, I swear!) ignoring my girlfriend while playing a game, I realized... I could use Around Sound with games.
So far the non-pause mode works pretty well with the games I play. I'm reaching out to some other developers to include the ability to pause when asked by Around Sound.
I need people's help to request their favorite game dev's to support auto-pause with Around Sound

Music Player

A short video demonstration for the Music player on Galaxy S4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8OYwE6W7lc
It displays large and beautiful album art, you can see new features and also you can check the sound quality.
Also you can find a new button on the notification bar "X" - to close the app - very useful

This is what interests me the most. Thank you!

vickytoria thank you for the video so much but can you tell me if the sound level is loud in headphones or not ?

egyptian86 said:
vickytoria thank you for the video so much but can you tell me if the sound level is loud in headphones or not ?
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I hope she responds to you. I was personally concerned with the speaker for watching videos normally. Sounds pretty loud which is good.

...is acceptable. I'm not excited about the headphones received but with my Beats the sound is perfect!
egyptian86 said:
vickytoria thank you for the video so much but can you tell me if the sound level is loud in headphones or not ?
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I am grateful for the video showing the voice control. I liked it. However, to take volume bar 4 to say 12 I wont speak up, for that I will use my fingers. Otherwise, the voice control is cool.

I guess it's my accent fault
thekoRngear said:
I am grateful for the video showing the voice control. I liked it. However, to take volume bar 4 to say 12 I wont speak up, for that I will use my fingers. Otherwise, the voice control is cool.
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nice APK
AlexLtoD said:
This is what interests me the most. Thank you!
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me to

and a video to show you how Galaxy S4 works with gloves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxTzQUbyn4o

those voice commands don't seem to work that good, but no biggie, I'm pretty sure I'm never going to use them anyway

it's my accent fault
andybrid said:
those voice commands don't seem to work that good, but no biggie, I'm pretty sure I'm never going to use them anyway
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Disable Audio Ducking

I'm wondering of there is an easy effort that I can do to disable the volume duck that occurs when I receive a notification (while listening to music)
Some ROMs have a setting g for this, but I'm wondering if someone could direct me to the proper file I might edit and turn this feature OFF..
I like my notification sound to just play over the music, or just not bother me..
Thx.

Mal_toofy said:
I'm wondering of there is an easy effort that I can do to disable the volume duck that occurs when I receive a notification (while listening to music)
Some ROMs have a setting g for this, but I'm wondering if someone could direct me to the proper file I might edit and turn this feature OFF..
I like my notification sound to just play over the music, or just not bother me..
Thx.
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Pretty sure this has to do with what app you're using for playing music, and whether it uses the mediaplayer of your device or it's own custom one.

it's true, I hated the ducking but was able to disable it in PowerAMP settings.

marquimsp said:
it's true, I hated the ducking but was able to disable it in PowerAMP settings.
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Yeah, PowerAMP uses its own media service.

Is there a music player that has this feature that doesn't cost money? I'll pay for Poweramp if there isn't. VLC for Android, for instance, doesn't have this feature.
Edit: After some trial and error with various programs, I've discovered that MX Player plays back audio without ducking, but a drawback is that it doesn't have dynamic playlist creation capabilities (you need your files ordered in folders). It also plays Opus files, which is something that I was also looking for.
Another app, Rocket Player, will let you choose *between* ducking and pausing (under Settings->Sound->Audio Focus->Temp Focus Action), but it won't let you disable the action completely. That being said, I've found that for audio books and podcasts, I actually prefer pausing to ducking or no ducking, so I like Rocket Player in this respect (same goes with Poweramp).

guys,COS 12+ has this option in their OS. the question is there any xposed modules to do the same action like in COS ?? ( I'm not sure if it's available in CM12+ roms or not ) any idea?

Dirty unicorn have this feature and its working great.

mohawahba said:
guys,COS 12+ has this option in their OS. the question is there any xposed modules to do the same action like in COS ?? ( I'm not sure if it's available in CM12+ roms or not ) any idea?
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did u find any xposed module for that feature?

[App][4.0+] PlankTone Music Player - a new Hi-Fi player for Android

Hi, friends!
I'm Hana Lee, the co-founder of a startup business. We decided to make a music player app which can further satisfy listeners as all members of our team love music and two of us are also musicians. We believe that the core of a music player is sound quality, so we have been working to making the best sound for our app in the past months. Now we finally launched PlankTone Music Player for Android devices. We're ready to give Hi-Fi sound comparable with high-end music players to audiophiles and music lovers.
And it's not all. It's not enough just to have high quality. The sound of all music is unique just like our fingerprints, so the sound setting suitable for each track is different. PlankTone meets this need and provides a Track Sound feature that enables you to individually adjust the sound effects of each track and save all of your settings. It helps you enjoy the best sound optimized for the music!
*App name: PlankTone Music Player
*App's package name: com.chapter3.planktone
*Main features
Octopus Sound Engine made by professional sound engineering technique makes your mobile device into a hi-fi player.
Track Sound feature allows you to individually adjust sound effects(EQ, tone, gain) on each track.
You can select sound tones: Original, Vivid
Powerful 10 band equalizer
Independent gain: completely separate from volume of the device
Any feedback are always welcome! Please leave your opinions!

Download link and screens?

It's on Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chapter3.planktone

Thank you!
dev>null said:
It's on Google play
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Thanks for placing the link instead of me!!

Thanks!
dev>null said:
It's on Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chapter3.planktone
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I accidently left two reply and don't know how to delete it..

I want to do that but...
joinmafia said:
Download link and screens?
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I've been a lurker for a few months, so I don't have an authority to use outlink yet.

Nice fresh player
Wow, a very different design approach, I love it so far.
Some questions -
1. Does this player have a sound limiter enabled to avoid distortions?
2. Folder view - I like the list but would prefer a file browser method with file Hierarchy method. Similar to file managers.
3. Folder sort options - Ability to sort files in folders by date added - really helps as i add a lot of music randomnly to different folders, and when the folder size increases, this helps a lot.
4. Song/ Album art downloading - is this enabled? would be great if we can get album downloads with manual search and high resolution results.
Will definitely be keeping my eye on this player.

Hi, rmdeathwish.
I'm Jay Lee, the sound designer of PlankTone Music Player.
I used a lot of other techniques to avoid clipping and distortion instead of a limiter.
Because the limiter could cause unclear sound.
Other features you want will be added soon.
Thanks for your feedback.
I hope that you can enjoying your listening with PlankTone!
rmdeathwish said:
Wow, a very different design approach, I love it so far.
Some questions -
1. Does this player have a sound limiter enabled to avoid distortions?
2. Folder view - I like the list but would prefer a file browser method with file Hierarchy method. Similar to file managers.
3. Folder sort options - Ability to sort files in folders by date added - really helps as i add a lot of music randomnly to different folders, and when the folder size increases, this helps a lot.
4. Song/ Album art downloading - is this enabled? would be great if we can get album downloads with manual search and high resolution results.
Will definitely be keeping my eye on this player.
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Subscribed to this for more updates.. Thanks.

Please stick to one thread. And update it when you update the app.
No need for a new thread every update. Since theres no links in OP here, I'll close this. Please stick to this one thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-planktone-music-player-v1-17-t3287810
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[APP] Stealth Audio Player - play audio through earpiece

Usually, there are two ways of playing music on Android device. You can either use your headphones or a speaker. But how about a third option?
The purpose of this app is to enable the users to listen to something when they do not have earphones and they don't want to use speakers.
When you are with someone and you must listen to an audio file e.g. a voice message, etc. you can now listen to it using your device's earpiece (from which you hear phone calls) using this app.
This is useful not just for usual audio files, but also for podcasts, and comes in handy for when you forgot to bring headphones and do not want to disturb those around you. Stealth Audio Player enables you to make good use of the tiny speaker to listen things which should not play from the main big speaker.
Download from Play Store:​https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsbyusman.stealthaudioplayer
FEATURES:​
Plays any kind of Audio from the earpiece of your device.
Plays Videos on screen and their audio is routed through the earpiece.
Folders Browser lets you locate specific files.
Ignore Folders option under Settings makes a Blacklist of folders to ignore.
Basic and functional Audio and Video players.
Dedicated lists for Audio and Video files.
Option to remove ads in Settings screen.
UPDATES:​v17:
THIS IS A MAJOR UPDATE:
*** VIDEO PLAYER ***
Now you can play VIDEO files using this player - the audio will come through the earpiece!
v16:
Introduced a PRO UPGRADE to remove ads
Introduced a Settings screen where you can add some folders to the ignore list.
v14 (Major Update):
Folders support: Now browse any folder on your device to look for and play specific files.
New Navigation Drawer: All the sections of the app in one place.
Partial ***VIDEO*** support: Open a video file from a folder and the app will play its audio (more support will be coming later).
Previous (v13):
All crashing issues fixed!
Performance improvements.
Player becomes untouchable when the phone is near the ear (to avoid accidental touches).
WhatsApp audio messages will not appear in this app.
"Unable to read file" issue fixed.

Excellent concept.
this app is very helpful when i want to listen something without disturbing others and my earphones are out of my reach.

Thanks man! I really appreciate your feedback

Please support more audio code, it support only mp3, i use m4a itunes

Ok I'll see if it works. Currently it supports mp3, ogg, and wav files.

Just published an update to this app. Here's the summary:
The app now supports m4a file format, in addition to mp3, ogg, and wav files.
Few bug fixes and performance improvements.

Amazing work dude!!! thanks

I'm glad that you like it. Thanks for the feedback

Left a comment in Google Play and that's not very common for me.
Simplicity and ease of use are outstanding. Good work!
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Cool brogood job:good:

Man, from at least 2 years i wish to have an app like this... Incredibly useful. Trying it in some minutes, thanks a lot.

Guys thanks a lot for all the feedback and reviews! I have published another update just now. Here is a summary of what's new:
v1.2:
Now supports EPI file format.
External sd card is supported.
v1.1:
Now supports m4a file format, in addition to mp3, ogg, and wav files.
Few bug fixes and performance improvements.

usman farhat said:
External sd card is supported.
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Just what i thought to ask you as I made a jump here again. Now that's everything i could desire. Thanks again

I'm glad that you like it

A couple of ideas that i could suggest to you to make this lil' app just perfect in every aspect, is first - adding an option to search music; second - add a side slider to reach alphabetically a certain letter.
I'd like to premise that these ideas could be useful just in my opinion, where i don't wanna use this as daily player obviously, but with more than 50 songs the research become huge and hard... What do you think?

A+ for the idea Nice, light-weight application. May it be useful to create the sticky notification with the control buttons and the name of the track? It will be shown when the app is running, and the song is playing. Several times, I have minimized the application instead of closing it or at least stopping the playback, put the phone in the pocket, and the music continued playing

RedSkull23 said:
A couple of ideas that i could suggest to you to make this lil' app just perfect in every aspect, is first - adding an option to search music; second - add a side slider to reach alphabetically a certain letter.
I'd like to premise that these ideas could be useful just in my opinion, where i don't wanna use this as daily player obviously, but with more than 50 songs the research become huge and hard... What do you think?
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Thanks for the feedback.
There is already an option to search music. You can search by Title, Artist, or file name.
About the slider: That would be very useful. I also want to implement it, and I will probably bring an update about it but right now I am working on making the app crash free for all devices.

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A+ for the idea Nice, light-weight application. May it be useful to create the sticky notification with the control buttons and the name of the track? It will be shown when the app is running, and the song is playing. Several times, I have minimized the application instead of closing it or at least stopping the playback, put the phone in the pocket, and the music continued playing
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The nature of this app is that we only hear the audio while the device is attached to the ear. In this position I don't think there is a need to bring features of full fledged music players. The users will stop hearing anything as soon as they are able to interact with their devices so there will be no use of bringing the notification controls.
This app is not a music player, it's more of a utility for hearing the audio in a different way.
However, I do have plans to better manage the minimizing of the application. This will be addressed in near updates.

usman farhat said:
Thanks for the feedback.
There is already an option to search music. You can search by Title, Artist, or file name.
About the slider: That would be very useful. I also want to implement it, and I will probably bring an update about it but right now I am working on making the app crash free for all devices.
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You're right, didn't noticed the lens icon in the upper right space. Maybe because i didn't reboot the phone after the last update..? Anyway I've seen that the list of available mp3s have to be reloaded by filename every time that the app is launched. You think that a preload of the list like a normal music player could ever be made someday?
Thanks to you for the creation of this app.

I have been trying to preload the data with different approaches. But it's getting a little tricky. I am gonna try something new tomorrow, which will hopefully make it A LOT more stable, and I am positive that the files will show up faster and with more stability than all previous version.
An update was also published today (evening) which addressed several crashing errors which the complainants are reporting to have been rectified now.