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Alternative to music player pro?

Recently went from iphone to galaxy note and I'm lovin it soo far...there are however a couple of thingd that I do miss. There's this iphone app called music player pro, which lets you use swipe gestures on the screen. The really cool thing is that these commands can be done while the screen is turned off. Is there an android alternative? I've searched the market to no avail.

Go for "PowerAMP Music Player", it's on the market - won't be disappointed

PowerAmp is awesome !

I use PlayerPro on android, love it.
Didn't like PowerAmp for some reason, but I suppose its just personal preference!

jock23 said:
I use PlayerPro on android, love it.
Didn't like PowerAmp for some reason, but I suppose its just personal preference!
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+1 on that...
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PowerAmp great，i like it

PowerAMP all the way

have tried most music players paid and free. My favorite by far is Cloudskipper.

Is their a music app that doesn't suck? I've tried everything!

I have searched the forums, searched google and God know's where yet I haven't found one single music app I like. I liked the sense music player that came with the phone but I don't like using the default launcher and their isn't any widgets for it for other launchers.
And now I am on the paranoid android rom so I can't use that no more. I like Apollo for it's UI but it lacks many features. And I don't like PowerAmp. It has features, but to many for me. I am literary over whelmed of the features. I just want a nice UI and and a few nice features.
I'd also like an app that supports the HTC one x's nice HD screen.
By the way here's the ever growing list of music apps I've tried and don't like for some reason or another.
Google Play Music, Apollo, PowerAmp, WinAmp, UberMusic, DoubleTwist and SongBird.
At this point I'd pay for a music app.
The only things I want are a good UI that isn't ugly and an album art grabber (for downloaded tracks with none) and of course it has to have a widget (which even all I've listed has had one so I'm sure that's standard.)
And it'd be nice if it had a coverflow effect. The effect from google play music is nice but this isn't a required thing for me.

McMichael96 said:
I have searched the forums, searched google and God know's where yet I haven't found one single music app I like. I liked the sense music player that came with the phone but I don't like using the default launcher and their isn't any widgets for it for other launchers.
And now I am on the paranoid android rom so I can't use that no more. I like Apollo for it's UI but it lacks many features. And I don't like PowerAmp. It has features, but to many for me. I am literary over whelmed of the features. I just want a nice UI and and a few nice features.
I'd also like an app that supports the HTC one x's nice HD screen.
By the way here's the ever growing list of music apps I've tried and don't like for some reason or another.
Google Play Music, Apollo, PowerAmp, WinAmp, UberMusic, DoubleTwist and SongBird.
At this point I'd pay for a music app.
The only things I want are a good UI that isn't ugly and an album art grabber (for downloaded tracks with none) and of course it has to have a widget (which even all I've listed has had one so I'm sure that's standard.)
And it'd be nice if it had a coverflow effect. The effect from google play music is nice but this isn't a required thing for me.
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I religiously use poweramp but try playerpro. Might be to your liking
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I've personally been using Doubletwist since I switched to Android from iphone and it's mostly been fine, just took a bit of getting used to but I think that's more about coming from iphone than anything that's wrong with Doubletwist. What didn't you like about it? If you buy the paid version it let's you download album art, and various other airsync features etc.

What exactly are you searching for?
I found this one music player.. very unique especially for people with hearing loss.
It goes through a process giving off beeps in your ears going left and right, then equalizes your acute hearing to perfectly fit your hearing. Its definitely ingenious as it helps me a lot, my right ear is kinda going out.
App - Soundbest Music player.
The widget is so so and the UI is simple but sucks.
3rd party Equalizers will help the music player as well..
At the moment I use Google Play for JB and SRS Panel with an Audio Mod. Yes I don't own a One x, I own a Droid incredible but I understand your pain of wanting the best music player. I've honestly searched up and down and really haven't found the best one. Poweramp is highly overrated, the equalizer and effects are terrible.
The only other app I've liked besides Soundbest is Neutron but even then the UI is a monster.. the widget is again so-so. But the effects and equalizer is unmatched.. perfect for a audiophile. I recent was using Semc Music player "Sony Walkman" but.. without a widget its almost useless plus it didn't active the equalizer on the fly.
The only ones I suggest trying are Soundbest and Neutron.
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I've always really liked Playerpro. Well worth the few bucks, and I've tried everything out there as well.

Try xbmc http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28757772 it looks great on htc one x, but it has few errors but looks greattt
From beast called HTC One X

If I didn't pay for power amp I would use Sony Walkman app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1676013.html

darktranquility18 said:
I religiously use poweramp but try playerpro. Might be to your liking
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XNine said:
I've always really liked Playerpro. Well worth the few bucks, and I've tried everything out there as well.
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Thanks guys! Just tried it out and it seems to be what I've been looking for. I am not a fan of how the buttons (play, skip, etc) look blurry on my HOX.
Going to try all the others now to see if their is something better.

mitty said:
I've personally been using Doubletwist since I switched to Android from iphone and it's mostly been fine, just took a bit of getting used to but I think that's more about coming from iphone than anything that's wrong with Doubletwist. What didn't you like about it? If you buy the paid version it let's you download album art, and various other airsync features etc.
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I really didn't like the UI mainly. I, myself came from an iPhone so I have heard about that when I was googling "how to sync music between iTunes and htc one x).
It's okay but I don't like music apps that put the album art and controls in a "drawer". Song bird does this too. I hate that :/

PlayerPro is my player of choice.

+1 for Playerpro. Plenty of skins available for it. Make sure you install the free DSP Pack too as it drastically improves the EQ :good:

I use the paid version of Poweramp and don't see what's not to like about it.
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If you use player pro at least design your own skin.
I made a co-co sense 4 version.
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There's one called "cubed" or 3. Its really good.
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I have a MIUI music.apk I've been using since my inspire lol works just as good on my Hox. Its like the iPhones music app

SkookDroid said:
I have a MIUI music.apk I've been using since my inspire lol works just as good on my Hox. Its like the iPhones music app
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wow that music app looks sexy. I might have to try the MIUI rom. I heard it was a good rom to try out. I just went to CM10 jelly bean though. so I'll try that later. (2 lazy to try 2 roms in a day xD)

McMichael96 said:
wow that music app looks sexy. I might have to try the MIUI rom. I heard it was a good rom to try out. I just went to CM10 jelly bean though. so I'll try that later. (2 lazy to try 2 roms in a day xD)
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I downloaded the apk from the internet(cant remember where) but it works on every ROM, so when switching between I can use it on all them lol

I would recommend you try Mixzing ( kinda like PowerAmp )
if you want nice UI with good amount of functionality I would recommend N7player
Here is the Google play link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5uN21vYmlsZS5ucGxheWVyIl0.

Player pro is the best.

SkookDroid said:
I downloaded the apk from the internet(cant remember where) but it works on every ROM, so when switching between I can use it on all them lol
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Bahh you don't get the full effects of the miui music player though if your not on miui.
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Best Apps To Have

Every device on XDA has one so why not us, I also own the tombile version but hey its basically the same thing, so i thought i might as well bring it over to our side
I'm going to share some useful applications I have on my GS2.
1.Rotation Locker - It locks your screen to either Portrait or Landscape. Awesome app to have when playing temple run in landscape.
2. Rom ToolBox Pro - ROM Toolbox combines apps like Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, ROM Manager, front changer, and etc. Basically your swiss army knife for a root user.
3. AdFree for Android - I hate annoying ads this app removes most ads in the browser and other apps.
4. MXPlayer - one of the best apps for viewing movies and online content if you dont want to use gallery.
5. ProPlayer Music Player - Awesome music player that support all music formats, built in EQ, allows you to change songs when phone in standby mode by just the volume button
6.Tweetcaster - Great App to use if you tried of twitter. other than that its a social networking app that needs no explanation
7. Amazon App Store - They offer a Free Paid App Of The Day (snag rom toolbox pro off of there this is a must have app) did i mention FREE PAID APP A DAY!!!!!
8. XDA App - No Explanation at all
9. Dolphin browser HD - To me Best web browser on the android market (Plz remember this is an opinion lol)
10. Audio Manager / hide it pro - If you have one of those girlfriends/wife that love going threw your phone (call log, sms, pictures.) This app is perfect for you. lets u hide pictures, videos, applications, messages, and calls in your phone in plain sight.
This is a community and we all have the same device so lets help each other out. If you want to know what's a good app is regarding your needs, ask in this thread and I, or others, will be able to help you out.
*NOTE* If you know any unique or useful applications dont be selfish and keep it to yourself, please add them in this thread so I and others on this thread can check them out. Hey you never know who you may help or surprise on this thread

A couple ones I find useful:
Zarchiver - a file manager/explorer program. Makes extracting and keeping track of things a lot easier.
App Garden - Bunch of utilities in one. Calculator, unit conversions, dictionary, etc. Great value and space saver.
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Also, not sure of this is really "useful", but if you're a fan of anime, I'd recommend you download Watchwhatanime. It's a free anime streaming app with an extremely wide selection, so you'll more than likely find whatever anime you're into. Especially good if you're into Naruto, Bleach or any other currently running anime that Crunchyroll holds out on. If you don't mind waiting an extra day, the latest episodes are available, as opposed to either waiting a week or paying for a crunchyroll subscription.
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Link to amazon app store?
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whatsapp
whatsapp and shazam

My list of essential apps:
AdFree
Apex Launcher
BetterBatteryStatus
Chrome
CPU Spy
ES File Explorer
MyBackup Root
Rom Toolbox
SwiftKey
Tapatalk
Tasker

I tried hide it pro but it wouldn't allow me to unhide apps, caused me a lot of grief.
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system tuner pro is probably the best app for everything from backups to uv'ing to oc'ing a must have for all root users

sly-tendencies said:
A couple ones I find useful:
Zarchiver - a file manager/explorer program. Makes extracting and keeping track of things a lot easier.
App Garden - Bunch of utilities in one. Calculator, unit conversions, dictionary, etc. Great value and space saver.
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Also, not sure of this is really "useful", but if you're a fan of anime, I'd recommend you download Watchwhatanime. It's a free anime streaming app with an extremely wide selection, so you'll more than likely find whatever anime you're into. Especially good if you're into Naruto, Bleach or any other currently running anime that Crunchyroll holds out on. If you don't mind waiting an extra day, the latest episodes are available, as opposed to either waiting a week or paying for a crunchyroll subscription.
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i am tried of crunchyroll n their B.S but i never unerstood how to watch anime using Watchwhatanime

Bronk93 said:
I tried hide it pro but it wouldn't allow me to unhide apps, caused me a lot of grief.
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did u forget ur pin code or something because i never had that problem

Nope. After I hid an app I'd go to the hidden apps section, highlight an app and select unhide but it never reappear in app drawer.
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My tops picks are:
Poweramp - music player
Beyondpod - podcast manager
Android Pro Widgets - tons of great home screen widgets
Color Note - great note pad
Tinyshark - player for music shark
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Titanium backup
Rom tool box
Tapatalk
Three best I can think of.

Jrude2262 said:
i am tried of crunchyroll n their B.S but i never unerstood how to watch anime using Watchwhatanime
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Have you seen the recently updated version? It's much easier. Just pick your anime, select the "episodes" tab, choose your episode and click a streaming link (options available for most of them are videoweed, video44, novamov) all streaming links for that episode contain the same episode. There's just multiple there in case one link is broken.
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Amazon app store link
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
Its on the right hand side of the screen.

Pulse - rss reader. I tend to read the same 15 or so websites every day. This makes it easy to scan all of them real quick and read the articles I want!
System tuner - for oc/under volt /sys configuration changes.. Easy to use!
Adfree
Terminal emulator
Es file explorer
My movies pro - I have 600 movies.. This app kicks ass!
Adfree
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-Power amp (or pro player if on twux variant for volume rocker support)
-Beyond pod for podcasts
-Speed view (reads your MPH, dash setting which reflects speed off windshield is actually really cool and works great at night)
-bacon reader
-Around Sound, Runtastic. Great combo for anyone wanting to keep track of workouts and have sound come thru over music if you like biking with headphones for example
-pulse/flipboard/currents
-friend Caster as a lightweight, sync when you want, FB alternative
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tamcdonald said:
My tops picks are:
Poweramp - music player
Beyondpod - podcast manager
Android Pro Widgets - tons of great home screen widgets
Color Note - great note pad
Tinyshark - player for music shark
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+1 for Android Pro Widgets, it's awesome. Also, I really like Taptu for all things news and rss related.
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My Best and Favorites
BlueTooth Audio Widget- Best for Rerouting all sound to BT devices
CPU Spy- Monitoring Cpu Data For Performance
Equalizer- Works good for Boosting In call Volume
TubeMate- Best for Downloading Everyone of your Favorite Youtube Videos(off the market app)
Meridian Media Player Revolute- Best for playing the Playlist you Make and Download with TubeMate
Screenshot ER Ultra- Best ScreenShot App in my Opinion
Screencast Video Recorder- Recording On Phone Screen Video and Mic Sound
ROM Toolbox Pro- Best for all your Own mods and Tweaks on your ROM
PowerAmp- AWESOME AUDIO PLAYER !
XDA Premium- U all know why! lol
ES File Explorer - Its just easy to work with and my personal preference

Dolphin hd
Power amp
Solid explorer
Rom manager
Android task killer
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Dropbox
Whatsapp
Speedtest
to name few

cooleslt apps you've discovered on this forum that aren't too popular

i've found a few...share them people
sendit- using google drive send a file to any phone/os in an sms
tasker- do it all through voice

Also give link with the app names
Thanks
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bump

OStream:Speed up your facebook.. Its awesome still in beta phase bt i love it!!
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touchretouch- edit photos after taken
pro hdr camera-excellent hdr camera
quick pic- excellent picture, thumnail, precaching of photos and videos. Excellent internal player too
photaf- 360 panoramic
powernzb-nzb downloader
bbc arabic

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People, I think the point of this was to post "Non- Play Store" apps, as in ones only found on forums on XDA.
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I think that the name and target of the thread is not clear enough.
It mentioned specifically "aren't too popular". So... wtf is 'What's up' doing with that?! And most of the rest.
Please only put apps that you found, use and not seen in the first pages on the forum. Do not make this a list with your apps... please!

okty2k said:
I think that the name and target of the thread is not clear enough.
It mentioned specifically "aren't too popular". So... wtf is 'What's up' doing with that?! And most of the rest.
Please only put apps that you found, use and not seen in the first pages on the forum. Do not make this a list with your apps... please!
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kcls said:
People, I think the point of this was to post "Non- Play Store" apps, as in ones only found on forums on XDA.
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The OP listed tasker as an app. Its on the play store. People can post whatever cool apps they use. If you don't like it, start your own thread.
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Streamlne said:
The OP listed tasker as an app. Its on the play store. People can post whatever cool apps they use. If you don't like it, start your own thread.
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This. And I mean seriously, how long until these apps hit market? It's the most available platform. A cool app is a cool app on xda or store

But we already have tons of "what's your favorite app" threads. It would be interesting to discover new sous that aren't already on the okay store. But it's whatever. Do as you please everyone.
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"coolest apps you've discovered on this forum that aren't too popular"
Maluuba
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maluuba.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYWx1dWJhLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..

ES file explorer: Holo Theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32439406
And dSploit, but that one is pretty popular, i guess
Greetz
// j_dee
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New rule you have to put a short description for each app you mention
Aptoide uploader is really nifty. You make yout own private app store for your friends. I liked it over a competitor appsfire.
Appsaffinity- goof apps discovery app
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Xperia Launcher + Widgets, modded to work on all devices...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34823516
YouTube with screen-off playback and HD via 3G
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23243273
Greet
// j_dee
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Nice j dee! I hate it when my youtube shuts off in the gym. Can't leave the screen on and put it back in my pocket
Come on peeps keep em coming. I like the list so far. It's small and precise not large and burgeoning. Let's go over something very relevant: STREAMING from your HD
Jbeans 4.2 Camera- Full Screen Camera (compared to 4.1.2) and gallery you could flash for your 4.1.2 phone
Mediahouse Player- An organized app that collects all the shared music videos off of shared directories on your computer use in conjunction with. Allows you to favorite directories/devices. Really neat app
mx player- easy ui can easily disable/enable hardware software encoding for audio and video during play
v player- like mxplayer, could be better with UI, but unlike MX player allows you to set buffer to a whopping 8mb...so longer initial load for video but plays back perfectly otherwise
ES file explorer- save network drives
I usually make the default player for ES v player and for media house mx player. Good setup. Mx Player allows you to manage defaults for video players in-app too. Another neat feature. Well worth the money for that app.
From the computer end there are a lot of options to stream (I made a post about this a while back...search on me) but I like PS3 Media server 1.70.1 for my PS3. It allows for real-time transcoding for devices where your video format (ie mkv) isn't available. I also install TVersity server on my computer end and both servers as well as the raw files allow me to wirelessly stream every tv show except for planet earth which has a ridiculous bitrate.
Only other thing to worry about on the computer end is to make sure your sharing settings etc are set up as openly as possible. I have a homegroup password and everyone in it is allowed to at least read my directories

Hey zetsui,
sure, I love my HOX and GNEX phones (by now even more than my PC) and why not participate in sharing cool underdog apps?
Is that Mediahouse player the one you can download from the Play Store? Sounds pretty usable to me
Greet
// j_dee
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Yes you can dl it from playstore it is thr upnp dlna browser.
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Mi sound recorder
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28295194
Way better than stock audio recorder. Can record as mp3 at 128kbit/s, good enough for me. Of course, you can increase it. Can record as ogg too.
Solid explorer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer
Might be popular, but worth a mention anyway. Fast, free, full of useful features, no ads... Did I mention the slick ui?
Cpu adjuster
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.cputweaks
Like setcpu, but free. You can have 3 profiles in the free version. Ought to be good enough for beginners.
Also worth checking out: servers ultimate.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.serversultimate
These apps are in xda too, but play store linking is more convenient.

Advanced Touchpad Remote Control
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arcoid.advancedtouchpad&hl=en
Turns the phone's screen into a multitouch touchpad.
Perfect for Laptops with short HDMI cables.

[Q] Smartwatch 2 + Music app + Nexus 5

Hi everyone,
I just got my Nexus 5 + KitKat and I tryed using the SW2, and everything seems ok, except the Music player as each time I try opening the app on the watch or starting playing music (with Google Music) on the phone, the Extra Smart Music app force closed.
(this app play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.extension.music )
I was using the Sony SW1 with a 2.3 device and music was OK with Google Music.
Did some of you had any issue with this app ? Or any other solution. It was the one great thing I loved doing with the first watch!
Thanks in advance

AriMK said:
Hi everyone,
I just got my Nexus 5 + KitKat and I tryed using the SW2, and everything seems ok, except the Music player as each time I try opening the app on the watch or starting playing music (with Google Music) on the phone, the Extra Smart Music app force closed.
(this app play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.extension.music )
I was using the Sony SW1 with a 2.3 device and music was OK with Google Music.
Did some of you had any issue with this app ? Or any other solution. It was the one great thing I loved doing with the first watch!
Thanks in advance
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Did you ever resolve this? I'm using the SW2 on a Nexus 5 and I tried 2 different music apps that both force close when I try to open them on my watch. Very annoying.

Nop did not find a way...
I will try to get it to Sony, but don't really know if they care that much for nexus 5 users right now...

Ok so I got it to work with Augmented SmartWatch
aleekwen said:
see user guide for SW2 and augmented augmentedtraffic.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/user-guide-for-augmented-smartwatch-pro-for-the-sony-sw2-finally-ready/
for google music open preferred music apps to "register" then you should be able to skip.
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Poweramp is the app I've been using. Great developer support and even has it's own smartwatch 1/2 app. Plus if I remember correctly the developer is an XDA regular.
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Ghost_1 said:
Poweramp is the app I've been using. Great developer support and even has it's own smartwatch 1/2 app. Plus if I remember correctly the developer is an XDA regular.
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Yes but Poweramp is not working with Google Music :/