[APP] SW2Play - Music Controller - Sony Smartwatch

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rahilm.sw2play
Music player remote for the Sony SmartWatch 2
***Requires Android 4.4 KitKat***
Made for Google Play Music and will work with any regularly updating music player available today. Explicitly tested with:
-Google Play Music
-Pandora
-Spotify
-n7player
-TuneIn
-iHeartRadio
-Slacker
** If you would like us to work on compatibility with other music players let us know, we'll do our best
Features:
-Play, pause, next track, previous track
-Current and previous song artwork displayed on gorgeous UI (transparency control setting on phone)
-Song, album, and artist name
-Low power (monochrome) mode
-Clock on screen (turn on or off from settings on phone)
Controls:
-Long press for play/pause
-Swipe right for previous song
-Swipe left for next song
-Swipe up for volume increase
-Swipe down for volume decrease
*Requires Notification Access*
We personally use this app and are actively working on it. If you come across bugs or want to make suggestions please contact us. Feedback is appreciated.
Smart Connect extension for SmartWatch 2
Changelog
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Version 1.1
-Fixed artwork issues with all major players
-Added clock and setting to turn clock on or off
-Added pause indicator and setting to turn it on or off
-Added setting to select variable opacity
-Added setting to select action for play/pause (tap or long-press)
-Battery optimization

n7player would be nice too... (it is a popular player aswell. I have no kitkat, but just said...)
Sent from my Galaxy Note 10.1 (N8000).

Hi,
Thanks for the recommendation. We tested with n7player and the app already fully works (artwork and controls).

rahilm said:
Search SW2Play on Play Store to find app (can't post links yet unfortunately)
***Requires Android 4.4 KitKat***
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Why need 4.4 API

Please add the ability to open your music apps from the watch app.

CityKiller said:
Why need 4.4 API
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The 4.4 API added a new class that allows access to metatada from any music player. This did not exist before. There are hidden APIs prior to 4.4, but they are very hit or miss and most of the time artwork can't be retrieved.
kill_dano said:
Please add the ability to open your music apps from the watch app.
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Thanks for the feedback. We will do our best to make this happen within the next week.

Great app
Excellent media controller, now album art shows. Many thanks

thanks bro

New update
Hi guys,
Just pushed an update up with the following changes:
Version 1.1
-Fixed artwork issues with all major players
-Added clock and setting to turn clock on or off
-Added pause indicator and setting to turn it on or off
-Added setting to select variable opacity
-Added setting to select action for play/pause (tap or long-press)
-Battery optimization
We are working very hard on an elegant solution to automatically start the music player of your choice. That feature is coming very soon. As always, your feedback is appreciated and we will do our best to incorporate any features you want.

Good looking app, just one suggestion/request. Not sure if it's possible but the option to like or dislike a song (Google Play Music) would be nice.

Where is app?
For the life of me I cant seem to find this app in the play store. What exactly is it called?

Rezsy said:
For the life of me I cant seem to find this app in the play store. What exactly is it called?
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Hi, thanks for your interest in the app. I PM'ed you a link to the app since I can't post links yet on the public forum.

rahilm said:
Hi, thanks for your interest in the app. I PM'ed you a link to the app since I can't post links yet on the public forum.
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Guess I should have read the requirements better. I have a galaxy note 2 so no kitkat only 4.3 :crying:

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Can I have the link to the app as I cannot find in the store?
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maurizio53 said:
Can I have the link to the app as I cannot find in the store?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rahilm.sw2play

Original Smartwatch
Hi rahilm!
Is it possible to make it compatible with the first sony smartwatch? The official Music Player extension doesn't work well with it, on Android 4.4 or its related to the outdated app. It starts or stops the music randomly when you wake up the watch.And it seems to take forever to load the app on the watch, the screen goes black when you open it and loads 10-20 seconds later.
If I am wrong and someone allready found a solution, fix to make the official app working with Google Play Music on Kit Kat please correct me and let me know.
Thanks in advance! Keep up the good work!

DaMRIP said:
Hi rahilm!
Is it possible to make it compatible with the first sony smartwatch? The official Music Player extension doesn't work well with it, on Android 4.4 or its related to the outdated app. It starts or stops the music randomly when you wake up the watch.And it seems to take forever to load the app on the watch, the screen goes black when you open it and loads 10-20 seconds later.
If I am wrong and someone allready found a solution, fix to make the official app working with Google Play Music on Kit Kat please correct me and let me know.
Thanks in advance! Keep up the good work!
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Hi,
We will look into it. The resolution is significantly worse on the original SmartWatch, so we are not sure how the UI will suffer.

Thanks for your great work. Is it planned to make it possible to switch betwen Albums?

olarf said:
Thanks for your great work. Is it planned to make it possible to switch betwen Albums?
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Do you mean playlist switch and stuff like that? Unfortunately, that is too player specific and we want to support as many players as possible. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
As an update, we are still working on a solution for opening the music player. It is proving difficult with what is allowed by Android APIs, but we are still working diligently toward it.

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[APP][2.2+] Shuttle Music Player

Hi all,
I'm the developer of Shuttle Music Player (formerly AMP).
Shuttle is a lightweight, simple & elegant music player for Android. It's based on the AOSP Music Player, with inspiration from the previous Google Play and the current Google Now.
Shuttle includes a built in equalizer, gapless playback (4.0+), queue support playlists, highly customizable widgets, sleep timer, scrobbling, dashclock support and more.
Shuttle has been on the Play Store for almost 6 months now, and is nearing 50.000 downloads!
Screenshot: imgur.com/og6Irh5
Link: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=another.music.player
Hey man, I love your app. Is the only player that works correctly on my phone :victory:.
Do you think there's a possibility to add ReplayGain support? I have some music that makes use of it and I can't enjoy them correctly because lack of that function.
I think it is Apple app when I see the shuttle
Jackos.Ch said:
Hey man, I love your app. Is the only player that works correctly on my phone :victory:.
Do you think there's a possibility to add ReplayGain support? I have some music that makes use of it and I can't enjoy them correctly because lack of that function.
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Thanks for the compliments, glad you're enjoying it. Replay gain is beyond the scope of Shuttle for now.. Since I use the Android API's for media playback, and there is no inherent support for replay gain.. So, it's not planned at this stage, sorry.
I think it is Apple app when I see the shuttle
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I don't quite understand..?
timusus said:
I don't quite understand..?
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I think he means Shuttle has a good design/UI.
timusus said:
(...) So, it's not planned at this stage, sorry.
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What a pity... Still the best player, though.
Today installed Shuttle+. Like it very much,nice UI.Only issue I have : While playing music, the EQ doesn't open and the app force closes.
After noticing this ,in CWM recovery I wiped cache,wiped Dalvik cache and fixed permissions on my leaked 4.2.2 Samsung S3 ROM. Problem persists.Can open EQ when there's no music playing,works fine then.
Imo EQ should be editable when playing music,as in Google Play Music.
Any thoughts and/or advice on this ?
Necro-post! Hopefully the dev is still around?
I'm switching from Google Play Music to Shuttle due to the fact that I don't like the way GPM behaves in 4.4.4 when I swipe it from the Recent Tasks (it stops playback, which is mind-boggling nonsense for me).
Is there any way to Import the playlists I have on GPM into Shuttle?
It would be nice to have the apk available as an attachment on the first post or a link directly to apk, instead of playstore.
ZCochrane said:
Necro-post! Hopefully the dev is still around?
I'm switching from Google Play Music to Shuttle due to the fact that I don't like the way GPM behaves in 4.4.4 when I swipe it from the Recent Tasks (it stops playback, which is mind-boggling nonsense for me).
Is there any way to Import the playlists I have on GPM into Shuttle?
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Why shouldn't he not? App is still in progress...last update few days ago to 1.4.8 (go to play store and there is a link to his community)
I like the player
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vergilbt said:
Why shouldn't he not? App is still in progress...last update few days ago to 1.4.8 (go to play store and there is a link to his community)
I like the player
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I didn't know about his community. I knew the app was actively developed, but when I wondered if he was still around I mostly meant I was wondering if he was around here on XDA forums. Apparently he isn't though.
Hey there, I want to start off by saying I love your app - truly a marvel of development. I plan on buying Shuttle+, but before I do I have a couple of questions:
1. What exactly does it mean when it says I can edit "some" tags? I seem to have an issue where the files I have added to my phone (OnePlus 2) that are of the same album do not go together, but instead create 2 or 3 separate albums. I do not have this issue with my iPod, and believe it is a tagging issue but I can't find any differences in the files themselves. Also will I be able to add or change artwork?
2. I have this issue where I am seeing double. But when I go to settings > apps > all, there is no "media store", but rather "media storage". Are these the same thing? Again, I am using OnePlus 2.
Thanks
Hi !! Just got Shuttle+ from the play store. I was looking for a nice alternative to HTC stock player (discontinued on the HTC10) and I found your feature-packed app wonderful ! Built in EQ is a great plus. Keep up the good work, glad to contribute by getting the pro version !
One feature I really liked from another app I tried (don't remember the name) is the possibility to blur the album cover on the lockscreen. Makes for a beautiful look while listening to music !
Thanks again

[APP][2.3+] Music Player (Remix)

I'd like to introduce everyone to a unique music player app that I've developed called "Music Player (Remix)". I started developing it 4 years ago as a homebrew app on the old webOS platform. It quickly became the most downloaded homebrew webOS app. I eventually released it into the official webOS app catalog and it became the #4 top-rated app (#1 in the Music category).
As a user, I moved to Android over 2 year ago and of all the apps I missed on webOS, the biggest one was my own being someone who loves listening to music all the time (at work, in the car, at home, doing the lawn, etc). I tried out all the other music apps, and they all had their positive points, but none of them had the unique features I put into Music Player (Remix). So eventually I decided to build my own app porting over a lot of the features in the webOS version that users on that platform loved, but added a lot of new features and changed the overall user interface. Now everything is just a swipe away, even when you're not in the app! (read below for details).
When developing the app, I really wanted to think outside-of-the-box when coming up with the best way to do things in a music app. As a result, Music Player (Remix) has a lot of features and design concepts that you won't find in any other music app, but when you experience them you'll wonder how you ever lived without them.
Here's a list of some of the biggest features:
- Large, finger-friendly controls on phones and tablets. Tap the top of the album art to pause/play. Tap the bottom-right to go to the next track. Tap the bottom-left to go to the previous track.
- While using other apps, swipe from the bottom of the screen to reveal the "mini-player" allowing you to control your music & access your now playing list, playlists, and faves without leaving other apps.
- Notification when new songs are added to your device (can be disabled).
- Intuitive swipe navigation and gestures:
* Swipe from bottom for the Now Playing list and music controls.
* Swipe from right for your music library, search, help, preferences, and aesthetic customizations.
* Swipe from left for faves, playlists, and autolists.
* Swipe right on a song in the Now Playing list to remove it. Swipe left to queue it to play next. (customizable)
* Swipe right on a song in a playlist to remove it. Swipe left to move it to the top of the list. (customizable)
- Auto-generated playlists (called "Autolists") available based upon your listening habits.
- 5 customizable quick shortcuts at the top of the Now Playing screen. Assign various functions to each one included Add to Playlist, Save bookmark, Lyrics, Share song, View YouTube video, and much more.
- All screens are optimized for portrait & landscape orientations.
- The Now Playing screen has been optimized for 7" & 8.9"/10" tablets. (Eventually will be modifying all the app's screens)
- All library browsing screens have several display & sorting options.
- Save bookmarks in a song & visual markers will appear on the scrubber bar. Tap prev/next to jump between bookmarks or use the "View Bookmarks" option to select a bookmark.
- Any time you play a song, a bookmark is automatically saved when you leave the song. To go back to the previous play position in a song, use the "View Bookmarks" option.
- Download album art for any song or album. Select from several choices with different image resolutions. Album art is embedded directly in the music files.
- Download lyrics and embed directly in the music file (or optionally save in an external text file). Pinch/zoom the lyrics to change the font size. Karaoke feature for recording yourself singing along.
- Advanced playlist management including drag/drop song re-ordering & multi-add mode. While in multi-add mode, go to any screen within the app and tap songs/albums/artists/genres/composers to quickly add them to the playlist.
- In-app wikipedia browser available for albums, artists, genres, and composers.
- Jellybean expandable notifications with super-sized album art and music controls.
- 5 band equalizer with built-in presets, bass boost, and virtualizer.
- Last.fm scrobbling with caching during internet outages (no external app required to be installed for scrobbling).
- Stylish 4x1 & 4x2 home screen widgets with customizable color & opacity.
- Various lock screen control options including basic controls (ICS+), advanced mini-player controls (ICS+), or the 4x2 widget (Android 4.2+).
- Fine-tuned controls for quickly skipping backward & forward by 5/30/60 seconds. Long-tap the pause/play tap area to reveal (or hide) the controls.
- And much, much more!!!
There is a free, fully-functional 14-day trial available in the Google Play Store. The full version (priced at $4.99) is also available in the Google Play Store and Amazon App Store. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
Download link??
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jaestreetss said:
Download link??
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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He says it's in the google play store.
The forum rules at the top of this forum section indicate your can't post links to your app if it's commercial. So I didn't post the link. The trial version is free, so am I allowed to post a link to that?
But anyway, you can find it in the Google Play Store or Amazon App Store by searching for "Music Player (Remix)".
DanPLC said:
The forum rules at the top of this forum section indicate your can't post links to your app if it's commercial. So I didn't post the link. The trial version is free, so am I allowed to post a link to that?
But anyway, you can find it in the Google Play Store or Amazon App Store by searching for "Music Player (Remix)".
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Yes,if you have a trial version you can post it here!
It's not allowed if you post only the paid version..
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Nezys said:
Yes,if you have a trial version you can post it here!
It's not allowed if you post only the paid version..
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Thanks! I wasn't sure how to interpret the rules, so I erred on the safe side. Right now I can't post links anyway due to my limited post count, but once my account gets upgraded/updated, I'll post the link to the trial version.
But in the meantime, please search for "Music Player (Remix)" in the Play Store and you should find the trial version. Try it out and let me know your impressions in this thread.
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Thanks! I wasn't sure how to interpret the rules, so I erred on the safe side. Right now I can't post links anyway due to my limited post count, but once my account gets upgraded/updated, I'll post the link to the trial version.
But in the meantime, please search for "Music Player (Remix)" in the Play Store and you should find the trial version. Try it out and let me know your impressions in this thread.
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Here you go
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hedami.mprtrial
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Here you go
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hedami.mprtrial
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Thanks!
Version 1.4.3 has been released to the Google Play Store and Amazon App Store. It has a new autolist called "Breath of Fresh Air" that allows you to play a random mix of songs you haven't played recently. It also contains a bunch of bug fixes.
The 14-day free, fully-functional trial version is being reset for all users!
Here's the complete changelog:
- (New Feature) Add 'Breath of Fresh Air' autolist (random mix of songs not recently played).
- (Bug Fix) NuPlay new song notifications sometimes did not appear immediately on certain devices.
- (Bug Fix) If the 'Auto play when loading app' setting was selected (on the 'Miscellaneous' Preferences screen) and you switched orientations while the music was paused, the music would resume playing.
- (Bug Fix) The basic lockscreen controls would sometimes still appear even after disabling them or even killing the app.
- (Bug Fix) If you switched to a bookmark from the widget or notification controls and then brought up the mini-player, the song/album/artist info would be blank.
- (Bug Fix) Fixes for various causes of app crashes.
- (Bug Fix) Users in a restricted profile under Android 4.3+ may not have access to all apps (such as a web browser), so before launching an external app (for instance to view a web page), verify the user has access to that external resource. If not, display an error.
Checking it out :thumbup:
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Checking it out :thumbup:
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Thanks, let me know what you think.
Immediate reaction... Its really good :thumbup: the options given are so much I need some days to fully check it out properly
Just one suggestion for now... I missed the play/pause and next/ previous song buttons. Then I found out it was hidden in the album art. A small downfall there.. And when I first opened the app... The music directly started blasting ( a heavy metal one ) and I freaked out. ( was alone in a dark room... Imagine my horror!! )
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Immediate reaction... Its really good :thumbup: the options given are so much I need some days to fully check it out properly
Just one suggestion for now... I missed the play/pause and next/ previous song buttons. Then I found out it was hidden in the album art. A small downfall there.. And when I first opened the app... The music directly started blasting ( a heavy metal one ) and I freaked out. ( was alone in a dark room... Imagine my horror!! )
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Yeah I plan on adding a welcome screen to introduce users to the user interface. But I figure most people like you figure out where the controls are.
Yeah the first time you load the app, it starts a "Shuffle All" list. It won't auto-play on subsequent loads, unless you turn the option on via the Preferences screen (tap the gear icon at the top of the right-side sliding panel).
I'd still prefer a seperate play/pause and prev/next buttons.
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I'd still prefer a seperate play/pause and prev/next buttons.
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You have them, but they're incorporated on the album art for 2 reasons:
1) The controls are much larger (finger-friendly). It's so easy to use without even looking at the screen. Really nice in the car (when docked).
2) Removing the separate controls allows room for the customizable preset controls for one-touch access to your favorite functions (bookmarks, lyrics, album art downloading, youtube videos, album & artist search, etc.)
When designing this user interface I wanted to think outside of the box. Give it a try and I think you'll really like it once you use it awhile.
I guess it was in the opening post
Didn't read it well will see it through and nice thought :thumbup: :beer:
thnxx
Have a bit of dilemma...
Hi, I'm using your app as of now (while typing this post) and it's pretty great, but..
But when I press the Next button on Album Art, sometimes the music forwards due to pressing the music time-line (or what you might call it) accidentally. Also true and vice-versa with the Previous button.
Any fix and/or suggestion pal?
souler456 said:
Hi, I'm using your app as of now (while typing this post) and it's pretty great, but..
But when I press the Next button on Album Art, sometimes the music forwards due to pressing the music time-line (or what you might call it) accidentally. Also true and vice-versa with the Previous button.
Any fix and/or suggestion pal?
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Are you talking about the fine-tuned controls (5sec, 30sec, 60sec backward/forward)? If so, just long-tap the pause/play section of the album art to toggle those controls.
If you're talking about the scrubber bar, it shouldn't be anywhere near the album art...at least not close enough to affect the controls. If it is on your device, please post a screenshot (or send me one to hedami DOT support AT gmail DOT com).
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Are you talking about the fine-tuned controls (5sec, 30sec, 60sec backward/forward)? If so, just long-tap the pause/play section of the album art to toggle those controls.
If you're talking about the scrubber bar, it shouldn't be anywhere near the album art...at least not close enough to affect the controls. If it is on your device, please post a screenshot (or send me one to hedami DOT support AT gmail DOT com).
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Here it is, the blue line. By the way, I'm using LG Optimus L3 CM9 ICS (MDPI)...

[APP][4.0+][MATERIAL]Liquid Music Player

Liquid Music Player (Material design music player)
Simple is the new Smart.
Liquid Music Player is a new and innovative and revolutionary app which is stable and 4.0+ version of marine music player beta and continuously in development
One of the most beautiful and best material design music for Android!
This app is one of the most powerful yet simple and surprisingly faster than other apps.
Beautiful skins to make your music player look more outstanding, and these also make your music player get the next level experience.
Material design music is evolving, please try it and tell your opinion to make it grow together.
Currently it has following Features:-
1)Best Material design music player
1)Browse and play your music by albums, artists, genres, songs, playlists recents and folders.
2)Create and Edit Playlist
3)Scrobbling support via scrobble droid and simple last.fm
4)embedded lyrics support
5)lyric support via third party plugin
6)7 band Equalizer
7)Preset and bass boost support
8)lockscreen support for 4.0+
9)3 home screen WIDGETS (4x2,4x2,4x1).
10)Use album art color (a unique feature try it)
11) Notification STATUS support: display album artwork, title and artist, play/pause, skip forward and stop controls in notification status.
12) Headset/Bluetooth Controls
13) display cool transparency effect when playing
14) artist art and genre art are made from combination of album and songs art .
15) SHAKE IT feature: give your phone a shake to play next/previous song
16) Gorgeous background skins, cool transparency effect for beautiful experience
17) Headset support. Support one button and multiple buttons headsets. Leave your device in the pocket!
18) Music Library with SEARCH. Find all your music never been so easy.
19)gapless playback support
20)programmable sleep timer
21)Editing Tags
22)Many Theme
23)Ability to Customize Every aspect of app
24)use album art color in playing view
25) 6 theme color
26)light and dark theme
27)card view support
28)consume as little as 10MB of RAM.(Only service RAM is 10 mb)
29)crop album art
30)many sorting modes
31)support for lst and grid views
32)pause album art loading for smooth scrolling.
Functions IN Pro version:-
1)Many more themes
2)metadata editor
3)future update support
and many more
For any issues ,please drop us a mail instead of giving 1 star.
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[APP][4.0+][MATERIAL]Liquid Music Player, App for all devices (see above for details)
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AndroidRockers
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Status: Stable
Stable Release Date: 2015-04-12
Created 2015-04-12
Last Updated 2015-04-12
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Is very similar to Eleven app from cyanogenmod 12 but no it is'nt at all. Very good app but when i set the equalizer i get a force close window.
GreekDragon said:
Is very similar to Eleven app from cyanogenmod 12 but no it is'nt at all. Very good app but when i set the equalizer i get a force close window.
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did u reported the error on google play , i dont find any error reported ?? please report it so that i can take a look into it why it is force closing
Would you please share an apk? I don't have the Google Play Market, but I wish to test your app. TIA
Just installed this player, it has a lot of potential! It would be good if you could add the following:
1. Repair the option to keep aspect ratio of album art, it doesn't work now, always stretches it!
2. Add option for separate artist images in Artist view, now it uses only album art
3. Add option for list view in the artist tab.
4. When you browse album tracks, the album art on the top is a low quality thumbnail, can this be fixed to use the same resolution as the now playing tab?
In the end, a question - What's the difference between marine and liquid players?
Cheers!
belyava said:
Would you please share an apk? I don't have the Google Play Market, but I wish to test your app. TIA
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sorry for the late reply,i will see what i can do about that, but it is easier u know if u use play store
Alanon said:
Just installed this player, it has a lot of potential! It would be good if you could add the following:
1. Repair the option to keep aspect ratio of album art, it doesn't work now, always stretches it!
2. Add option for separate artist images in Artist view, now it uses only album art
3. Add option for list view in the artist tab.
4. When you browse album tracks, the album art on the top is a low quality thumbnail, can this be fixed to use the same resolution as the now playing tab?
In the end, a question - What's the difference between marine and liquid players?
Cheers!
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i will try to answer your query one by one
1)yup it is suppose to be stretching it, but it will be working as u said in next version.
2)will be added in future release.
3)it is already there in artist view
4)sure will be done in next release.
as per the difference marine is beta and 2.3+ supported and liquid is 4.0+ and perfertly stable release and will also gain many future feature updates.
I have been using your music player all day and I like it so far. I was using myplayer as my default but he changed the now playing ui and I don't like it. So here are my thoughts on your app so far:
UI: Very nice, looks very good and follows material much better than Google music does haha. I am looking forward to you fixing the album art cropping so the now playing screen isn't stretched.
2. Navigation nice and smooth moving around the app except for the now playing screen. When sliding to a different track it's not a smooth transition, you swipe and then a second later the art slides but it seems like there is a hesitation. Perhaps make it buffer the next couple of tracks album art so it doesn't have to load the new art each time as it seems it slows down the transition.
Also when you're in the navigation drawer and select a track to play it shows up on the bottom bar. I would like to be able to drag this up to show the now playing screen instead of having to tap it to open. Navigation should be about sliding and swiping and flowing smoothly. Once these issues are ironed out then you will have the best music player out there and I will happily purchase the pro version.
chrisrj28 said:
I have been using your music player all day and I like it so far. I was using myplayer as my default but he changed the now playing ui and I don't like it. So here are my thoughts on your app so far:
UI: Very nice, looks very good and follows material much better than Google music does haha. I am looking forward to you fixing the album art cropping so the now playing screen isn't stretched.
2. Navigation nice and smooth moving around the app except for the now playing screen. When sliding to a different track it's not a smooth transition, you swipe and then a second later the art slides but it seems like there is a hesitation. Perhaps make it buffer the next couple of tracks album art so it doesn't have to load the new art each time as it seems it slows down the transition.
Also when you're in the navigation drawer and select a track to play it shows up on the bottom bar. I would like to be able to drag this up to show the now playing screen instead of having to tap it to open. Navigation should be about sliding and swiping and flowing smoothly. Once these issues are ironed out then you will have the best music player out there and I will happily purchase the pro version.
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hi regarding your issue,
1. will be fixed in next version
2. yes there is a hesitation becoz it was never meant to be animated but i will see what i can do about the issue and if possible completely eradicate the hesitation.
3.there is a option in setting to open the slider when u play a song
I managed to install your player. The overall impression is very good. But there are few issues for me. First, I don't have lockscreen controls, even though it's enabled in options. Secondly, the player picked up my notification sounds from SD although I enabled the corresponding option. Now, I moved them to system partition and it solved my problem. And finaly: a song starts from the beginning, if the player was closed with that song paused. I wish it could remember the position. Thank you for your work
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I managed to install your player. The overall impression is very good. But there are few issues for me. First, I don't have lockscreen controls, even though it's enabled in options. Secondly, the player picked up my notification sounds from SD although I enabled the corresponding option. Now, I moved them to system partition and it solved my problem. And finaly: a song starts from the beginning, if the player was closed with that song paused. I wish it could remember the position. Thank you for your work
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if u have enabled it then u need to play a new song to be shown lockscreen controls otherwise i dont how will it not be shown.
there is no option to disable notification sound showing in my app although there is a option to skip songs which are less than 45 seconds.
well it is supposed to be starting from where it was paused maybe a bug or device specific issue it works perfectly on all my 3 devices and emulator also
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if u have enabled it then u need to play a new song to be shown lockscreen controls otherwise i dont how will it not be shown.
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Oh, come on, I am not the first day with android. Before posting here I waited a few days, cleared data & cache. But the controls did not show up, while with other players did
there is no option to disable notification sound showing in my app although there is a option to skip songs which are less than 45 seconds.
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Well, obviously, the option isn't working
well it is supposed to be starting from where it was paused maybe a bug or device specific issue it works perfectly on all my 3 devices and emulator also
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Let's make it clear: pause a song e.g. by pulling the earphone cord, then close the notification. After some hours I press play on the widget and the song starts from the beginning. Even if I tap the widget so it takes me to the "now playing" screen, where I see the progress bar telling me that a half of the song is been played, and press the play button the song jumps to the beginning.
I hope it's clear enough =)
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Oh, come on, I am not the first day with android. Before posting here I waited a few days, cleared data & cache. But the controls did not show up, while with other players did
Well, obviously, the option isn't working
Let's make it clear: pause a song e.g. by pulling the earphone cord, then close the notification. After some hours I press play on the widget and the song starts from the beginning. Even if I tap the widget so it takes me to the "now playing" screen, where I see the progress bar telling me that a half of the song is been played, and press the play button the song jumps to the beginning.
I hope it's clear enough =)
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hi , i didnt meant you to be dumb but sometimes we forget even the smallest of things that is why i asked to confirm if u have done it correctly.
regarding 1st 2 issue i can confirm both settings works fine in all my 3 devices, so can u provide your device name, manufacturer, rom u use,android version, and other apps which show lockscreen controls
the 3rd issue has been fixed in the source code and commited to production code, so next release it will be done, sorry but at first i didnt understood what u where asking but u cleared it up 2nd time
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hi , i didnt meant you to be dumb but sometimes we forget even the smallest of things that is why i asked to confirm if u have done it correctly.
regarding 1st 2 issue i can confirm both settings works fine in all my 3 devices, so can u provide your device name, manufacturer, rom u use,android version, and other apps which show lockscreen controls
the 3rd issue has been fixed in the source code and commited to production code, so next release it will be done, sorry but at first i didnt understood what u where asking but u cleared it up 2nd time
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It's ok I'm having a Samsung Galaxy Gio running CM 10.1, Android 4.2.2. Lockscreen controls are shown with Omich player, Shuttle music, Appolo, and many others.
Regarding the third issue, all aforementioned players have it, except Omich
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It's ok I'm having a Samsung Galaxy Gio running CM 10.1, Android 4.2.2. Lockscreen controls are shown with Omich player, Shuttle music, Appolo, and many others.
Regarding the third issue, all aforementioned players have it, except Omich
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hey please try this player https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.music.marine , its 2.3+ version of liquid player and liquid hasnt been given the latest update so please try this and reply.
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hey please try this player https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.music.marine , its 2.3+ version of liquid player and liquid hasnt been given the latest update so please try this and reply.
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Thanks, that one has lockscreen controls.

[APP][4.0+][MATERIAL]Ghost Music Player

Ghost Music Player (Music Player Mp3)
Simple is the new Smart.
Ghost Music Player is a new and innovative and revolutionary app which is continuously in development
One of the most beautiful and powerful material design music for Android!
This app is one of the most powerful yet simple and surprisingly faster than other apps.
Beautiful skins to make your music player look more outstanding, and these also make your music player get the next level experience.
Material design music is evolving, please try it and tell your opinion to make it grow together.
Currently it has following Features:-
1)Best Material design music player
1)Browse and play your music by albums, artists, genres, songs, playlists recents.
2)Create and Edit Playlist
3)Scrobbling support via scrobble droid and simple last.fm
4)embedded lyrics support
5)lyric support via third party plugin
6)7 band Equalizer
7)Preset and bass boost support
8)lockscreen support for 4.0+
9)3 home screen WIDGETS (4x2,4x2,4x1,4x4).
10)Use album art color (a unique feature try it)
11) Notification STATUS support: display album artwork, title and artist, play/pause, skip forward and stop controls in notification status.
12) Headset/Bluetooth Controls
13) display cool transparency effect when playing
14) artist art and genre art are made from combination of album and songs art .
15) SHAKE IT feature: give your phone a shake to play next/previous song
16) Gorgeous background skins, cool transparency effect for beautiful experience
17) Headset support. Support one button and multiple buttons headsets. Leave your device in the pocket!
18) Music Library with SEARCH. Find all your music never been so easy.
19)gapless playback support
20)programmable sleep timer
21)Viewing Tags
22)Many Theme
23)Ability to Customize Every aspect of app
24)use album art color in playing view
25) 4 theme color
26)6 accent color
26)light and dark theme
27)card view support
28)consume as little as 10MB of RAM.(Only service RAM is 10 mb)
29)crop album art
30)many sorting modes
31)support for list and grid views
32)pause album art loading for smooth scrolling.
33)Auto Album Art Downloader
34)Flip to Pause
35)Setting to Ignore Short Settings
36)Stop Song after completion (useful for learning)
37)custom action support for gesture
38)cool blurring effect in playing View
39)View recently played songs
40)mark songs as favourite
41)View Album art as Gmail Style Placeholder
Listen to Songs where you left off always
and many more
Pro Version Features:-
1)16 Theme Background
2)36 Accent Color theme
3)Song Meta Data Editing
4)Add Remove Sort Tab in Library
5)Select Default Tab in Library
5)Folder Tab in Library
6)Ability to see Album Artist instead of Artist only
7)Personalized Section in App
8)Ability to Most Played Tracks with count
9)CrossFade in PlayPause
10)Change CrossFade Duration
11)Ability to change single, double and triple actions
12)Show Playback Rate and Sample rate of song in playing view
13)Show Total count info in Notification and playing View
14)Ability to See album artist genre recent in 6 different types
15)Ability to See tracks playing folders as card views
16)Ability to change grid column of album artist genre and recent tab
17)All Future Features
18)Developer Love
Please Make sure to try the free version first before purchasing .
Thank You, Hope you like the Player
For any issues ,please drop us a mail instead of giving 1 star.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ankit.musicplayer.xenon
Pro Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ankit.musicplayer.pro
For any Feedback and feature and suggestion just post it here or shoot me a email
XDA:DevDB Information
Ghost Music Player, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
AndroidRockers
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 0.1
Stable Release Date: 2016-05-17
Created 2016-05-17
Last Updated 2016-05-18
Reserved
Reserved
0.3 released
*fixed 2 crash logs
Guys what feature i should include next please give feedback
So what is the difference between this and Marine Music player or lantern music player or any other music player you have created? It's nice looking but the gestures do not operate very well. When sliding to the next track it's not smooth at all, much like the other players you have created.
I'm not trying to be negative but I've bought one of your previous players before and you dropped support for it.
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So what is the difference between this and Marine Music player or lantern music player or any other music player you have created? It's nice looking but the gestures do not operate very well. When sliding to the next track it's not smooth at all, much like the other players you have created.
I'm not trying to be negative but I've bought one of your previous players before and you dropped support for it.
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chris let me clear things for you:
1)lantern player is not mine and i have no idea whose it is.
2)marine music player and ghost have a big difference in terms of theme, there theme engine is totally different .
Infact there theme engine is so different that i couldnt combine them, also user preference not all users will like this theme engine
AND MARINE AND GHOST have a big difference :-
marine was ads and pro model while ghost is ad free with less features and pro for more features
3)as far as i know i have only one pro version and that is updated with every feature you see here and i havent dropped support for any pro version , btw did you contacted to check if i dropped support or not?
4)about the thing you mentioned i already have that in my todo list and i guess it will be done in next release , if it was a easy issue i would have done it already, and it only swipe slows rest it works superb , if you want an feature request you can do it.
P.S: i already tried doing that swiping logic twice and discarded becoz i didnt like the performace and i hope this time logic
will be better and pass my performance test
Hello there, just updated to the latest and I noticed that the album art is smaller now. Is that on purpose?
chrisrj28 said:
Hello there, just updated to the latest and I noticed that the album art is smaller now. Is that on purpose?
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yes your feature request was granted did you check it is now , it is now scrolling smooth, it is precatching so now 5-10% more memory requirement , also as a consequence the setting for gestures in which you can customize the actions is gone too, so much for smooth scrolling
also added multi select
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yes your feature request was granted did you check it is now , it is now scrolling smooth, it is precatching so now 5-10% more memory requirement , also as a consequence the setting for gestures in which you can customize the actions is gone too, so much for smooth scrolling
also added multi select
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Yes the scrolling is way better now thank you, but it's it possible to have the art back to the original size it was before?
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Yes the scrolling is way better now thank you, but it's it possible to have the art back to the original size it was before?
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currently this isnt possible but i think maybe i should add it , why did you like the old design better?
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currently this isnt possible but i think maybe i should add it , why did you like the old design better?
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So I think the larger art just looks better. Here is a music player that has the sliding feature like yours but with the full art so I know that it is possible
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So I think the larger art just looks better. Here is a music player that has the sliding feature like yours but with the full art so I know that it is possible
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by not possible i mean not possible in current release becoz i havent coded it that way , it is surely possible
delete...had a volume issue, but uninstalled then reinstalled. Fixed now?
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delete...had a volume issue, but uninstalled then reinstalled. Fixed now?
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what do you mean by volume issue please explain?
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what do you mean by volume issue please explain?
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After purchasing Pro, the volume was alot lower than free. I had to crank up the volume. I uninstalled then reinstalled and now it's perfect?
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After purchasing Pro, the volume was alot lower than free. I had to crank up the volume. I uninstalled then reinstalled and now it's perfect?
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that was a issue in 0.4 version of both free and paid you must have installed 0.5 so your issue was resolved
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After purchasing Pro, the volume was alot lower than free. I had to crank up the volume. I uninstalled then reinstalled and now it's perfect
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i see you are the user who posted on google plus right?
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i see you are the user who posted on google plus right?
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yeah, and yeah, installed the latest on play store and gave 5 stars. Loving this player?
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yeah, and yeah, installed the latest on play store and gave 5 stars. Loving this player
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ty for the compliment and also if you haven't noticed it consumed the least RAM, it is one of the least RAM consuming player in the market, only very very few can match my player
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yeah, and yeah, installed the latest on play store and gave 5 stars. Loving this player?
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just let me know where did you heard about this app? i mean from which site or direct google play search?

[APP][TimberX] Material theme music player written in Kotlin+Architecture components

Around 6 months back, I decided to completely rewrite my Timber music player and today I have published the new version, TimberX.
https://github.com/naman14/TimberX
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naman14.timberx
TimberX is built with latest development tools and design patterns.
- Written in Kotlin
- Android Architecture Components (ViewModels, Livedata, Room)
- Databinding
TimberX works across all devices including
- Phones
- Android Wear
- Android Auto
- Chromecast and other cast devices
- Google Assistant
I know that there are lots of music players out there but I always wanted to rewrite my original music player in Kotlin and properly explore the capabilities of the MediaSession APIs in Android. This new version is built on a single MediaBrowserService that is used by all connecting clients.
Looking forward to the feedback on the architecture of the app and contributions are welcome. Thanks!
The app on play store is paid, exactly same version is available on Github release for free and is also attached here
Looks really good so far! I bought the paid version because the UI is so pretty. How do you get into the extra options though? I can't find an actual settings button. Also on the player screen the 3 dot menu button on the top right is unresponsive on my Pixel 2 Android 9
Thanks for purchasing! There is no settings menu as such in the app currently. Will fix the overflow menu on player screen
looks amazing and finally music player with material design v2 , thanks , i hope you ll update it regularly
Yes! Have already started working on adding dark mode
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Thanks for purchasing! There is no settings menu as such in the app currently. Will fix the overflow menu on player screen
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Awesome. Can't wait to see where it goes. Looks so good already. ?
I have a few questions regarding the app's features:
- Will the upcoming dark mode come as dark grey or black?
- Any chance for opus support?
- How do lyrics work?
Other than that it's coming along. Here are some things I noticed:
- App crashes when viewing albums on 5.1.1 (Stock LG)
- FLAC, m4a, wma, and even OGG work
- "Up next", very useful for shuffle or long playlists
- Spacious UI for the now playing screen
- Seekbar starts at the end of the line. Timestamp works otherwise
- Responsive, no stuttering
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I have a few questions regarding the app's features:
- Will the upcoming dark mode come as dark grey or black?
- Any chance for opus support?
- How do lyrics work?
Other than that it's coming along. Here are some things I noticed:
- App crashes when viewing albums on 5.1.1 (Stock LG)
- FLAC, m4a, wma, and even OGG work
- "Up next", very useful for shuffle or long playlists
- Spacious UI for the now playing screen
- Seekbar starts at the end of the line. Timestamp works otherwise
- Responsive, no stuttering
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- Depends on the implementation that will be followed, the last time I added theme engine to Timber, there was too much theming sepcific code throughout the app. I want to avoid that this time. If I am able to find a clean way to implement dark mode then yeah, there will be more combinations available.
- Opus support is not planned currently
- Lyrics are fetched from a public api- makeitpersonal.co
Lyrics embedded in the mp3 file will be parsed and displayed in next release.
Will check the crash on album details. Thanks for the detailed feedback.
Can u please increse the size of album art. its looks too small. and looks uglish
Hi, love this app! I can do some french translation with pleasure
Nice. Will look awesome with dark theme. :good:
One bug - 3 dot menu isn't accessible in "now playing" page.
Looks awesome. I recommend everyone to try it. Great work Naman
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Can u please increse the size of album art. its looks too small. and looks uglish
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Can you please attach a screenshot and confirm your device, I think this may be happening on low resolution devices.
How to use this with WearOs?
Hi, i bought the app on the Play Store and it is clean. But i was interested to know how to use this with WearOs?
peayush said:
Hi, i bought the app on the Play Store and it is clean. But i was interested to know how to use this with WearOs?
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If you have a smartwatch, then start playing any song with your phone and then you can swipe left on the now playing notification in your watch to access controls and swipe left again to access you whole music library on the watch.
Oh, i had hoped for a smartwatch app as well. Anyway, the above mentioned things work with the default music player as well.
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If you have a smartwatch, then start playing any song with your phone and then you can swipe left on the now playing notification in your watch to access controls and swipe left again to access you whole music library on the watch.
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Hey, so how do I use it on Google Assistant? I can't even use it because it doesn't recognize the app's name.
I also found a bug: The song progress bar and time don't reset when the song ends.
Also I'd like the ability to use my own time-stamped lyrics, and to be able to customize the player more.
This app is interesting nonetheless!
Josesanchez0117 said:
Hey, so how do I use it on Google Assistant? I can't even use it because it doesn't recognize the app's name.
I also found a bug: The song progress bar and time don't reset when the song ends.
Also I'd like the ability to use my own time-stamped lyrics, and to be able to customize the player more.
This app is interesting nonetheless!
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Hi! Can you check if you are able to control playback using Assistant (try saying play song/pause song/next song when you are using Timber), or does assistant doesn't work at all?
Already noted the progressbar bug, more customisability will be soon be added in future releases.
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Nice. Will look awesome with dark theme. :good:
One bug - 3 dot menu isn't accessible in "now playing" page.
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Added as a bug, will be fixed in next release
It mixed number of albums and songs ?? . Like in the picture attached, Kanye West has 117 albums and 8 songs instead of 117 songs and 8 albums

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