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[APP] Music Controls as APP -Remoter -Its in the Market!

As i wanted to control my music via LauncherPros Dock i created a few small apps to do it, Play/Pause, Next and Prev. Track, Shuffle and Repeat are actually working. At the moment it only works with the Stock Android Music Player, but further support for other music player apps will be included when it hits the market.
I have planned another app to show the actually playing track in a toast popup, but thats not ready at all.
As far as i know it should also work with widgetLockers custom sliders, in folders, with the more icons widget and so on, everywhere where an app is possible to be started.
I attached the apps, they are only signed for approx 90 days(from the 23rd on), cause its only a test package, there are no icons, but will be done when it is released to market...
Remoter is only a working title

I have now confirmed it to be working with Widget Locker, really works like a charm

Nice...................

working fine with ADW launcher, am using them like small icons on the home screen

What does "signed for 90 days" mean? This will stop working after 90 days or I won't be able to install, but if I installed it earlier I could use it?

Works great mate... thx for your hard work. cheers.

Works great!

Truly handy app. I look forward to future development. I only used 2 out of the 3 docks in LP, so this was exactly what I needed...

This sounds like a great idea. I run ADW on CM6.0.0 so I'm glad to see mention that it works on ADW (figured it would). I downloaded and will give this a try later on this evening if I remember lol. I have been using MortPlayer as my music player of choice and it's widget leaves much to be desired so this'll add some useful functionality for me.

Great app!!
Here are some icons I made very quickly.
Previous arrow, play, next, and a clear/transparent icon are included.

can i see a screenshot of it in action?
how do i install this? sorry..

can it control music streaming apps?
can this be adapted to control music steaming services, like pandora, slacker, and last.fm...I'd love to be able to have one single ui control whatever streaming app that is currently running

At first thank you all,
Signed for 90 days means you will just be able to install it for 90 days
Have just added icons yesterday, also done 2 apps for switching Shuffle and Repeat states.
I am actually working on multiple music player support, some feedback from the apps(like a popup, short vibrate), to pack them all in one APK and an app wich pops up all possible information about the song playing(Cover, Artist, Title, Album).
Suggestions are welcome!
Will release further updates to the market!

Your work are great man, here another SS.
maybe a shortcut for playlist are good too.
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Not working on vibrant. Maybe soon

Samsung uses its own music player am i right? This will be a rather hard task to do, cause the player is closed source and doesnt necessarily have an interface like the stock player, but i promise, i'll look for it, but i can't promise anything. Havent seen any other widget that works with the Samsung or X10, a bad sign.
Actually I am working on 2 things for my apps:
-Packaging them all into one APK, there will be 2 packages in the market, the main pack will contain Play/Pause, Prev and Next track, the donation Pack will also contain Repeat, Shuffle and maybe some additional features.
-Popups for the Actual State of the Player e.g. Playing track, Paused, track skipped and so on
When this is all done support for other music players is sure to come, as far as the player allows me to do it.
Further suggestions are welcome!

Rock_Harder said:
Samsung uses its own music player am i right? This will be a rather hard task to do, cause the player is closed source and doesnt necessarily have an interface like the stock player, but i promise, i'll look for it, but i can't promise anything. Havent seen any other widget that works with the Samsung or X10, a bad sign.
Actually I am working on 2 things for my apps:
-Packaging them all into one APK, there will be 2 packages in the market, the main pack will contain Play/Pause, Prev and Next track, the donation Pack will also contain Repeat, Shuffle and maybe some additional features.
-Popups for the Actual State of the Player e.g. Playing track, Paused, track skipped and so on
When this is all done support for other music players is sure to come, as far as the player allows me to do it.
Further suggestions are welcome!
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I would just focus on writing to the 2.2 media intents and let everyone else catch up properly.

try to download any other rom with the same version you have of the rom, and extract the music apk and install on your rom, the motorola no have the original music player and a extracted the music apk from another rom and the magic are done.

Well I hope you can get it to work for the vibrant but if not its definitely our loss.

Rock_Harder said:
Actually I am working on 2 things for my apps:
-Packaging them all into one APK, there will be 2 packages in the market, the main pack will contain Play/Pause, Prev and Next track, the donation Pack will also contain Repeat, Shuffle and maybe some additional features.
-Popups for the Actual State of the Player e.g. Playing track, Paused, track skipped and so on
When this is all done support for other music players is sure to come, as far as the player allows me to do it.
Further suggestions are welcome!
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Looks good..
1 little request would be if you long pressed on the play button it would launch the music app so w can change artist or album
Like a short cut
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[PROJ] Music Player For Android

Ok so I have tried every music player on the Market and I am just not satisfied, there are ones i like, for example MIUI Music or Poweramp. However each one is missing a key component.
So What i want to do is start a project to make the Best Music Player For Android combining the Best Features and then making them better. I am not a Dev but a great idea thinker when it comes to projects. So what i really need is some devs that want to join into this project. PM Me if you are interested!
Features to Be Included(Hopefully)
Slick UI
Equalizer(like in poweramp)
Lyrics (Like in MIUI music)
Ability to Stream Music
5.1 Dolby Support
Ipod Touch and Honeycomb Like landscape view (http://www.coolgadgetconcept.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/coolest-ipod-touch-2.jpg)
Voice Search
Any other Ideas PM

If you want to develop "the best music player", you would have to add quite a few more features than that. You should check out the features of Rockbox, and add the interface features you want to that. To mention a few:
gapless playback
wide codec support (lossless as well as lossy formats)
crossfeed
crossfade
album artist support
advanced database search
Check the Rockbox features at http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/FeatureComparison
Rockbox for Android is being developed, and the features above, except the database, is already working. But especially the UI still needs some work. But the music playback features should be more important than nice looks, anyway.

i really would like to be able to edit song info from my phone (EX. Artist, Album, Song Name) and be able to use pics from my gallery to use as album covers

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i really would like to be able to edit song info from my phone (EX. Artist, Album, Song Name) and be able to use pics from my gallery to use as album covers
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I second this.

Use player pro it has all of that
Sent from a guy living in a van down by the river

Some ideas:
Database: Browse music by artist/album/song (the tags supported by all music players) and by genre (only a few android players support the genre tag) and by composer (for classical music and DJ collections, none of the android players currently support the composer tag). Of course by folder too. Not everyone needs all the ID3 tags, so let us toggle them on/off in the settings menu.
Play Queue/on the fly playlist like in WinAmp and PlayerPro.
Swipe screen to move from "now playing" to "play queue" to "music collection," or use a WinAmp-like "now playing" rollup screen.
Optional lyrics/last.fm/shoutcast/etc. plugins, so everyone can add their favorite features without bloating the app. Same for codecs: don't bloat the app with dozens of codecs, but let everyone add the codecs they want and leave out the codecs they don't care about.
A build-your-own widget feature (or widgets as optional plugins so you have a wide choice without overcrowding Android's widget list). Some people want a big 4x5 widget with a large album cover picture, others (like me) want to cram artist/title info and play/back/forward buttons in a small 2x1 widget, some may want to put their entire play queue in a scrolling widget, etc.
And of course an equalizer, with presets as optional plugins.
To cut a long story short: it's impossible to make a perfect one-size-fits-all player. The only way to make the best player possible is to make a minimalist "base app" and then let the user add plugins and customize the app to his/her own taste as much as possible.

crossfade, oh my, crossfade, i actually use some DJ dual player app to get crossfade cus non of the regular ones have it.

Can you include a feature to play a song once and stop after that? Every music player I've seen on the marketplace feels the need to keep going and going through every album unless I turn on repeat or something.
This is what has stopped me from replacing my MP3 player with my Android phone. I love how on my MP3 player, I can play a song and it will stop after the song finishes, or if I select another song to play instead.

jriv said:
Use player pro it has all of that
Sent from a guy living in a van down by the river
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I agree, Player Pro is amazing, I installed it a couple weeks ago and it's much better than the stock Player, It is the first music player I have found and liked that finds music on the device storage and sd card. The only thing I kinda wish it had, although it's a cosmetic thing, is that I wish it had a coverflow type landscape.

Another killer feature for a new music app:
Split screen layout of music library, play queue, and player control buttons. This way you can insert songs into the right place of the playqueue by a simple drag'n'drop action, and you have the most important parts of any music app combined in a single screen.
A rough outline of what it could look like (yes, it's a messy cut'n'paste job):
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Any progress?
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best music player

MIUI MUSIC PLAYER ​
Just used the miui music player for the first time and .. i like alot..
love the lyrics and the genaral look of the player very easy to use just not as many features as power amp, still this is going to be my perminant player from now on.
Anyone else no any good music players that made you swap from your old favoriute.
also pro's and cons of them.
Miui Pro's​:
Lryic's are awesome on there and scroll perfect with every song so far.
Easy to use and looks great.
Sleep Time (not sure if works as not used it but sure it will )
Shake to Skip (toggle on/off)
allow to filter music files (min. size)
Miui Con's:​Cant seem to find no equlisser
wrong album art on some tracks (funny though)
sometimes splits albums into 5-6 diffrent albums with only few tracks in
Battery life but got to be expected with lyrics on and album art
8/10​
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double twist is really good
also fade app by launcher pro developers, it's not official yet

I like PowerAMP.

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I like PowerAMP.
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PAMP is the best for ever
Cheers,
SX

PowerAMP is the best for me, until we get GB. Because official Gingerbread musicplayer for x10 will have equalizer!! My bass in my ears is deadly with PAMP and DSBManager!

+1, i can't help but think PowerAmp will still be the best on GB, the equaliser should work independent of the GB settings as it does with 2.1, and we will still be able to use DSP i think!!
PAMP, Sony MDR xd200 head phones. perfect combo!!

MIUI music player is not working on original x10 Rom
Even you use root xplorer it say this folder is read only
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For me, the best player far away is Mixzing : 4x4 widget, impressive EQ, accurate album art, smooth, fast!
But...I love Ubermusic : the design, it finds all backgrounds, it's stable, fast and smooth and with DSPmanager you can get descent bass...and it's DAMN SEXY
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=815762&page=2
ALL MUSIC LOVERS TRY THIS PLAYER THIS WILL BLOW UP UR MIND

poweramp for me

Where can you get this MIUI music app?

I prefer MortPlayer.
Check my sig.

icet925 said:
Where can you get this MIUI music app?
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flash a miui rom cob's the best rom so far

For features I always liked Poweramp but the sound quality is quite noticeably better using MIUI player. Has no one else noticed this? I really can't use anything other than MIUI player now as all other players sound like garbage compared to it.

Playerpro
I use playerpro, simple and it has folder filter
http://mobileplanet-waryam.blogspot.com/2011/04/playerpro-v203-advance-music-player.html

PAMP is good but if you have not tried ubermusic

Ttpod
Ttpod I find is the best yet that I have found. Sounds awesome with headphones or connected to a stereo system.
There is Neutron which has the best, clearest sound (audiophile quality) but the interface is atrocious. Very slow and unresponsive.
Ttpod sounds pretty much just as good (sounds audiophile quality too) but is real nice to use and look at.
Then Poweramp (fantastic all round rounder) and then WinAMP. MiUi looks and works well but sounds a little blurry/muffled to me.
I say give Ttpod a try, you'll probably like it, though it does have a little Chinese characters in it.

kinglargo said:
I use playerpro, simple and it has folder filter
http://mobileplanet-waryam.blogspot.com/2011/04/playerpro-v203-advance-music-player.html
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+1 on that one,
i always rated poweramp but since trying playerpro this is better, differant skins to match themes and transparent widgets and lockscreens, the equalizer seems more user friendly and sound quality is awsome.

Ubermusic ALPHA (Not the hideous Beta)+DSPManager
Works perfectly

i use Player Pro, and now i'm trying UberMusic, but the best for me is Player Pro

[APP][4.0.3+] Songie - Reads song names you're listening to

Hello everyone,
I'm happy to introduce a cool new little app
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Songie
Songie works with your favorite music player and reads out loud what song you're playing.
Just like listening to the radio, Songie reads the name of the song and artist when a song starts.
It's great for listening to new music or while running - without having to take your phone out of your pocket.
No ads! No notifications! No special permissions! Upgrade to full version just to support
Features:
• Supported languages: English, Spanish, Italian.
• Runs in the background and detects songs played on your device.
• No battery usage...
• Uses natural Text-to-Speech online or using installed apps.
• Supports all popular music players: Google Play Music, Samsung Music, LG Music, Sony Music, Poweramp, PlayerPro, Spotify, 8tracks, doubleTwist, Shuttle, Rocket, n7player, Rhapsody and many more!
Customizations unlocked in full version:
• Narrate through headphones only.
• Change What to Say - not just "song name" by "artist".
• Change When to Say - before or after a song plays, set a delay.
• Disable all notifications - even when playing.
• Use offline text-to-speech, can be used with other TTS apps.
Get Songie for free:
Yours,
Oleg

Small update - added support for LG Music and Spotify

Another update - v1.0.2:
fixes some small bugs
Uploaded a little website for Songie:
http://songie.olegapps.com
I'll be happy to hear from you!
Oleg

BoogieO said:
• Narrate through headphones only.
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Do you mean that If I using hedphone with the free version, the app narrate through speaker??

When listening to music with headphones it will narrate through the headphones as well. That option will disable Songie from speaking when no headphones are connected.
Thanks,
Oleg

Thanks for reply, I advise you to be more specific on the description, it could be misunderstood as a privacy problem!

I tried your app with Google Play Music and there aren't problems, but it doesn't work with radio and playlist in Spotify.

Hi there! First of all thanks for such a useful app. I've been using it for a few days and I really enjoy it.
However, lately it began to read the song names in Spanish, which is my phone's native Language, instead of English, which used to do when I initially installed the app. I've tried to re-install it with no success. Do you know if there's a solution for this issue? English song titles in Spanish sound really weird

ekzetera said:
Hi there! First of all thanks for such a useful app. I've been using it for a few days and I really enjoy it.
However, lately it began to read the song names in Spanish, which is my phone's native Language, instead of English, which used to do when I initially installed the app. I've tried to re-install it with no success. Do you know if there's a solution for this issue? English song titles in Spanish sound really weird
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Songie now fully supports Spanish
and Italian

Updated to version 1.0.4:
Fixed online text to speech for a better voice
Fixed minor bugs

Check out the new video!

@BoogieO
Can you add support for Built-In Player in MiXplorer?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523691
I don't know if it's useful, but I've also install VLC Addon linked on second post.

alessio89g said:
@BoogieO
Can you add support for Built-In Player in MiXplorer?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523691
I don't know if it's useful, but I've also install VLC Addon linked on second post.
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Hi,
I've tried to add support but it currently doesn't seem possible.
Unfortunately the built-in player in MiXplorer doesn't seem to broadcast its currently playing song.
Songie could have read the information from notifications but it doesn't require such permissions as of today.
Hope you can enjoy Songie anyway

BoogieO said:
Hi,
I've tried to add support but it currently doesn't seem possible.
Unfortunately the built-in player in MiXplorer doesn't seem to broadcast its currently playing song.
Songie could have read the information from notifications but it doesn't require such permissions as of today.
Hope you can enjoy Songie anyway
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Okay, thanks anyway. I use Songie mainly with Spotify

New version 1.1 fixing issues reported by users:
Fixed online text to speech (again)
Fixed issues with Bluetooth
Added support for latest Sony Music and Pulsar apps
Minor bug fixes

@BoogieO
alessio89g said:
I use Songie mainly with Spotify
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When I open Spotify, Songie immediatly (before I start playing any song) announces the last song that I listened in the previous session and
sometimes, while I have no player opened, Songie announces a song (I assume because a player has automatically opened in background).
There is any way to allow Songie to announce a song only when a player is playing?

alessio89g said:
@BoogieO
When I open Spotify, Songie immediatly (before I start playing any song) announces the last song that I listened in the previous session and
sometimes, while I have no player opened, Songie announces a song (I assume because a player has automatically opened in background).
There is any way to allow Songie to announce a song only when a player is playing?
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Thanks for the comment!
For the first issue, when coming back to Spotify, it will be fixed with the next update coming soon.
As for announcing when no player is opened, Songie shouldn't announce the same song twice in a row so it can possibly fix that as well.
Checking for the player to be active doesn't always work because as you said, they sometimes become active in the background...

Android music player review - 1. general comparison

I used many Android music players as a music lover and tested them as a member of the team that made a music player app. So I decided to write detailed reviews about pros and cons of some music players in a serial form for one who is looking for a great app. This is the first part for introduction and I will handle the sound review in the next one. I tried to be as objective as I can, but a review is a subjective one after all and my thought could not be same with your opinion.
1. Poweramp
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Poweramp is the most popular music player app. I bought it because it's highly recommended online. It provides lots of useful features and skins. You can hear the characteristic sound based on rich bass and use the sound effects like 10 band equalizer, tone, and limit. Reverb effect was also added in the recently released alpha version of Poweramp v3. I prefer its new UI of to the previous one. Although it doesn't leave nothing to be desired in the sound quality but is still a nice player for common music listeners.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer
2. Neutron
Neutron is an audiophiles' favorite among the Android music players. It supports most audio formats and offers a huge number of sound features. It allows users to adjust the sound in great detail but it's too complicated to use though its UI is much better that in the past. If you refer others' settings on the internet and adjust well you can enjoy good sound but it's so tough for me to make Neutron my main player. Anyway, it's ideal for one who need various sound options and 32, 64 audio processing.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neutroncode.mpeval
3. JetAudio
I often used its PC version so I also tried JetAudio app with anticipation. It provides a free basic version without a time limit while Poweramp and Neutron only provide time-limited trial versions. If you buy its pro version you can use 20 band equalizer instead 10 band and unlock the sound effects like AM3D and Bongiovi via in-app purchases. I heard its sound effects would enhance the sound quality and I bought the pro version and in-app products, but sadly, the result didn't satisfy me. I think its sound is worse than other players in this writing.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jetappfactory.jetaudio
4. Rocket Player
Rocket Player is another popular Android music player and provides a free version without a time limit like JetAudio. Paid version provides preamp, 10 band equalizer, replay gain, and etc. Its volume level is quite loud and sound is decent. But it has less extremely low frequency and too much mid. Another issue is that use of 5 band equalizer causes lower volume and worse sound quality. I'm not sure whether 10 band in paid version has the same problem or not because I hesitated to buy it. If you use paid app, please let me know how it is. Rocket Player is a good choice for one who wants a free and decent player yet.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrtstudio.AnotherMusicPlayer
5. PlankTone Music Player
PlankTone Music Player is a newborn app made by our team. It's not as famous as other players but I think it's worth trying, especially in the sound quality. It provides a trial version and in-app purchase is needed after the trial period. You can hear a high quality and balanced sound without complicated settings. It also let you individually customize sound effects for each song. But it is at an early stage so it does not have features like tag editing or downloading album art and doesn’t support themes and skins, and doesn’t offer various widgets now.
*link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chapter3.planktone
It’s a general review of music players and I will write a more detailed sound review next time. I will handle the sound characteristic, sound effects setting, test result with DAC, etc.