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If anyone can give information / review about how different apps save downloaded art, it would be very helpful. It seems that art can be embedded in ID3 tags, or it can have put in a folder. But different programs save in different folders or into an "album art" file...which may not be compatible with different programs. Also, how does iTunes, Winamp, and Windows Media handle this? (Ive used each for my music collection, and so may have different types of cover art formats in my collection)
12/28/2010 I didn't mean to start making this into a bigger post. But let me first say what I'm looking at/for:
Features I'm paying attention to:
headset control
Lock Screen and homepage widget
General UI ( and in particular, ease of getting from a "playlist" back to the "Now playing" quickly
Features which are sort of cool to me:
lyric display
Folder / File Organization
Album art (it would help me if someone could tell me about the different types and options here. ID3 mode? Files?
(and a distant fourth in importance) Video player
Equalizer (I don
't care about this but everyone else seems to be)
Features are just can't get myself to care about:
Scrobbing (whatever the hell that is)
Social stuff
Any damn fraking thing that statistically analyzes my preference in order to help me decide what I like. I don't want to robotize my music.
So this is what I have looked at so far:
Samsung Default:
Great Status bar and lock screen controls. headset controls. Has equalizer. NO Folder Select (it scans all music on the phone and so will get unintended stuff into the library). Nothing special other than this, but it a good app. HOWEVER, I'm now using Darky's ROM which does not have the Samsung Lock Screen. The Samsung player's lockscreen widget is tied to the Samsung lockscreen. Also does not have homescreen widget, but this is more than made up for by the very good notification bar integration.
Meridian:
Plays video and music. Headset controls but no lock screen. Good gesture control. Edit ID Tags
Cubed:
Video and Music. NIce Lockscreen widget. Headset controls. Art download in ID3 mode. However I still don't terribly like the interface, but it works. Has a directory filter , so can play just a folder and keep out unwanted songs (like game songs). Downloads art in ID3...method. Don't know if that's good or bad. There really is no "Now Playing" screen. It just shows it super-imposed on the song library. Which is not pretty but its actually functional. For me, Cubed is a good free app.
MixZing:
Plays music and video. Options up the yingyang, including lots of social crap. I'm not going to detail here because lockscreen version is a paid app, and I'm focusing on not paying (it does have trial period though). Good UI. Can do folder view, and has good folder management options. Can switch between folder list and now playing very quickly. Has headset controls. Has Equalizer. Auto-download album art. The free version is staying on my phone because it plays video. Lots of damn social crap.
Winamp:
Just plays Music. Interface easy, but maybe a little dull (maybe there are skinning options?). Has headset controls and lockscreen. Ability to look up info and search on the artist. Ability to syn with Winamp desktop, so a good choice if you use that. Some social crap. No Equalizer
DoubleTwist:
Looks a little like Winamp, but also plays video. Has Lockscreen wideget and headset controls. With $5 purchase can sync with Itunes. No equalizer.
UI is mostly good, if not exciting. Does not do folder view(!). Not that many options. If I wanted to use one player for both music and video, and have the lockscreen widget and handset controls, this definitly works. It also has art download, but that's not so important to me. I also use iTunes Agent to file-sync anyway.
Miui:
Bare basic player. No equalizer. No lockscreen widget. No headset controls. What this does have is a) art download , and most exciting b) lyric read-along. I intend to use this app just for my KTV practice, so it will stay on my phone
(but I recently discovered Lyrics App, which allows me to see Lyrics of everything).
PowerAmp:
This has everything. But the free version is 15 day trialware, and I don't want to go through it all here. One thing I remember about this is that it allows fine customization of its widget appearence.
TinyPlayer:
As the name implies, a small player with minimum bells and wistles. My device is an SGS which generally has an OK time with demanding applications, so this is not for me. But for those who want a simple bare-minimum player, this works.
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Others have mentioned apps which I need to pay for to try, such as Lithium Player... apps which have a social network focus (Tunewiki), and apps that I need to flash (CW Mod). I'm sorry I cannot add these to this list now.
12/27/2010
I'm in China and sometimes the market is problematic (although I could just fix that with a VPN). When I can download again, I intend to note the features of :
btunes
Astro Player
TuneWiki
Also, I will re-download all the above (I just wiped-flash Darky's awesome ROM for my SGS) and go back over the others and note down features I missed.
Here is a pic of the homescreen widgets.
Widgets (from top to bottom):
Meridian
Cubed
MixZing
Winamp
Doubletwist
I'll never understand why people say they don't understand "cubed" interface. What's confusing about it? It's the same thing as scrolling through albums with a little animation. The new update gives you control over the directory files, so it's not like it's different then any other player. Do people really get that shocked when they see something that looks different but operates the exact same?
Just scroll up or down, man. You'll see the albums or artist (depending on how you choose) in ABC order. You want to skip to a different letter, scroll side to side. That's literally the entire learning curve. Don't like the cube? Change the view mode to Morph Flow. Don't like looking at albums? Change the view mode to boring, it just gives you a list.
The only thing I can possibly imagine people being slow to realize is that to change the place of a song, you click on the dotted light thing at the bottom. To change from artist to album to song you drag the dotted bar in the bottom-middle to the right or left.
This all took me less then 2 minutes to figure out.
poweramp = iTunes . I'm off it. same **** different skin. Cubed can scan all the bands in your library and tell you A) when their upcoming release is and B) the next time their playing a show within 50 miles of you (you can adjust the distance). Now THAT'S practical application.
I appreciate you putting this list together. It is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.
Hands down the best player is TINY PLAYER. It actually does REAL folder play like you're using windows explorer on your home computer.
Another great feature is the live font size option which lets me read long file names. Even Poweramp doesn't have that crucial feature. What good is it if I can't read what song it is. Especially true for Classical music with long file names.
PS - It is the ugliest ui ever tho lol. But I really don't care.
PS2 - Poweramp doesn't have everything. It lacks sleep timer and font size changing to read long file names. And no true folder play. Both of which are available in tiny player. and it is tiny at 64kb
I figured I would throw a few notes in the discussion about music players since music is a big part of my Android experience. I use two apps, one for playing music located on my phone, and another app for streaming from my home PC.
1) Mixing:
the main reason I bought this app was because of the lock screen abilities. Not only does it give you gesture commands from the lock screen, but it also has a setting that will make the lock screen come active for a few seconds each time a new song starts, showing the album art and song information. I like this a lot since it allows me to see what has just started playing, and mainly because it gives me a few seconds to skip the song if I do not like it ... instead of having to hit the power button first to activate the screen, like all the other music apps do ... it's one less step to distract you when driving. It is a small, nitch feature, but it is worth the money of the full version app for me. I have yet to find another music app that does this.
2) Audiogalaxy:
Hands down, this is the best app to use if you want to stream music from your home computer. This is great for people like me that have huge music libraries that will not fit on an SD card. All you have to do is download the app for your phone, install a small program on your PC, and sign up on their website. It is free, and it simply works with no hastles. I have tried many other apps that I could not get to work ... they all required me to **** around with ports and IP addresses, and I could not get any of them to work. Audiogalaxy was so easy my mom could do it. No screwing around with ports or IP's, just install, setup which folders you want to scan, and then wait for it to build your library. Great app!!
Hopefully Mixzing adds streaming ability into its code so I can just use one music app. Until then I will continue to use these two apps together. Together they make for an awesome music experience on the Android phone.
hi, nice list for reference.
just a quick note from me, i'm using miui and the lockscreen and heatset controls works on cm6 which has those tweaks modded on.
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I'll never understand why people say they don't understand "cubed" interface. What's confusing about it? ...
Just scroll up or down, man. You'll see the albums or artist (depending on how you choose) in ABC order. ...
...Cubed can scan all the bands in your library and tell you A) when their upcoming release is and B) the next time their playing a show within 50 miles of you (you can adjust the distance). Now THAT'S practical application.
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I guess I should say I like "folder view". Or just Song List. I have a lot of songs from independents, songs un-attributed in the tags, songs from Chinese artists, etc. So I don't want to go to an Album or Artist, but rather to a folder. I'm sorry...I did not know the correct terminology.
As for internet-related content, you may have seen I call that stuff "social crap". I have no idea what scrobbing is. The artists don't come to China. And even if I was in the US, I really could not care to share my music tastes with others... let everyone find their own muse.
nghj said:
hi, nice list for reference.
just a quick note from me, i'm using miui and the lockscreen and heatset controls works on cm6 which has those tweaks modded on.
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Oh. Sounds cool. I don't want to have to flash something just to get that function though. But having lyrics is fun.
AlexNC75 said:
I figured I would throw a few notes in the discussion about music players since music is a big part of my Android experience. I use two apps, one for playing music located on my phone, and another app for streaming from my home PC.
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I'm just focusing on Apps that I can use outside. But thanks for those comments. Does AudioGalaxy allow non-streaming, regular functionality? FYI some of the other players above (I think Meridian) also have streaming, but I didn't review this because its not something I look for. I need to update for this feature I guess.
I will now download tinyplayer and add this to the review. I also hope to download (from somewhere) the stock Android player.
Right now probably Doubletwist will be my main player, only because its a music and video player that has lockscreen widget and headset controls. OR I will try to reinstall the Galaxy SGS player (which is uninstalled after flashing Darky's ROM). Funny thing is Doubletwist's main sell-point is iPhone integration, and I don't care enough about that to purchase it.
If I was going to spend money (which I may just do), then Mixing is the best of what I have reviewed so far. I don't know if its worth $5 for now.
I personally use 2 music players
1 standard CyanogenMod player
2 Lithium player
I normally do this because I will have music on lithium, and podcast download through methods other than my podcast player in t he CM music player.
since nobody mentioned lithium and it's a pay app I would mention a few things..
Pro: Looks great, UI is great and has nice things like volume built in, multi-colors/customizations and the #1 reason I bought it is it grabs album art for with a few clicks!
Cons: The ui for FF/RW skips to big of a segment in a 2 hour, or 2 hour podcast (not a big deal, it's a music player not a podcast player) and one semi-major issue for me is the program NEVER shows up in tasks (holding home), or previously used programs (etc). For some reason android doesn't recognize it as a program and the CM lockscreen music controls don't work for it.
To me the pro's outweigh the cons so I purchased it even if just for the album grabber.
I still really like bTunes.
I know it's abandonware, but it's only $1.49.
Looks like the iPod player (may be a good thing or a bad thing), it's very simple to use, it has a nice widget and even though it hasn't been updated in some time, it works great on froyo and never crashes on my phone. I don't think it has an equalizer.
TuneWiki is my fave, actually one of my fave Android apps.
Music Player Pro is still the best for me, I wish PowerAmp gets some of MPP features to use only one.
Thanks for the comments about the apps you tested
Tinyplayer for me on the Inc. Half the players can't find the built in memory. Most of the others can't restrict themselves to a folder so a bunch of sound files that aren't music and belong to games.
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Tinyplayer for me on the Inc. Half the players can't find the built in memory. Most of the others can't restrict themselves to a folder so a bunch of sound files that aren't music and belong to games.
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I'm looking at Mort Player now and it also does folder selection but has a lot more options, (headset control for one)
I'm still using the basic player ...
I've tried some of the more robust apps, but damn if they don't chew up a bunch of runtime memory, causing lag. I'd like an equalizer, but I don't want all the extra garbage that comes with an app, when I don't need it.
Have gone through various music players but Power Amp is the best it's worth paying for in the market.
Rockbox is absolutely the best choice. Equalizer, actual playlist support, themes, lockscreen controls, and plays every codec at the highest quality you throw at it. Just missing widgets, but it's a little buggy at the moment and it's still early in development.
i think u forgot TTPOD
A nice feature is if it is compatible with Last.FM scrobble apps
Nice summary atm i use Winamp becausr it has a esay ui and i love the shoutcast Radio Feature but maybe i switch to Double Twist because of the wifi sync i dont know yet...
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Rockbox is absolutely the best choice. Equalizer, actual playlist support, themes, lockscreen controls, and plays every codec at the highest quality you throw at it. Just missing widgets, but it's a little buggy at the moment and it's still early in development.
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I will check it out. Widgets is a must-have for me, unless it also has a status bar control option (which is even better than widgets.
jonny68 said:
Have gone through various music players but Power Amp is the best it's worth paying for in the market.
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I tend to agree, but I'm not sure how much money I want to spend on my phone. Part of me wants to get an iPhone and never have to fudge around with settings and roms again. Part of me hates the iPhone because I can't do with it what I want. So I'm trying not to invest more money in my phone unless I get something really really must-have. As the default player with the SGS is good (and now can use it with Darky's ROM), I'm good.
phoezies said:
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Zalastax said:
A nice feature is if it is compatible with Last.FM scrobble apps
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I'm in China and so have missed the social network craze. I think if I was in USA, I still would have missed it.
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Nice summary atm i use Winamp becausr it has a esay ui and i love the shoutcast Radio Feature but maybe i switch to Double Twist because of the wifi sync i dont know yet...
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Winamp's UI is easy, but Double Twist is very similar UI IMO.
TTPod V2.0 beta
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Update V2.0 Beta
1. Support the refresh music library and playlists to the specified folder to add songs, that where the sweep where!
2. We have skin, and then have a single interface for engaging a cloud! Heavy attack skin function!
3. The new horizontal screen mode, simple style!
4. New Spectrum interface, audio-visual effect is even more outstanding!
5. The list of songs new right-button menu, the conventional operation clean sweep!
6. Lyrics lyrics page, drag the play progress adjustable, advance and retreat by me!
7. New recommendations every day, and more exciting all in one!
8. New Lyrics adjustment methods, regulation is more convenient!
9. The list drag the slider to increase fast, easy program to the list "means" set position!
10. To increase feedback, word graph error and other functions, service users, we have been very carefully!
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tested new in this version:
new user interface ...
11- english langage
12- 2skin
13-visual effect
V2.0 full version update:
★ support functions specified folder to add songs and songs filtering means where the swept where!
★ we are peeling, and then have a single interface for engaging a cloud! Heavy attack skin function!
★ new horizontal screen mode, simple style!
★ new spectrum interface, audio-visual effect is even more outstanding!
★ new song list, right-button menu, the conventional operation clean sweep!
★ lyrics lyrics page, drag the play progress adjustable, advance and retreat by me!
★ new daily recommendation, more exciting to do at this!
★ new lyrics adjustment methods, regulation is more convenient!
★ list drag the slider to increase rapidly, easily zoned to the list "means" the given location!
★ increase feedback, word graph error and other functions, service users, we have been very carefully!
I gotta say, I have tried MANY music players, and this is one great app so far. The interface is simple and clean, and very well polished. People should give this a shot - i think you will be impressed as I was!
I have never been one for wanting to read lyrics, but this app does it really well and is sort of fun to watch. Its very accurate in the scrolling timing and seems to find about 60% or so of my musics lyrics - i also have a lot of poorly named music on my library so I'm sure it would be even better with some better tagged music. The full screen landscape mode is pretty sweet as well, but having a way to control playback would be nice - maybe a pop-up control on screen touch that auto-hides.
The visualizer is great - I especially like that the single line of lyrics under it! Quite unique and well done. Maybe a full screen visualizer?
There are two things I think need some development... The translation/English language is missing form some of the menus. For example, when i click the skin button, the names of the skins are not in English even though I have English selected as my language. Also, when you first start up the app, the music scan dialog is not translated either. Secondly, having music control on my home screen is a must for me, so until that is implemented I would have trouble using this as my music player.
Awesome work though, can't wait to see more!
If this ttpot is the same as on symbian i would love this app
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i really like the app.. just gotta make it fully english and add ability for people make their own skins for it.. when you do that i will buy it!
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Love this since my N78, gotty try it
Thanks!! I going to try it...
Last.FM support?
Sorting order of the songs
This is awesome application! However still lacks a little bit of functionality.
A little feedback for the developer:
The songs in Albums and in Folders are sorted in a wrong way.
They are sorted by Title of the song, which never is good idea as titles are usually random - nobody starts album with a song beginning with A and ends with song beginning with Z.
The two more obvious choices are:
- sort by filename
- sort by 'Track" keyword from id3 tag
I have an album Metallica "... And Justice for All" with all songs filenames beginning with two digit number. eg. 01. Hit the lights.mp3. On top of that all songs have id3 tags with keyword: Track set (eg. Track:1). But the album displays itself in alphabetic order which is not useful.
I have album Metallica "Death Magnetic", which have 'Track' keyword in different format, eg. Track:1/10 instead of Track:1
These are not sorted as well.
So it would very nice if you could implement default sorting by "Track tag", and give the option to set sorting by "File name" and "Title" (maybe also by "Duration", "Album", "Artist", "Genre", but these are not necessary).
Thanks,
JL
Best way to give Feedback to developer
Which is the better way to send feedback to the developer (about beta 2.0 version)?
Here or through feedback mechanism in the app?
I am sending here as this is easier to write and respond, and keep track, wait for answers etc. The in-app feedback mechanism gives no way to specify your email (only phone an QQ), and is hard to write full report there. On the webpage ttpod.com I have no idea what is going on as I do not know the chinese.
Maybe developer or some of you guys can lead me in good direction.
Cheers,
JL
Wow! I used to think I wanted a simple music app with basic controls, but this is awesome! You can seek in the track by scrolling the lyrics! I am very very impressed.
The controls are powerful and still very intuitive. And I LOVE how it doesn't insist on sorting my music according to album names. That always bothered me about the stock Android one.
would be better but still does not find my playlists I already have created
Cannot find in this version how to only include set folders and not scan all mediafiles
Put in a widget (4x2 with album art)
If I connect my headset make it auto-continue playback
And Ill be on it daily !
Love it would like to have lockscreen support under CM7
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its chinese. how can i switch to english? i have cm7.
and please add support for higher resolutions (i have 190 dpi)
Perfect
Bring 2 Skin to change your manual into English is to be loaded is in Japanese but it is understood to be seeking to Deliz the screen shows the graphic of the music, the top of the issues and point you just need a nice equalizer translate Spanish language, and a widget to the screen that this version does not bring and the best player I've seen
Some texts is still cn.
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I really like it! Iknow it's just beta version, but i would approciate english localization. It's much more simplier like default player and also the vizaulization is really great! GOOD STUFF at all.
CM7, Nightly 05062011
Doesn't recognize "/mnt/emmc" (external SD-Card)
But all in all it looks great.
Maybe you could add Last.FM support. (Or I just didn't find it)
As soon as these two things are working, I'll completely switch to it. =)
Looks good, make it all English and add the 4x2 widget with album art, make the widget not suck, and I'm in! I don't know why it seems so hard for somebody to make a good music player, but this looks like one.
Works pretty well, alot like the java version, like the visualizer. Doesn't find always find the right lyrics, but might just be the music I listen to. Also some of the text is still in japanese(well not english so it could be anything really)
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.
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Download link??
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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)".
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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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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?
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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)...
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.
Google Play link
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[APP][4.0+][MATERIAL]Liquid Music Player, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
AndroidRockers
Version Information
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
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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
belyava said:
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
belyava said:
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.
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
Sushantdk10 said:
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