[Android Apps and Games] Andre Gosselin:
Screenshots of different tab layouts with long track title

Hi Bubbleguuum,

Not being sure where the "must verify" responsibilty relied, I made different screen shots of layouts for an album with particularly long track titlles. The first 4 titles read as follows when displayed in full.

01. Vivaldi: Concerto "per la solennità di San Lorenzo" for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, strings in D major, RV 562 -1. Andante - Allegro (with timpani)

02. Vivaldi: Concerto "per la solennità di San Lorenzo" for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, strings in D major, RV 562 -2. Grave

03. Vivaldi: Concerto "per la solennità di San Lorenzo" for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, strings in D major, RV 562 -3. Allegro (with timpani)

04. Vivaldi: Concerto "per la solennità di San Lorenzo" for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, strings in D major, RV 562 -2. Grave (Dresden alternative version)

The screenshots show in order :

1- Library tab layout, tablet in portrait orientation

2- Library tab layout, tablet in landscape orientation

3. Playlist tab layout, albums view mode, tablet in portrait orientation

4. Playlist tab layout, albums view mode, tablet in landscape orientation

5. Playlist tab layout, track view mode, tablet in portrait orientation

6. Playlist tab layout, track view mode, tablet in landscape orientation

7. Now Playing tab layout, 1st track, portrait orientation

8. Now Playing tab layout, 1st trak, landscape orientation

As indicated yesterday in my post, titles are truncated in the Library tab (screenshots 1&2).

Titles are also truncated in the Playlist tab, if the "Albums" view is selected (screenshots 3&4).

Titles are displayed in full, wrapping on as many lines as needed, in the Playlist tab if the "Tracks" view is selected (screenshots 5&6).

In the Now Playing tab, a long title is truncated to 2 lines max in portrait orientation (screenshot 7), but appears to extend on as many lines as needed in landscape orientation (cannot confirm that however).

In summary, long titles display work only in the Playlist layout, if "Tracks" view is selected, and in the Now Playing layout in landscape orientation (maybe there is a limited space there). I should also mention the "Show metadata" window where titles are always fuly displayed. IMHO, "Tracks" vs "Albums" view should not make any difference in the Playlist tab as far as the display of long titles is concerned.

The reason I have made screenshots for both portrait and landscape orientations is that the tablet oientation surprisingly changes the layout of the Playlist tab with "Tracks" view selected. The display is columnar in landscape orientation (screenshot 6), but not in portrait orientation (screenshot 5). When "Albums" view is selected, the same columnar layout is used for the Playlist tab in both orientations (screenshots 3&4). In the Library tab, the layout is also columnar and similar in both orientations (screenshots 1&2). I am wondering why this layout difference according to the tablet orientation in the Playlist tab set to "Tracks" view ? I would personnaly prefer a uniform layout, *non*-columnar if possible (reminds me of the multiline layout of the previous version ...), but then you loose the album title (screenshot 5), so after all it could be preferable to stick with the columnar display (screenshot 6).

Regards,