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[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
This version of Plex??

I mostly stream my music now Spotify, Songza, Pandora and the like. Wrote the app because Spotify, Pandora and Pocket Cast didnt have notification controls then got a little carried away ;). Its been interesting see what everyone uses found musiXmatch (does lyrics), Shuttle (Really clean and best auto coverart Ive tested) and MortPlayer (SUPER customizable) have been some of the highlights. I assume Plex lets you stream from your home server as well as keep local versions for offline playing?
[Android Apps and Games] blackbearblanc:
Hi. Would it be possible to make a 4x1 widget with album art, with buttons beside that, but transparent background ?

I don't think its on the huge list of widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Yeah trying out several different widgets to see what people think about. Will trim those down and add sample images soon. Working on adding widget configuration for transparency, text color etc.

I can add a quick one while I add the configuration, just a heads though it will be removed when I add configuration since it will basically be the same as existing.

Couple of questions.

- If its a resizable 3x1does that work? or does does your launcher not support resizing?

- With/Without currently running application icon. People have be 50/50 split if they want that.
[Android Apps and Games] NewTo@ndroid:
These widgets are brilliant - I use the Walkman music app, it is by far the best music app I have used but came with no widget - these work absolutely perfectly with it and complete my music listening setup, many thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] mhdsanto85:
Please, which launcher is that??
[Android Apps and Games] blackbearblanc:
SlidelineHD https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slidelinehd.uccwskin.blackbearblanc
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Just a quick update to show that Iam not dead ;)

Ive been swamped this week, the updates for widget configuration are coming along really well, Ill post a new version next week. It was time to do some cleanup so this change is taking longer then I wanted.

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[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Thanks was going to ask the same thing. Thats a sweet looking launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Finally have the widget configuration working. Just doing some final testing to make sure there are no major issues.

If all goes well Ill post a new version tomorrow.

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[Android Apps and Games] arman68:
I am looking forward to it. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Testing with "launcher 8" I noticed that the widget resize does not work with the latest version of "launcher 8"? I tried with widgets and they dont appear to work either?

Does the widget resize work for you?
[Android Apps and Games] arman68:
Yes, no problem here. Which widget in particular does not seem to resize? I can try it.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Its probably just me then, probably need to rebuild my test phone. I tweaked the widget sizes just in case which appeared to have solved some of the issues.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Published a new version with the new fancy widget config.

You probably want to wait for v35 just pushed it.

v33 - added widgets

v34 - fixed widgets not rendering correctly in a few corner cases.

v35 - Adjusted min sizes to match more screen sizes and launchers.
[Android Apps and Games] UTK18:
is it possible to have music seek bar in notification tray?? just like a brightness slider...if possible plz try and implement in next version
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Ive been looking into that feature (I want it myself ;) ), its not appear to possible. It may be possible with direct integration but even that looks questionable.

Out of curiosity what music applications do you use?
[Android Apps and Games] cfmusicman:
Looks awesome but could you add a 4x1 banner sized widget...Other than that the whole thing is awesome :good:
[Android Apps and Games] adipesh:
excellent!

Running CM10.1 on a MyTouch4g (HTC Glacier). This is the widget I've been wanting for YEARS! Tested out with Pandora, Google Play Music, TuneIn Radio, Audible, BeyondPod, and it works great with all of them. On BeyondPod, hitting the Back button will indeed rewind by 30 seconds (or whatever you have BeyondPod set to). Audible, unfortunately, goes back to the beginning of the chapter with the back button, as it doesn't mimic the "rewind 30 seconds" button (which must be a separate feature in Audible). Still need to try it with OverDrive, but I imagine it will work just as well. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] GEX THE GECKO:
Cant get the track name

As the title says i cant get the tracks name to appear in any of the widgets, im using TTPOD

suggestion: If its not a huge mess on how about adding the ability to change the colors with a hex code - It can be tricky getting a perfect match to CM10 Themes.cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] Gregus59:
Hello, could you give the link for your app, I don't find the download link.
[Android Apps and Games] GEX THE GECKO:
Seriously? its right there in the 1st post lol
[Android Apps and Games] Thunder07:
[MENTION=5215640]batesapps[/MENTION] Nice Widget there, I've been looking for phantom replacement with album art and this would do just great...

one thing though, it doesn't display my album arts :p

not sure if its caused by Default Music Player player not being supported... or the fact im using m4a formated songs.

another thing,

would it be possible to make the widget and notification appear/disappear when the headphones are plugged in??

and maybe allow me to play the last ran player.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] bsc7080xsc:
Does not seem to work with SubSonic or Power Amp. Seems straight forward to setup, but does not work for those apps. Anyone get either of those to work ?
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Been playing around with format but havent found a format that seems to work. Is there anther music app that has a simular widget that you have seen?

The track information gets cramped in that format. Can see just the cover art and controls working though.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
I havent tries those yet but Ill give them a try.

It should have at least basic functionality for any music application as long as it regiesters with Android. I had designed it to work with pandora which until recently had terrible support. You may need to add the applications manually from the media app menu.

Are either of the applications playing? If so is it just the track and cover art missing?
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Never could get phantom to work part of the reason I wrote this one. :D

Whats your default music player? The format of the files shouldn't matter I get the cover art and metadata from the application itself not from the music files.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Collecting possible features for headphones so this would be a good one. Any other ideas would be helpful.
[Android Apps and Games] bejank:
I don't know if someone has already suggested this, but would it be possible to have the notification show up only when an app (like pandora) is open? And could it show the song title and artist and be styles like the stock pandora notification to effectively replace it (I know that is a tall order)?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] blacmack:
Just An Idea

The idea is great, but not for me. I really only use two apps. PowerAmp's notification is great and I use iheartradio once in a while. But, testing it out, I thought of an idea for the notification. If it's possible, you should take advantage of the expandable notifications in 4.1+. I was thinking expanding the notification to reveal a second row under the current notification, showing the music apps you can switch to/ open.
[Android Apps and Games] arman68:
(This is about a 4x1 widget)

If you go back a few posts, i gave a suggestion of having invisible controls, behind the album art and track information, like you already do on 2 of the big format widgets. I think that would work very well, and could possibly even scale down to 3x1
[Android Apps and Games] Thunder07:
Cool :)

I have the HTC One X,

So the default sense music player I guess.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Android Apps and Games] UTK18:
i use walkman app but any player will do as long as it shows seek bar in notification tray nd btw this might help(m not a dev so cant understand a word lol)

http://android.programmerguru.com/android-seekbar-example/
[Android Apps and Games] arman68:
Here is a mockup of possible 4x1 widgets that can scale down to 3x1 (the orange controls are supposed to be invisible):

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Personally, I think the [previous] control is not necessary as it seldom used; plus on the rare occasions where it is needed, it is still possible to launch the media player and use it then.

My favourite layout is the one with only the track title, and the progress bar. The bar should not be functional as a jump tool (I actually do not think it is possible in a widget), but can act as an indicator, and a shortcut to active media player. I have seen a few widgets display an informational progress bar.

I find adding more information that the track title makes the widgets too crowded, apart from maybe the one at the top, with only the title and artist.

I am also not sure about how to handle 2 shortcuts for music controls menu + active media player. Splitting the album art top/bottom, like I did, might not be very usable as the controls would probably be too small.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Yeah its only really useful if you use 2 or more applications all the time. I basically use Pocket Cast in the morning for news and Spotify and Sonza at work.

Great idea for the notification was looking for an excuse to do expandable notifications. I only added the notification as a stop gap while music applications got around to implementing their own controls.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Was thinking about a simular feature for a while just havent quite figured out how to build it yet.

Just to bounce a few ideas around since you are thinking about this as well.

Possible Features

- Only visible when application is running

- Only for specific applications, Ones that dont already have media controls like Pandora and Spotify

- Manual close instead of auto close when application is not currently playing
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
As always your the man, That helps.
[Android Apps and Games] macdo:
Suggestion

Hi, first of all, thanks for this great app!

I think it would nice to have:

When you are adding a widget and get the list of the available ones, on the left you show the same icon for every one, it will be nice to have a different icon with a thumbnail of the design of each one.

If not is really hard to choose which one to choose...

I hope you understand my english and idea....:D

Best regards,

macdo
[Android Apps and Games] lumpy211:
I'm not sure about PowerAMP, but I can get it to work with DSub if you're willing to drop a few bucks. It's much better than the official Subsonic app, and is based off of the same code.

Also, I have two requests for the developer :)

1. Hide the widget when no music is playing, like Phantom Music Control (I saw you mentioned in a previous post that it was your motivation to create this. I've been looking for a replacement, too). Reveal it with a tap and you're good to go!

2. Probably not on the top of your list, nor is it really even important, but a live wallpaper would be seriously cool. Display the current album art when playing, but when nothing is playing change back to a "default."

As for feedback, this is great! It's been able to work with every player I've thrown at it: DSub, BeyondPod, and MortPlayer. Thanks for this! I'll gladly drop a few bucks for it if you decide to make it a pay app after the beta.
[Android Apps and Games] drakenabarion:
Been using this for me than a week now and I had no problems. But there is one tiny non problem that I would like to show.

The is some overlap of the play controls on the 3x2 widgets. I use the biggest font size for the system so it is probably related to that. It's no big deal however.
[Android Apps and Games] bejank:
Edit: the icon of your notification would match the app it is working on, and the user could disable the Pandora app notifications form app settings.

Even without the expandable notification (although that would be cool), this would give me innumerable joy:
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
Thanks for this app. It works wonderfully except for a minor glitch when using BeyondPod (podcast app).

The widget shows the podcast metadata, albumart correctly and it plays/pauses properly. The minor glitch is that if my phone is idle for a while and if I start to play a podcast using the Media Utilities widget, it won't work. I have to tap on the album art to open the BeyondPod app. After that play/pause starts working properly from the widget. It looks as if the widget loses track of which app to send the play action to, after the phone goes idle.
[Android Apps and Games] am11:
Works perfectly but I wanted to request an alternative 4x2 widget layout. Could you include a 4x2 widget where the album art takes up the entire left side from top to bottom with the the track name and album text to the right of the album at the top and the previous/play/next button below with no separate button to open the music app as that can be done by clicking on the album art. Would be useful to choose between having the artist name rather than the album name as the album art is visible.

Also I'd imagine it can't be done but thought I'd confirm can repeat and shuffle buttons be implemented.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
:) Yeah even Iam getting lost in the sea of widgets. I was just waiting for the look&feel to stabilize a bit.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Probably not, For the near term trying to make it as generic as possible to cover most music applications.

BTW which music applications are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Somthing like that?

The current application icon can be enable/disabled when you add the widget.

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[Android Apps and Games] cfmusicman:
Google play music has a good 4x1 widget...
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Not sure I can do much about the progress bar. The cover art with hidden controls and large text is interesting though.

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[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Widgets

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3x3

Large cover art controls on bottom.

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2x2

Large cover art, controls hidden in the cover art.

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2x2

Large cover art, controls hidden in the cover art. Clean version no title no current app.

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3x1

Highly configurable standard music controls

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1x1

Resizable coverart selecting the cover art launches current application.

Designed to be used with other widgets to design your own music screen.

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1x1

Designed to look like a desktop icon. Shows the current application. Selecting launches the current applications.

Designed to be used with other widgets to design your own music screen.

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2x1

Standard music controls. Highly configurable and resizable both vertical and horizontally.

Designed to be used with other widgets to design your own music screen.

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2x1

Just text, Title, track, album.

Hidden controls.

Designed to be used with other widgets to design your own music screen.

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4x2

Highly configurable standard music controls

Note: the lower one will be available in the next version

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3x1

Cover Art on the left large text on the right, hidden music controls under the text.

Highly configurable.

Note: available in the next version

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Example widget config page.

Current Configuration

- Optional Gradient

- Background color

- Background transparency

- Border color

- Border width

- Optional show current running music application

- Optional show your music application *NEW*

- Text color
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
Please don't remove the previous button as someone suggested. I happen to use it more than the next button as I listen to podcasts more often than music. On Beyondpod, the previous track button acts as skip back x number of seconds.

I would instead suggest that the user be allowed to choose what buttons he or she wants.

I miss the previous track button on many of your current widget configs. It would be great if you can add that.

Also after music (Google Music) or podcast (BeyondPod) is stopped and the phone stays idle for a while, I can't use the play button from the widget to continue playing what was playing earlier. But if I just open the respective app, go back to the the widget and then hit play, then it works. Are you able to recreate this issue on your end?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Dont worry was going to make that configurable, working on restructuring the code to make that a bit easier on myself going to take a few days. :fingers-crossed:

As for the issue, Ive noticed that on my end as well. Been looking into options to mitigate that issue, the media app is doing what its suppose to and unregistering with the OS after its been idle for a while. Trying to figure out if its better to kick it and hope it works or notify the user that they need to open the application again but graying the controls or some other method.

Been gathering what applications people have been using to judge the best options, so thanks for posting that ;)
[Android Apps and Games] arman68:
It is coming along nicely, looks good!

The progress bar was just an idea thrown in, because somebody else mentioned it. No worry if it cannot be done. I can imagine it would be difficult to make it work with all media players (eg: online radio which have no or incomplete progress information).

Yes, I think that is a winner. In your launcher8 screenshot though, it seems wrong, as the album art is cropped top and bottom, instead of being in a square frame the same size as the internal vertical widget size.

I also thought of something else: would it be possible to have a default "no cover" album art when media players do not report any?
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Good eye was just a quick layout still tweaking the size.

Good idea on the album as well. Need a default image other then the transparent one thats there right now. That would help with the widget configuration as well really need a square to get a better idea of how it will look.
[Android Apps and Games] wesssider:
Right, displays track information from DSub but not SubSonic. :( Is it Subsonic's fault?
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Just checking this SubSonic
[Android Apps and Games] wesssider:
Correct.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Ill play around with it some more but looks like it does not publish its coverart and meta data. If you add the application manually it will at least show up as found.

Looks like there are ton of forks of that project and that the developer is merging code back now, I suspect it will have the ICS/JB support I need in the near future.
[Android Apps and Games] lukeskope:
Conflict with headset control app

I have a headset with a click button, I use Headset Button Controller to control my music players and noticed a conflict when trying to use the on screen controls through your app, nothing works until I disable the Headset app. Honestly, I don't really care, I'm using your app so I can see album art on my Widget Locker lockscreen, not necessarily to control the playback itself but figured I'd give my 2 cents.

HTC Evo V running ICS, using Widget Locker & Headset Button Controller apps, had conflict with Spotify and Slacker Radio apps.

Great app so far, thanks for the development and support.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Thanks love WidgetLocker. Still playing around with a widget format that works better with it.

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2 questions

1) What application are you using to override the headset controls?

2) What features are you using in the headset control. I suspect Iam going to have to implement something similar to mitigate these types of issues (plus sounds like fun).
[Android Apps and Games] lukeskope:
It's called Headset Button Controller

It has single click for play/pause, double click for next track and long press for volume control. It has a debug mode where each time a button is pressed it displays a popup to let you know it is working/recognizing the click(s). When you use the play/pause and skip track buttons on the widget the popup shows, which tells me my phone is interpreting the widget presses as headset button presses.

Another small issue, GoneMad Music Player seems to have trouble, the widget isn't showing album art, even though the same song with the same album art displays correctly when played through Google Music. It is local music stored on SD card and shows up fine in other players so unsure why the widget is having trouble.

Let me know if there is any other info I can give you to help debug.

edit: I should add the controls work just fine with the headset app disabled.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Still doing some testing but initial testing with GoneMad Music Player looks good. I had to enable auto download cover art though to get the coverart to show up.

I havent had a chance to look at the headset issue yet, Cant imagine what they are doing to prevent my app from running correctly.

Thanks again for the information.

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[Android Apps and Games] am11:
Yes thanks. With the icon gone could the buttons be pushed further down and made smaller. That would leave room for track name, album name and artist.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Just pushed a new version. Lots of updates based on all of your comments.

New Features

- Increased size of icons/buttons on notification to accommodate back button.

- Back button now available optionally on every widget.

- Back button now available optionally on notification.

- Optional link to your applications on every widget.

- Optionally can round the corners of the widgets.

- 2 new widgets based on user feedback

- 4x1 - Cover art on the left large text and hidden controls on the right.

- 3x2 - Same as existing 3x2 just with bigger cover art.

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[Android Apps and Games] am11:
I tried out the new 4x2 widget but the album art was too big. There wasn't much space for the track title and album name and the the next track button was cut off.

I was wondering would it be possible to allow the user to create their own widget. Have a checkbox for each element (album art, track name, artist, control buttons, current media apps, media apps) and selecting the element will make it appear on the widget area. The user can the press the element to select it and drag and move it or resize it.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
I thought that widget might have been pushing it a bit. Surprised how much was cut off on your device. What are you using?

On my GS3 running stock JB

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Been putting a lot of effort in the backend to make the widgets more generic and more config driven. All of the widgets are basically the same code with different config already. My goal is to start removing widgets that can be created through the widget config by adding more and more functionality to the config. Not sure Ill ever get to the point that it can be created by drag and drop though, the android widget restrictions so far appear to make that level of configuration difficult.

If anyone as seen widgets that do somthing similar it would help me figure out a way to implement it.
[Android Apps and Games] bejank:
Is there any way to get album art in the notification? Other than that, the update looks great!

Thanks