[Android Apps and Games] DanPLC:
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.