[Android Apps and Games] Gourmand:
This program (and each similar one posted in this thread later) IS an audio folder and track player. It allows create simple playlist containing entire folders and/or individual tracks. Even this program can work like "falshpanel" for another one player. It allows start, stop and pause music, switch to next or previous track, change volume. And it looks like popular cassette and tape reel recorders from 70s-80s. It has alive VU-meters with arrows and/or LEDs and may be some funny moving parts. Some controls have natural sounds recorded from existing prototypes. Falshpanel has real prototype but program looks little different to real. Prototype means - there was real deck or boombox produced at past. The name of program is different to real prototype to not violate copyrights. Program is free but contains advertising. Ads appear on top of screen and do not interfere with program. But program must have permanent connection to Internet - without this it does not work properly. Programs has it's paid twin which can be found on the GP developer's page.

Why use it? If you are fun of nice decks or boomboxes, if you are missing to dancing arrows and blinking LEDs - download and use. Sometimes it gives more fun than default player's controls. Use it while charging your phone - it looks much better than just black screen.

Each published here free program has it's paid "twin". Twin can be easy found by the name of program. Just remove letter "A" from name. Twin is very cheap and does not contain advertising.

WARNING! In OSes without Google Play Services such as CyanogenMod theese apps do not work.

Description how to use. Please read!

Features available:

- collect playlist from entire folders and/or individual tracks - folders can contain unlimited number of subfolders - all music inside them will be played

- turn on playback, pause (while playing), next/previous track (while playing) and stop;

- change global sound volume by moving volume knob;

- watch music level on arrow VU-meters

- switch VU-meters input between microphone and global output (see below)

- see name of playing song, album and artist in nice running line (see below)

- watch rotating tape reels and rollers while playing;

- timer counts from playback start;

- buttons and switches emit natural sounds;

- zoom view by pitch gesture;

- scroll around zoomed view by hold and drag;

- fit view to screen size by tap and hold;

- close program by "power" button.

As player:

- double tap anywhere on player or turn it to internal mode by INT switch - playlist editor will appear fullscreen, it opens /mnt folder in left panel - right panel is your playlist

- navigate to folder with music you want to listen, use scrollbars to scroll and open subfolders

- drag-n-drop entire folders and/or track from left panel to right

- reorder items in right panel by drag-n-drop

- if needed remove item from playlist then drag-n-drop it to left panel

- change size of panels by vertical bar left-right drag

- double tap somewhere on playlist or folders

- start playback

As a front panel for other player:

Variation 1:

- run this program and switch to EXTernal player;

- run your favorite player and select music you want to listen;

- switch player to pause;

- switch screen to this program;

- tap to play button and then use program controls.

Variation 2:

- run you favorite player, select music you want to listen;

- turn playback on;

- run this program - it will automatically stops playing music;

- switch to EXT player

- tap to play button and then use program controls.

SEQ/RND switches between sequential and random track (inside folders too) playback

ONCE stops when playlist ends, LOOP plays entire list cyclically

Switching to microphone input allows VU-meters listen and indicate ambient sounds. Turn this on if you play music by other hardware - VU-meters will follow it's level. Switching to output connects VU-meters to internal device sound output. It allows VU-meters follow only to music played by this device. This can not work properly on some Snapdragon processors with some third party players cause they use specific hardware features. Author of this program is not responsible if VU-meters don't show music level on output but on microphone do show.

Some software music players do not give author, album and song name. In this case static sentence "no music info" will be shown. Same will be shown if no any music playing but program just animates sound from microphone.

Program DOES NOT contain any malicious code - no data acquisition, no trading, no third side communications, nothing except it really does - just front-panel for music player. It only contains advertising.

Program works only in landscape mode. It blocks automatic screen blackening but allows turn off screen by device power button. Just turn on music and run this program while charging your phone or tablet - and enjoy nice view instead of black screen.

Here it is Piereon GL-707A looking like vintage tape reel deck.

Download link on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gourmetlabs.piereongl707a