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[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I will take a look at it.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Nice one but useless on an Milestone/Droid 2 so it would be awesome if u add support for Winamp
[Android Apps and Games] flipn0tic:
This is a great idea. I like it so far and am loving that Music Mod is supported. Is there any chance you can make it bring up the music player app upon clicking the widget?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Poapfel: I will try to support it some day, however I am not sure that it will be possible. Maybe you can install Music Mod from Market until than.

flipn0tic: Great idea. I will try to implement it. Probably not in today's release, but soon :-).
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I am so nice guy! I actually did it today :-). But it is just experimental feature for now.

Changelog

1.4:

- Added battery saving mode that consumes almost zero energy (if you had any battery issues with Phantom, simply uninstall it and install again; it should disappear)

- Added inverted theme with black buttons on white background

- It is now possible to start music application by touching widget background (experimental feature, might not work correctly)

- Bug fix: The background no longer disappears
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Will think about that :-)
[Android Apps and Games] h20wakebum:
Good day sir,

I just purchased the Pro version of your app.

I am having a little trouble getting this to work correctly.

I have Samsung Epic 4g Touch which has a custom musicplayer.apk.

I've got that working ok, but I cannot get the controls to work with PAndora (from widger locker).

Can you please point me in the right direction?

I can't figure this out for the life of me.

Thanks so much,

Rob

Is there anything I can to help you in figuring out how to get Pandora to work (im here in USA)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Hi there!

I actually menioned on previous page, that Pandora is reported not to work, but I cannot really test it, since it is not available in my country. I am sorry for now, but I hope I will resolve it later.
[Android Apps and Games] h20wakebum:
Hi there,

I saw that right after posting...

Is there anything someone here in USA can do to help? Like provide a VNC connection to an android powered device with it installed?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I do not think that it will do the trick. I will probably have to use some kind of proxy to try it.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Is it possible to get the pro version from the market for those like me who purchased the pro version before through PayPal?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Unfortunately, Google does not provide any way to do that. Sorry. But I will maintain the PayPal compatibility as long as Phantom will exist :-).
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Too bad, that would have been a bit more convenient. Thanks anyway! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Jehde:
The widget doesn't seem to be working well at all for me, I just recently purchased the license in order to use it with Winamp, but there are multiple problems like the player disappearing indefinitely, the play/pause button being delayed/backwards, and the track info being wrong. Am I missing some magic option to make this work with Winamp?

Also, is it possible to simultaneously have a hiding widget on the lockscreen and static widget on the home screen?
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
For me the same with the last Winamp. It is not reliable anymore... :(
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Please try to increase keypress timeout in Phantom's settings. It should do the trick.
[Android Apps and Games] ock:
Works nicely with I9000 TouchWiz player, just needed to choose "Stock 2.3" rather than "Touchwiz" as mentioned a few pages back.

Thanks.

Any chances of custom skin support?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Yep, the chance is there. I plan it in some soon update, but do not expect much - the theming system is just ****ty :-)).
[Android Apps and Games] Jehde:
I increased the timeout from 900 to 1800, no difference, widget still gets stuck disappeared.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Then I recommend two other things:

- Make sure you disable Battery saving mode

- Enable "...and shortly reveal it on touch" option

And let me know if it works better now.
[Android Apps and Games] Jehde:
Tried that, still no luck. :(

I've been playing around with it trying to figure out what's happening. I set the Winamp main widget and the Phantom Music Control side by side.

When I start music through Winamp, Phantom Music Control won't recognize that music is playing and won't turn visible.

But if I touch the Phantom Music Control to reveal it, then start the music through that, it plays as it should, although if I pause it through Winamp, PMC doesn't register the pause and remains visible, it hides as it should if I pause through PMC though, and I have to touch it to reveal it and start the music through it again if I want it work again, meaning I can't play/pause through Winamp.

So instead of Phantom Music Control actually checking if Winamp is playing music, it seems to be merely switching between internal visibility states as it sends a "play/pause" to Winamp. This would also explain the icons that reversed.

The reason I got the license was so that it would be able to detect when Winamp is playing. :(
[Android Apps and Games] ABQNM:
That would be nice or at least the ability to change button colors would be awesome. Currently I have to swap drawables from the apk to change colors but that would be an awesome future feature.

Thanks for the app though! It is exactly what is needed. Pro version of course.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I will test it better before next release. Sorry for your trouble.

Well, there will be something like custom theming system, so it should do the trick :-).
[Android Apps and Games] ABQNM:
Awesome thanks! Use this app all day long and it is great.

Sent from my brain using human to phone transport technology.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
So, here in Czech Republic, Friday is about to begin, and I decided to make a Black Friday deal not only for US users, but for entire world. For next 24 hours, you can get Phantom Music Control Pro for half the price! I suppose you can also use it to transfer from PayPal purchase to Market license, if you happen to have the same OCD as I have :-). Have fun!

Phantom Music Control Pro
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Only half day left on the sale. Do not forget! :-)
[Android Apps and Games] nikov1:
Do I need the WidgetLocker to use this app? I'm just trying to use it as a homescreen music controller for google music and beyondpod, but the option to choose the music player is grayed out (currently on Auto-Detect). I can't get the app to work with either. I get an unable to run the music player message when trying to use the widget regardless of which player is on.
[Android Apps and Games] azazel71:
are you running donate version or free? if free it wont work with your players donate will, its all in the description on market;)
[Android Apps and Games] YMN8410:
Hi,

I just purchased and installed PRO version for my Samsung Galaxy S II (stock ROM).

Nothing happens. Can u pls explain what "advanced compatibility" is? How u choose it?

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] ABQNM:
Not the dev, but just a quick check - did you also install the free version? You need to have the free version installed too. The pro just unlocks the free version.
[Android Apps and Games] YMN8410:
Of course I did. Thanks fo your concern
[Android Apps and Games] ABQNM:
No worries. I only bring it up because it is a common report for apps that have a separate key. It could help someone reading the thread later.

As to the advanced compatibility mode, it is in the list of players in the preferences. If for some reason it only shows the stock music and won't let you change it at all, you can turn on the hot swap players option and make sure that it is not set to auto hide. Confirm it and go to the widget. Tap on the two little arrows in the bottom right corner and choose the advanced compatibility mode from the list. Then go back into the settings and set it to hide again.

For some reason I have had it get stuck on the stock player and won't let me change it and that did the trick. Hopefully you get it working.

---------- Post added at 11:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:59 PM ----------

Sorry, the arrows for the player hot-swap are in the lower right, not the left. Edited post and added post for email notification.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
The choose-player option is only greyed out in launcher settings, it is available if you remove the widget and place it again. I will try some kind of workaround for next version.
[Android Apps and Games] surveysays:
4x2 Version would be perfect :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
What for? :-)
[Android Apps and Games] surveysays:
for this widget lol :rolleyes: ... i would resize it but with ICS i cant, unless i get a new launcher & i like the ICS launcher :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] surr3a1:
Hi there Johny_G,

I've been using the free widget for some time now and today decided to buy the pro.

It is working perfectly for me with PowerAmp.

One thing though that has been requested many times - pleeeeeeeease add the Artwork.

I did read the whole post and saw that it requires a lot of work for you, if there is a chance that you can point me/us in the right direction, how to add it ourselves(if that is even possible).

Thank you very much for the wonderful widget!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Actually, PowerAMP is the easiest one to implement :-). It will definitely be the first player to support album art.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Hi, guys! Lately, I have a lot of bad comments on the Market, mostly from people who do not know how to use it, and 100% of people who don't event bother to contact me so I can help them. So I have a little appeal. Please, if you have some time, post your own comment there. I do not demand 5* from you, just a honest review from people who actually know what they are doing :-). And I will try to come up with some fool-proof hints for the other ones :-). Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Hi, guys and ladies! Have you noticed anything wrong about Phantom lately? Last few days there is crazy refund rate. I personally use Phantom daily (with Google Music now), and have no problems. I want to keep you guys happy, but not a single person have contacted me by e-mail, so I need to know what's happening somehow :-).
[Android Apps and Games] Wargzam:
I know that I was having trouble controlling Google Music (4.1.511) with Phantom. I exclusively stream from my Google Music account, and every time I would tap the widget to pause the stream, it would take a good 3-5 seconds before the music actually stopped. Then I would hit play again and often the stream would simply refuse to start back up.

I finally got frustrated and resorted to using the lockscreen controls provided by Cyanogen. Those aren't perfect either, but they worked better.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Do you use the Google Music profile, or Advanced Compatibility Mode?
[Android Apps and Games] Wargzam:
I was using the Google Music profile, not advanced compatibility mode.

Sorry I took so long to respond.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
No problem. Try the Compatibility mode, please. It handles such conflicts way better.
[Android Apps and Games] Aarush:
hey, i tried this on my Xperia neo V .. the widget disappeared (great feature) but when the music was playing and i unlocked it ..the widget didnt come up! please fix :)

need this app so badd!

and how to run in advanced compatibilty mode?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Do you use any kind of task killer? It might behave like this. However, Compatibility mode is in the player chooser. Definitely try it. There might be a little input lag, but it is much more reliable than the broadcast controls used for some players (such as the damned Google Music - I even use it in compatibility mode by myself).
[Android Apps and Games] surveysays:
future support for the CM9 Music App would be dope! :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] shankai:
Thanks nice widget.
[Android Apps and Games] Scratchling:
Having trouble with getting the widget to work with the stock player on my 2.3 Xperia X10.

If you could take a look at it that'd be great.

If I figure it out before you get to it I'll post an update here.

Also, would you consider embedding the same controls in the notifications bar? Tried another app but it doesnt perform quite as expected and it'd be lovely to have both in one.

---------- Post added at 06:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:52 AM ----------

Manual selecting the player fixed it, managed to miss that before ^^
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Will think about that :-).
[Android Apps and Games] lumpy211:
How does/could the new media remote control APIs in ICS affect Phantom Music Control? Is it possible to intercept interactions with this API to improve support for those apps that include it (e.g. PlayerPro, BeyondPod, MortPlayer, doubleTwist, and possibly others in the future)? If it is, then Phantom could display album artwork and even have larger widgets (2x2, 4x4, etc) for displaying it.

The ICS lockscreen is nice in that it displays controls now, but I don't like how it makes half of the screen just a black background with no other information. Plus I still prefer using WidgetLocker :-)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I actually plan to include it in next release. However, I have no time at all to work on it right now, but I hope it will be done soon.
[Android Apps and Games] artistro08:
Spotify Support

is there any means to support spotify in the near future? forgive me if this question was answered already as i skimmed through here.

Also, if there isnt, will it be possible to implement one?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
It is not available in my country, so I cannot test it. However, there was always problem with Spotify not supporting headset controls. How is it now? Have you tried Advanced Compatibility Mode?
[Android Apps and Games] EnglebertHumperdink:
MOG?

Does this work with MOG? I've got the free version of phantom, and it's very slick, but I can't seem to make it work with MOG. Will the paid version work?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
MOG is one of the unfortunate applications that are not available in my country. I recommend you to enable headset controls and scrobbling in MOG (if possible), and use Advanced compatibility mode in version Pro. If it won't work, I will refund you manually, so you don't have to make it in 15 minutes :-).
[Android Apps and Games] fbunnyuk:
Seems to be broken for me on stock 2.3.5 using the default music player.

it either doesn't work using the default launcher

using go launcher seems to get the app in a constant skip track loop

any pointers i'm using the free version at the moment, it's incredibly laggy even scrolling through the config screen.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
This might happen from time to time. Please try to reinstall the main (free) app, and let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] fbunnyuk:
Uninstalled twice

cleared cache on each occasion.

I added the volume controls to the widget and they work it just keep on skipping through the tracks.

I've changed the default media player to a number of different ones and it still launches the stock music player when that option is enabled.

Just doesn't want to play ball!

Can you suggest a music player it's compatible with?
[Android Apps and Games] fbunnyuk:
I've just tried with the poweramp trial and it works fine, so it's a problem with the stock music player on 2.3.5. The option to choose this player is only in the pro version! This would probably indicate why you're getting so many 1 star reviews recently
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
It is in free version as well, but not on the launcher screen; just when you place the widget. I need to make this properly :-).
[Android Apps and Games] osxsibly:
Glad I saw this reply. It might help adding this clarification to your market (sorry, GOOGLE PLAY) page.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Good idea :-). I'll do it now.
[Android Apps and Games] osxsibly:
Also, just want to say that it's working flawlessly now that it's set to Advanced Compatibility. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Teloah:
I like this widget very much since I want a widget that just show me the artist and song I'm listening to and have a quick way to access my music player. I have paid for the Pro-version, and it's well worth it's money.

The problem I've been having is the same as fbunnyuk, it's laggy and it seems to affect the whole phone. I have an Samsung Galaxy SII. For example, Angry Birds gets very very laggy when I play, but if I remove the Phantom Music Control from the phone it works just fine. It feels like it works better if I turn on the battery-saving-option tho. I have removed and reinstalled the app (both the main program and the pro-key) but it doesn't make any difference. Is this something you are working on? There has not been a update since November and I believe we are many that would like to see an update.

I also would like to know if it will be possible to change the color on the widget "Chromeless (text only)" in a future update?

I'm working on translating it to Swedish, let's see how it goes :)

Thank you and keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Hi there! Thank you for the feedback. I have promised too many things for next update, and simply have no time for that now. However, more people told me this, so I have it on my To-Do list and will try to find better way of refreshing the widget. The current one is nothing but trouble.
[Android Apps and Games] Johnny_Queste:
hi

not working on my defy+ stock (2.3.5) rom with connect music player (stock)

i'm using advanced compatibility, but works only the play/pause button

please, support this version

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could you add PROFILES???

I love the widget

so im using (fixed) on the screen, and i'd like to use (like phantom) on the lock screen
[Android Apps and Games] ler01:
Vibration feedback

Hi. I love Phantom. But I have an idea how to make it slightly better.

Maybe I`m not the first who's requesting it (I searched through the topic but had no result).

So the thing is, that I think vibration feedback would increase usability. Sometimes when I press forward button I have to wait a few moments before next track actually starts playing. And during these few moments I'm not exactly sure if the button worked or I missed it and sometimes I push the button twice :(

Thanx for your work
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Connected is already on my To-Do, however, I cannot promise it for next update. As well as profiles. However, I will try to make some kind of press feedback, since it has been requested for a long time.
[Android Apps and Games] xxlutz7:
Hi,

sorry but I didn't read all posts of the thread so maybe someone already talked about my question.

For my opinion the Phantom-Widget is great but there is one thing that leads to me my decision to switch to another music-widget for my lockscreen. If I check my battery consumption it's around 6-7% (checked via wheresmydroidpower). This a realy high number! Did I anything wrong? Is there any possibilty to decrease the consumption?

thx in advance
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
First of all, try to reinstall the free version. It might help. If not, you can try Battery saving mode, however it does not behave very well since Android 2.3. But definitely try it, it might help a lot.
[Android Apps and Games] lumpy211:
I don't mean to sound pushy (sorry if this does sound like it!), but how's the progress on the next version? There are a lot of apps which are starting to implement the remote control metadata API in 4.0 and it'd be great to see Phantom be able to handle these as well :-)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I am sorry, but as I have stated previously, I'm swamped by work. Sometimes I find time to explore some of my little ideas (maybe I will even release some of them), but Phantom is very time-consuming, and I just don't seem to create timeslot for it. I will go back to frequent updates as soon as my work and personal life calms down a little. It's just... too much **** going on. Thanks for understanding.
[Android Apps and Games] lumpy211:
No problems, your personal life should obviously come first :) Thanks for responding!
[Android Apps and Games] Cptnodegard:
I will admit to not having read the entire thread, I just stumbled across the app, bought it, tried it out, and discovered a nifty little trick that happened by accident as a result of something I had already done to my WidgetLocker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Mv4BqQc3I

So what I did earlier today before I even knew about this app was to try out some widgets to control music playback from the lockscreen, other than the stock poweramp widgets and lockscreen. After some testing I gave up on any special apps for it. I instead created a simple Tasker task that uses the Media Control: Toggle Pause action combined with Tasker's ability to run tasks from normal shortcuts and made one of the unlock slider options a play/pause button. When combined with this app set to hide the widget immediately, you basically get an unlock toggle that turns the widget (and music playback) on and off. Maybe useless to others, but I like how the two work together.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
What a cool idea :-). It seems much safer than the built-in "reveal it on touch" feature, that I use. Would you have any use for another broadcast intent that would just reveal the widget without playback? I don't suppose so, but just asking :-).
[Android Apps and Games] Cptnodegard:
For me personally I'd rather have them both in the same action, but if there's an easy way to add a "reveal widget" action as a normal shotcut there might be others who would prefer than, not to mention it doesn't require the $6.50 Tasker to work. As I said it was sort of an accident that these two work so well together, but I think that you're right in it being a less error prone alternative to reveal on touch.
[Android Apps and Games] xxlutz7:
Hey ... thats so nice. As I'm at the beginning using tasker maybe you can explain in detail how you do this!?
[Android Apps and Games] Cptnodegard:
In Tasker, select Tasks, create a new one, and name it whatever you want. Add Media Control under Media and set Cmd to Toggle Pause. Select Simulate Media Button. OK your way out of tasker and head to WidgetLocker. Add the unlocked and select Shortcut under Actions (not application). Scroll down to Task Cut and select it, then select the Tasker task you created. It will probably force you to pick an icon, just pick anything, you can change that in Widgetlocker.

This requires the media app to have been launched before it will truly toggle play/pause on and off, but once it has been, it will work like in the video. Well, you do have to make sure Phantom is set to not wait for WidgetLocker to unlock before it hides, of course
[Android Apps and Games] Zaihanzainal:
just got the pro version off the market, loving it! prob the only external music widget that works properly on my phone.... only one thing, how come i cant show album art in the widget too =/
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Album art is tricky, and I have not done it yet. Also I'm afraid that if I do it for few players (I suppose PowerAMP, Music Mod, PlayerPro and old Stock/HTC might be plausible), I will be bombed with requests for other other ones, and it is not even remotely possible.
[Android Apps and Games] Zaihanzainal:
Ahh ok I understand then :)

Could work as an add on for specific players only tho right? Anyway just throwing ideas up in the air.... or a tut on how to mod it by ourselves without breaking market updates maybe :D

search button..... just do it.....
[Android Apps and Games] aussiebum:
Does this widget work with Neutron MP? Haven't seen it mentioned in this thread... thx!