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[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I just went to Market to try it, and it is not compatible with any of my devices... What is the limitation?
[Android Apps and Games] perrako47:
There shouldn't be any! It's a pretty standard app. Not sure what the issue would be. The catch is that it's a subscription music service (think MOG, Rhapsody, etc.), but I think there's a ten-day free trial.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Hi Johny_G! Hope you're fine. Don't forget about me! I'm still hoping to figure out what is the problem! :)
[Android Apps and Games] oblivinated:
Player Pro Problem

Hey! I am a paid customer, and I really appreciate your work.

Just a quick notification: I'm sure you're aware that the recent update to Music Player Pro no longer works with Phantom Music Control. The song will skip back to the beginning at 10 seconds, and the tracks display as "null." This is a widespread problem as I have seen users experience it.

I would downgrade Music Player Pro but I cannot seem to find an old apk anywhere.

Please update as soon as possible! Thank you so much, it means a lot to all of us.

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] wmc90:
I'm also getting this.

Let me know if you need a logcat or something to troubleshoot.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Rebel2k: I just cannot install it on any of my devices :-/. If you could send me an APK of the trial version, it might be fine.

Oblivinated: I know about this issue, but the dev does not seem to respond to my e-mail (I need an updated AIDL from him). Until than, just use Advanced compatibility mode and enable both Headset controls and Scrobbling (SLS works fine, ScrobbleDroid should as well) in PlayerPro.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Winamp is free on the market! Why can't you install it? You really need the apk file or you'we asking for Phantom and it is a quote mistake?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Oh crap, I'm becoming lost. So the Winamp issue :-)). If you won't receive my answer in 15 hours (it's easier than giving you my timezone :-)), just send me an e-mail, and I will take a look at it immediately.

jan(dot)gruncl(at)gmail(dot)com
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Ok then I wait for it! :)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Oh, it seems that your ROM does not grant me the INJECT_EVENTS permission. What ROM do you use? And do you have latest version of Phantom Music Control?
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
I have the latest version of Phantom Music Player, yes, and my ROM is just a standard and stock JVR ROM from Samsung. It is not a custom one anymore.

How can you see it is not permitted? In the logs? How can I grant this permission to the widget? Shouldn't this be managed by the Manifest.xml file during the setup?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
The permission is in the Manifest file. The thing is, that the permission is not guaranteed and recommended not to use (however, it is needed in our case). As I can see in the logs, the permission seems to be missing, therefore I think that your ROM denied it (at first I thought that you have removed it in CyanogenMOD - the permission removal feature is just plain stupid :-( - but now I know it is not the case). I will try to send you some experimental version utilizing root access, but I am not sure if it would help at all.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Great! Yes why not requesting root access if that's needed! Ready to test! The main question is: why Samsung would deny such a permission?Are you the only dev using it?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Well, not the only one, but it is not recommended:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#INJECT_EVENTS
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Ok. And why would the ROM deny this privilege to your widget if it has been accepted during the install process? And why would the widget work after two or three key press? Wouldn't it be supposed to never work then?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
For the ROM thing: For example in CyanogenMod family of ROMs, you can go through applications and deny some of their permissions (if you feel like that). Some other ROMs might deny it just for security reasons or whathever.

The other thing: This is just making your case even more weird :-). The logs clearly say, that Phantom did not received the requested permission.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
New version out! Even Rebel2k's bug was resolved :-D.

Changelog

1.59:

- PlayerPro fixed

- Ads removed from free version

- Some Samsung users can now use Stock 2.3 profile if Samsung does not work right

- Translations updated. Now localised to: English, German, Dutch, Korean, French, Turkish, Czech, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Russian

- Advanced Compatibility Mode tweaked for Samsung users

- Some minor performance tweaks
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Wonderful! And thank you again for the debug session and work together!
[Android Apps and Games] Csapi007:
PlayerPro

Hy

I had problems with 1.58 and PlayerPro. Sometimes the widget on the lockscreen (WidgetLocker) didn't pick up the music.

With this update its even worse, it alwasy says [artist] - null.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Weird, I'm using PlayerPro myself on one of my devices. However, I have used my own hotfix. Next release will include official AIDL. Until then, try to uninstall the widget completely and put it back.
[Android Apps and Games] Csapi007:
Already did that, didn't work. I guess I'll have to wait for your next update.
[Android Apps and Games] jimhart3000:
I'm testing out this widget (pro version) with different players trying to decide what's going to work best for me, and I'm not having any luck getting it to work with PlayerPro. It works with HTC player, with DoubleTwist, works pretty well with Google Music, and it was wonky with Power Amp, but seems to be working fine now.... The problem is, I was kind of leaning toward PlayerPro as my preferred player! I've uninstalled & reinstalled and tried different configurations, but nothing works - I get nothing found and when I tap the widget I get "Unable to run the music player"

I'm on a HTC Sensation running LeeDrOiD

Thanks for any help!
[Android Apps and Games] rycheme:
I would love to see some more theme options!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I'm surprised how many users have troubles with PlayerPro. I use it on one of my devices, and it is one of the best implementations (using service binding). Do you have fully updated paid version of PlayerPro? Trial version does not work as well as older versions of paid app. You wouldn't believe how many users give me 1-star rating using older, so probably cracked version of PlayerPro :-(.
[Android Apps and Games] Wargzam:
I have PlayerPro as well, paid version, and I have trouble as well. for me, the Artist -Title display is broken (always says "null" instead of artist). Also, the skip next button is completely non-functional, and the skip prev button actually skips to the next track.

This all started happening since the last PlayerPro update. Before then it worked flawlessly.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
You need to update both. Phantom Music Control 1.59 works with PlayerPro 2.09.
[Android Apps and Games] Wargzam:
Thanks! for some reason the market wasn't showing me that there was an update available for PlayerPro. Manually updated and now it's working fine.
[Android Apps and Games] gho.st:
Is there any plan to get this to work with Doggcatcher?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
It is on my to-do list already, but it is way too expensive, and I cannot say I have much money lately :-(.
[Android Apps and Games] jimhart3000:
Okay, it looks like it was that I was using the trial version. I dled the paid version and did a bunch of frantic tests during the refund window and it seemed to work fine. Doesn't auto-detect, but you warn that it probably won't, and I can live with manually switching players. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Csapi007:
This solved my problem too, thx.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Great to hear, guys :-).
[Android Apps and Games] monsterofmen:
Will there be an update to increase compatibility with MIUI player?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Doesn't it work anymore with Advanced compatibility mode? It's been a while since I've tested it.
[Android Apps and Games] bail.de:
man i would love to see this work on my xperia mini!

just voted for it! :)

or is there any similar widgetlocker add-on for sony xperia phones?
[Android Apps and Games] styx42:
Hello,

Somebody can confirm that this widget works with stock music player of Galaxy S2 with android 2.3.5

For moment, I tried free version and I did not found how to modify settings of widget... I must remove and re-add the widget to change config ? And Johny_G, could you explain what do you mean by "WidgetLocker events integration".

Thanks,

Styx
[Android Apps and Games] Quiksilver78:
Perhaps we can meet together for a few 'Pivos' as payment as I currently live in Brno due to work :) Starobrno?

Anyway, one thing I was hoping this widget would do is to hide itself much like say the Sense stock widget does. The top part of the display turns into the Album Art and the controls hide themselves behind the lock/unlock bar. One swipe up and the controls reveal themselves. After a few moments it hides itself again.

Not sure if this widget does already but if it doesn't it would make a great feature. It doesn't have to hide on the slider but maybe along the left/right edge? the top? (like the Samsung music widget does?) the bottom? anywhere?

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] thatk1d:
I have been looking for something like this for ever and I have finally found it.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
styx42: Currently, yes. It is needed to remove the widget and put it back. But I will try to implement some better way. The WidgetLocker implementation can recognize when the screen was locked or unlocked, so the widget can stay visible even when playback is stopped, but just until you unlock the screen.

Quiksilver78: Well, I'm much closer to Prague, but thanks for invitation! :-) However, I do not think that these gestures go along with the simple nature of Phantom. But maybe later...
[Android Apps and Games] dravein:
thanks...

nice nice nice..

:D
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Eh, when 1.2 was out, Sense 3.0 wasn't even done.
[Android Apps and Games] styx42:
Thanks for explainations, I bought your application and all seems OK :)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I had to upload kind of "hotfix" :-/

Changelog

1.59.1:

- Unfortunately, new version of doubleTwist no longer supports service binding. Therefore it is needed to use Advanced compatibility mode instead. Sorry for your trouble, I cannot control this.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
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[Android Apps and Games] surveysays:
will there ever be support for album art?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I hope so, but it is very very difficult to do such thing for so many players, so I cannot give any promises. But I've got it on my To-Do list for a very long time.
[Android Apps and Games] Overproof:
Why does your app use so much data after activation?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Oh, it must be some kind of glitch. It should only contact server once per boot. Can you, please, try to reinstall the widget completely?
[Android Apps and Games] Overproof:
I have tried multiple times, had no problems on froyo when it wasn't activated but on gingerbread when I flash gingerbread and activate it it polls data constantly...uses 1.5 mb a day.
[Android Apps and Games] surveysays:
well if you get it to work on google music .. im happy ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Weird... I will test that.
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
Newbie help

Hi Johnny,

I just installed Phantom Music Player and bought a key for Pro version as I needed Google Music support.

I quickly read through this thread but couldn't find answers to my questions.

Q1. Is it possible to change the Phantom MP settings without deleting the widget? If yes, how? Right now, I delete the widget, add it again, change settings as I want. I need to do this everything I need to change anything.

Q2. How do I activate Advanced Compatibility Mode? I didn't see it in the settings that show up when adding the widget.

Q3. I have both BeyondPod and Google Music apps. The track info looks funny.. the track info I see has info from both BeyondPod and Google Music concatenated. If BeyondPod is in paused state and an "xyz" podcast is loaded and if Google Music is playing "abc".. I see the track info as "abc - xyz". Here abc will contain the title and artist of song playing on Google Music and xyz will contain just the podcast name (not the episode title).

Thanks.

PS: I have Samsung Galaxy S-II with stock Android 2.3.
[Android Apps and Games] tboooe:
Hi sorry for the totally lame question but how do I get the pro version? I dont see it on the Android market.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Q1. Currently, not, but I want to do that in next release.

Q2. It is in the player chooser as the last item :-). You can also access it via hot-swap button.

Q3. Does it get better after you skip track?

The link is on the bottom of the configuration screen. Unfortunately, my country is not allowed to sell via Google Checkout, so I had to use PayPal.
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
Thanks! :)

Oh! Found it. But I am facing a problem with it. After switching to Advanced Compatibility Mode, the pause/play button activates my Winamp playlist, that too in parallel. Scenario: I am listening to BeyondPod, lock the screen (PMP is in Advanced Compability Mode) and I hit pause -> Winamp playlist starts playing in parallel with the BeyondPod audio. Also the pause/play icon stays stuck at the play icon even when it is actually pausing and playing the winamp playlist.

Nope.I get that problem every time I switch the player in PMP from Google Music to BeyondPod and back to Google Music.

I just found another inconsistency. The manual hotswap doesn't work every time. Here is the sequence of things I did:

1. Start Google Music using its widget

2. Lock the phone

3. Press lock button again so that Widget Locker shows up.

4. Change the player select to Google Music.

- Pause/Play, song info work fine

5. Pause the song playing from Google Music.

6. Switch player to BeyondPod.

7. Unpause will fetch the audio stream from Beyondpod and now I can pause/play the podcast playing from BeyondPod

8. Pause the podcast

9. Switch the player back to Google Music.

10. Now the pause/play button won't work (this was inconsistent, some times it malfunctioned like this, some times it didn't)

But it started working after couple of locking/unlocking of the phone.

I hope these steps help you debug.

Thanks for being active in this forum.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Turning off headset support in Winamp settings should work.

Sorry, I am lost :-). So does it stay like this, or it only happens one time after you switch players?

Wow, I need to take a look at this. I hope I will have some time soon. Thanks for such precise reporting!
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
That worked! So is the advanced compatibility mode only for Google Music? I would love to know what that mode is for. Thanks.

It stays like that. Then somehow after couple of locks/unlocks and manual pause/play in the actual app's widget makes PMP respond again.

Thanks for your responses!
[Android Apps and Games] bynge:
Can Phantom music widget work with Agile Lock ?

I been trying but no use.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I beleive I have described it a lot of times ;-). It emulates headset controls, so it can control many of players that aren't supported natively. It also jas various ways of reading track information.

Nope, Agile does not support widgets. WidgetLocker is way to go :-).
[Android Apps and Games] j_case123:
would it be possible for you to allow custom themes to be loaded up and used? kind of like what widgetlocker does with the sliders.
[Android Apps and Games] mac404:
Just bought - this does exactly what I wanted. Thanks! The stock widget looked so ridiculously ugly on my lock screen...
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
This feature is planned. But as I told many times - the theming system is a mess (it was not initially designed for it), you might be disappointed later :-(.

Great to hear :-).
[Android Apps and Games] j_case123:
yeah i figured it would take like a whole restructuring of the app.
[Android Apps and Games] minidev:
Spotify support

I know it has been asked before but I don't get why it wouldn't be possible?

This widget works fine with google music AND spotify :

market.android.com/details?id=com.github.mediabuttons

but of course it lacks all phantom's features ...
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Advanced Compatibility Mode does not work yet with it?
[Android Apps and Games] Kev13Dd:
2nd on the Spotify!

Media Buttons works, but lacks all the features that makes Phantom Music Control great

K
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Hi! With the last version for me Winamp isn't working anymore. I can't do anything and clicking on buttons doesn't have any effects... Could you check that Johny?
[Android Apps and Games] Projext:
Some problem here also SGS i9000,

using winamp latest version.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Ok so definitely it has no more Winamp support at the moment. Hope it could be fixed soon as for me it became useless since that... :(
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Just tested that. If you have problems with Winamp support, open Winamp settings and check "Control Headset" option. It will work as charm.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
That's checked for me already and that doesn't help. It was working before but now even with this option checked that's not!
[Android Apps and Games] styx42:
Hi,

In Advanced Compatibility Mode, the widget fails to open the music player (winamp in my case)...

Could you add a setup to choose the music player to launch ?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
If you still have problems, please try to reinstall both apps.

You can choose your own player if you uncheck and check the "Show music player on touch" option. I will add a button in next update.
[Android Apps and Games] styx42:
I have no problem to control Winamp (If I manually start it, otherwise the widget controls the stock player).

And when I check "Show music player on touch", it does not work... I have this message : "Unable to open the music player" (or something like that, I have the french message "Impossible d'ouvrir le lecteur musique").

Thank's for help :)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
The first part of my post wasn't ment for you :-). The Uncheck->Check action did not do the trick?
[Android Apps and Games] styx42:
No :( :eek: :D
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Guys, you were right! :-) There was a bug in Advanced compatibility mode.

Changelog

1.60:

- Settings available from launcher, it is not needed to remove the widget anymore

- Text color can be changed now

- Fixed "Show music player on touch" for Advanced compatibility mode

- Fixed situations when you had to enter activation key while already activated

- It was made clear that there is also refund policy for people unsure about purchase

- Updated translations
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Excellent! I'll test that! ;)

Edit: that works! Thank you very much!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Great to hear :-).
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
But wouldn't it be possible to specify which player is driven by the advanced compatibility mode? After each restart my widget is plugged on Google Music instead of Winamp. Could we change it definitely?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Unfortunately, it is not technically possible since ACM emulates headset controls. It actually depends on the player itself, how well it can override the controls for itself.
[Android Apps and Games] tboooe:
Advanced Compatibility

Hello...I am very interested in this product. Before I purchase I would like to know how well Advanced Compatibility works (I am unable to test this with the free version). Ideally, I would like for Phantom Music Control to work with PowerAmp, Pandora, Amazon, Google Music players. I tend to switch between these 4 players a lot so it would be great with Phantom can handle it without me having to change the settings all the time.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Hi there!

PowerAmp is supported, Google Music is supported, Pandora is reported not to work (I cannot test it, however, since I am not in supported country), and Amazon is not tested yet. However, If you decide to try it, there is a refund policy, so do not worry.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Update is out. This one was pretty complicated!

Changelog

1.61:

- Market purchase available!

- Fixed 1.5 compatibility

- Added timeout option for Advanced Compatibility Mode (for support purposes)

- Updated translations
[Android Apps and Games] backhead92:
Market purchase working perfectly, makes it a lot easier to use the pro version :)

One little request: Would ik be able to make a option to switch the controls and text (so that the text is shown above the controls)

And I will try to update the dutch translation as soon as I can, but I'm afraid it won;t have a lot of free time until tuesday :(
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I'm glad you guys like it :-). I will try to support some more players, however I believe that most of it won't be possible :-(.
[Android Apps and Games] Akutsito:
How about doubleTwist?
[Android Apps and Games] ogrenator:
can I hold my breath for Meridian support? great job either way!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I will make a poll later today. Now I am working on 1.3 :-).
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I've lost a lot of hours trying to support stock Gingerbread player, but I have lost the battle for now :-(. Instead, just have this minor update and some sweet new 2.3 screenshots (for you to be jealous and stuff). And take a look at the poll on top of this thread, please.

Changelog

1.3:

- Possibility to choose opacity of the background

- Minor visual changes and settings+defaults cleanup

- Bug fix: If "wait for WidgetLocker to unlock" is checked, widget no longer shows up on lockscreen if playback was already stopped
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I don't see you guys vote! :-)
[Android Apps and Games] mocsun23:
PowerAmp Pleaseeeee! :)
[Android Apps and Games] Orify:
Music PlayerPro would be great if you can. And it's not in your poll.
[Android Apps and Games] islanda73:
I didn't see it in the pole but I thought Id throw it out there how about mSpot it uploads your itunes, windows media player, or a specific folder to a cloud which can be accessed by there app on your phone or there website. Its great if you have a small sdcard :)
[Android Apps and Games] samuraixzodus:
black

This is a awesome widget any chance of becoming in black?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
If you guys want it, it's no problem.
[Android Apps and Games] teorouge:
Thanks, any chance that will ever be compatible to TuneWiki?
[Android Apps and Games] Greenfieldan:
This widget is fantastic! I'm loving it. I'm surprised no one has thought of this. Kudos to you :)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
teorouge: Maybe. But there are definitely no promises for any of the listed players :-). I will just try. However, the players with most votes will get my time first.

Greenfieldan: I am surprised too. I thought that it was because nobody actually wanted that (I said in first post, that I do not believe that anyone else will use it), but the download counter says something different :-). Unfortunately, the donation button does not, but that's just another story. I will keep up trying to make you guys satisfied.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
got a little bug with the widget.

sometimes the background setting is lost.

if i start my music or tap the widget it sometimes appears without any background, while i set transparency to 25%.

when that happens it seems i can only get the background back by removing the widget, and placing it back again.

it's not device/rom specific, i get it on both my tablet and my phone.