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GoneMAD Music Player 3.0 Beta 1

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I just pushed 3.0 beta 1 to the play store and it should be available to download in the next few hours.  Anyone that was part of the 2.x beta should still be in the 3.0 beta.  For anyone else there are instructions on how to join the beta here: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7003180?hl=en

I created a new thread on the forums for the beta, so please post feedback there: http://gonemadmusicplayer.proboards.com/thread/1049/gonemad-music-player-beta-feedback

3.0 Beta 1 (2020-01-01):

Complete rewrite besides the audioengine.  See about -> changelog for all 3.0 Alpha changes

New since Alpha 19:
-Auto art search triggered on 3.0 upgrade
-Show trial dialog on first startup if unlocker is not installed
-Scanner will now remove missing artist art during cleaning
-Random track is added to queue on initial scan
-Added new artwork section of the settings and added options for auto download and wifi only downloading
-Set artist and albumartist view type default to Grid
-Added x86_64 build

Improvements:
-Improved light buttons/text showing over light artwork

Fixes:
-Refactored database upgrade so it goes straight from 2.x to 3.0
-Fixed selectable item background on list / grid items
-Folder artist art search improvements
-Fixed fast scroll letters incorrect with ignore prefixes and sort tags
-Other various fixes

3.0 Beta Process

The beta will be split into 3 main phases:

  1. Customizations - I added a lot of customizations under the hood in the alpha but they need associated user interfaces in order to be accessed.  This phase will focus on exposing those customizations.
  2. UI Improvements and tweaks - This phase will focus on making the UI look and perform better.  Transitions will be added along with more UI customizations.
  3. Fixes / Hardening / Onboarding - Fix remaining bugs and issues along with adding help UIs.  I do also plan on creating initial onboarding UIs on first launch to help new users set up the app.
Note: Please refrain from emailing / posting about missing customizations.  I am well aware they are not there yet and will be readded throughtout the beta (phase 1 above).  The point of the alpha was to add all the functionality and the beta will be about customization and polish.  If you require those customizations immediately you can leave the beta and go back to 2.x until 3.0 sees a final release.


I don't have a good estimate on how long the beta will take, but I do know it needs to finish sometime before google forces all updates to have their target api set to android 10 (which I believe is october-ish).  Apps targeting android 10 are forced into using scoped storage which requires a lot of modifications to support.  I'll eventually update to support it but that wont happen until 3.0 is finished.

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