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GoneMAD Music Player 3.0 Beta 12

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The first phase of the 3.0 is now finished!  If there is a 2.x feature / setting still missing please let me know.  There is most likely a reason why it was excluded but I might have missed something (also check trello to see if I have it listed)

Beta 12 has a lot of minor additions, but I will go into detail on a few of the bigger additions in this post.

New Intents

  • Play File - gonemad.gmmp.command.PLAY_FILE
  • Play File Next - gonemad.gmmp.command.PLAY_FILE_NEXT
  • Enqueue File - gonemad.gmmp.command.ENQUEUE_FILE
  • Rating Up - gonemad.gmmp.command.RATING_UP
  • Rating Down - gonemad.gmmp.command.RATING_DOWN
  • Specify Rating - gonemad.gmmp.command.RATE
The first 3 take a string extra named 'filename'.  Specify rating takes a float extra named 'rating' with values between 0.0 and 5.0

Search Improvements


Search will now search more than one field for some of the categories.  Album search will check for each term in both the album field and and album artist field.  Track search will check for each term in the trackname, album, and artist fields.  This should greatly improve search and make it easier to find the specific item you are looking for.



Custom Metadata For Mini-Player

The mini player's metadata can now be customized.  It is configurable through the advanced settings under UI.  The size of the mini player will not change so keep that in mind when customizing.



Remove Duplicates


The ability to remove duplicates has been added to both the playlist details view and the queue.  The way it works is it will remove any file that is listed more than once in your queue or playlist.  The first instance of each file will be kept, so if you happen to be playing the 2nd instance of a song in your queue your queue position will be updated to the position of the first instance found.  So that is something to keep in mind before selecting the option.



Playlist Details Sorting


The contents of a playlist can now be sorted.  If all you do is change the sort option, these changes will not be automatically saved (meaning the original sort order can be restored). However if you change the sorting and then move the position of individual tracks around, the changes will be automatically saved.  To account for this, I added the ability to turn off the auto save feature (in the customize menu) and added a manual save option to the menu.




Auto Volume Adjust


The auto volume adjust option was brought back from 2.x, but I wanted to give everyone a warning that it may not completely work on all devices.  The ability to change the volume to a fixed value for each input should still work, but the option to restore the last used volume is not very reliable.  Most phones now keep output type specific volume anyway  so having gmmp manage it wont be necessary.

3.0 Beta Phase 2


The next phase of the beta is going to focus on cleaning up the UI, animations, and improving performance.  Animations can be difficult but I hope this phase does not take too long.  I am still targeting early 2021 for 3.0's full release.

3.0 Beta 12 (2020-11-21)

New:
  • Sleep timer will default to the previously used sleep time
  • Play next/prev folder can now jump between scan paths to find music
  • Added scanner option to ignore hidden folders
  • Added new command intents to play/playnext/enqueue specific file: gonemad.gmmp.command.PLAY_FILE, gonemad.gmmp.command.PLAY_FILE_NEXT, gonemad.gmmp.command.ENQUEUE_FILE (add an extra named filename with the full path to file
  • Artwork can now be changed from details view
  • Artist and album art searches are now interleaved
  • Add options to auto bookmark podcasts and audiobooks (podcast/audiobook paths must be set)
  • Added toast indicating when shuffle all was selected
  • Track and album search will now query multiple fields for the search terms
  • Added queue as a library view/tab option
  • Added intent to rate current playing track. intent: gonemad.gmmp.command.RATE, float extra: rating, valid range 0-5.0
  • Added 'navigate back' gesture action and button
  • Added filesize to song info dialog
  • Added warning when battery optimizations for gmmp are enabled
  • Added last played variable %lp% to album details, bookmark, queue, track, and now playing views
  • Added $date function to turn a number (like %lp%) into a date string
  • Split view can now be disabled for tablets
  • Added 'nothing' as an 'On Select' action
  • Added queue specific 'On Select' preferences
  • Added intents to increase/decrease rating: gonemad.gmmp.command.RATING_UP and gonemad.gmmp.command.RATING_DOWN
  • Added rating up/down buttons to widgets and notifications
  • Added 'remove duplicates' to queue and playlist details view
  • Added toggle shuffle action to android auto
  • Added sort options to playlists details view
  • Added manual save option and auto save toggle to playlist details view
  • Added some custom metadata presets with next track info
  • Added %comma% so commas can be used inside functions
  • Added auto volume adjust (may not work on all devices)
  • Added ability to customize mini player metadata (Settings -> UI -> Mini Player -> Displayed Metadata)
  • Improved loading performance for folders with a lot of files
  • Added album sort to folder view
  • Updated compile sdk to 30 and target sdk to 29

Fixes:
  • Fixed crash when querying available AudioEffects returns null
  • Enqueue Shuffled for playlists will now only appear when shuffle is enabled
  • Fixed queue getting messed up if files were deleted outside of gmmp






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