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GoneMAD Music Player 3.0.1 - 3.0.4

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I've been insanely busy since 3.0's release last friday dealing with a few really bad bugs with the art searching and scanner that somehow slipped by the 2 years of public testing, the onslaught of 1 star reviews of users that were angry that I reworked/rewrote the app, and also helping the actual users who reached out to me with questions/bugs.  That is why there have been no new update posts until now.

Just a reminder that 2.2.23 can be downloaded in the download section along with 3.0.4 here: https://gonemadmusicplayer.blogspot.com/p/downloads.html if 3.0 is not to your liking.  It was never my intention to force everyone to use 3.x.

Also there are tons of help pages set up for 3.0 that you can access in app via the help menu or here: https://gonemadmusicplayer.blogspot.com/p/help_28.html

I'd also like to point out that there were some 2.x capabilities that did happen to slip by that I honestly just forgot to add into 3.0 like renaming tabs.  Honestly just completely forgot about that feature.  That being said, nearly everything you could do in 2.x you can do in 3.0.  Settings have moved to be more accessible so you dont have to dig deep to tweak the UI (Toolbar Menu -> Customize).

A few new features were added in the 4 updates since 3.0 were released and I'll try to make another post highlighting them.  For now here are their changelogs

3.0.1 (2021/01/30):

New:

  • -Updated translations
  • -Tempo slider now adjusts in 1% increments

Fixes:

  • -Fixed possible ANR on upgrade to 3.0
  • -Fixed some minor issues adding/removing rules in smart playlist editor
  • -Fixed various crashes
  • -Fixed UI freezing when the queue is added as a library tab
  • -Fixed crash when running a license check

3.0.2 (2021/01/31):

 New:

  • -Scanner will now ignore hidden folders by default
  • -Added 'List: Compact' view mode with a reduced minimum height
  • -Added basic custom metadata creator (will be improved in the upcoming updates)
  • -Updated translations

Fixes:

  • -Fixed hiding notification when 'show when paused' is turned off
  • -Scanner will default to only scanning 'Music' folder on sdcards
  • -Fixed importing scan paths from 2.x
  • -Fixed initial scan to use scan paths setting instead of defaults
  • -Scanner should now resume where it left off when restarted by the operating system
  • -Increased resolution of notification artwork
  • -Disabled swipe to remove when the queue is added as a library tab
  • -Fixed scanner bug not grouping album correctly (will have to delete db and rescan)
  • -Album art search improvements for images downloaded using 2.x


3.0.3 (2021/02/01):

  • -Fixed importing custom displayed metadata

3.0.4 (2021/02/03):

New:

  • -Added ability to rename library tabs (Toolbar Menu - Customize - Enabled Views - Rename)
  • -Added option to toggle internet sources for art seraches (Advanced Settings - Artwork - Search Internet)

Bugfix:

  • -Improved scanner performance on larger libraries
  • -Fixed scanner not resuming correctly after being killed by the OS
  • -Fixed issues with some artwork not being found correctly
  • -Fixed multi-folder albums in scanner with no albumartist tag is present
  • -Ignore audiofocus requests should now ignore duck requests on android 8.0+
  • -Albums with no album tag will now default to using the folder name (delete db and rescan required)
  • -Fixed some issues with split screen
  • -Fixed issue with the card version of the handle view mode
  • -Fixed unnecessarily searching for the artist's artwork twice on a scan
  • -Fixed crash in the metadata creator removing lines
  • -Restore default scan paths if they were all removed in a previous app update

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