Would it be possible to get widgets like power amps to be placed in the notification area so that I could have the music controls there rather than pressing through to the main app or having the widget on a page? Is there already something like this?
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not sure what your current status is, but if you run AOSP roms, you can get the music controls on the lock screen...same goes if you have widget locker or other apps of that style from the play store.
yeah i've got widget locker and have music controls on there. Just wondered if there was some way to get it into notifications like 3.0.
Found a thread which recommends the app quick desk. Not quite what I want, as its not as fast or convenient as having something in the notifications, but close enough and does a job.
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I love the new lockscreen music controls on cyanogen mod but how can we get them onto other roms??
We need this mod!!
Any screenshots of this?
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is this the lock screen controls you want? (the one from the video)
There is an app that works with either stock music player of music mod by Eliot Stocker on the market. Haven't tested it, but I can imagine it'll be along the same lines
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I'm running one of the latest cyanogen roms and yes the lockscreen controls are awesome. I really missed that part from sense. And I must disagree with dmpwd because I feel the controls are way better implemented on cyanogen.
1) You can choose if you want the controls always available or not (unlike sense which only shows it when music is playing
2) The sense version always slides back down after 1 or 2 seconds which is really really annoying. By the time I hear the next song and determine if I want to skip that one as well it has moved back down again *sigh*
And it's a lockscreen...why would I want to look at the album art when the screen turns back off anyway right after I move to another song? The only thing missing atm is the artist/songname but I wouldn't be surprised if they're working on that already.
Oh, and cyanogen has the longpress volume-up/down for switching songs as well (very handy in the car).
But to each his own . I'm loving the mods/tweaks of cyanogen.
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I'm running one of the latest cyanogen roms and yes the lockscreen controls are awesome. I really missed that part from sense. And I must disagree with dmpwd because I feel the controls are way better implemented on cyanogen.
1) You can choose if you want the controls always available or not (unlike sense which only shows it when music is playing
2) The sense version always slides back down after 1 or 2 seconds which is really really annoying. By the time I hear the next song and determine if I want to skip that one as well it has moved back down again *sigh*
And it's a lockscreen...why would I want to look at the album art when the screen turns back off anyway right after I move to another song? The only thing missing atm is the artist/songname but I wouldn't be surprised if they're working on that already.
Oh, and cyanogen has the longpress volume-up/down for switching songs as well (very handy in the car).
But to each his own . I'm loving the mods/tweaks of cyanogen.
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didn't know about that way to switch songs. sounds really good.
btw, would you please confirm whether cyanogen's lockscreen is the one on the youtube video posted in this thread?
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If you pause the youtube video at the 15 sec mark, that's what the controls look like. So it's the white controls only without the square borders that are shown. If you pause the music then it only shows the play button. And there's no fast-forward or rewind on longpress of the buttons for instance. I'm using the cyanogen nightly (cm_bravo-07272010-154338) atm.
I just found out the lockscreen controls also work for the Pandora app . No idea if the sense one does that as well but it's handy. Mostly use the default music app myself.
the controls in cyanogenmod V6.0.0-RC1 look slightly different than the ones in the video, they are more basic and I definately prefer them.
Anyone help on how to do this??
widget locker 1.1 has that function
try it
darkenergy said:
widget locker 1.1 has that function
try it
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Already tried it, would defiantely prefer the cyanogenmod way ;-)
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darkenergy is right. Widget locker is great. You can use any (stock) widget on the lockscreen since it replaces it. I totally forgot about it since I use QuickDesk (which is awesome btw, double tapping the homekey brings up an extra screen which is basically a layer over any open application so you don't have to go back to a homescreen, I use it for all the toggles, a music and messaging widget). The previous versions of widget locker had some problems with QuickDesk and I don't want to be without that app.
The great thing is that now the developer updated widget locker you can also use the doubleclick on the homebutton on the lockscreen, which is really awesome. A single press doesn't do anything, stays on the lockscreen. Just make sure you use QuickDesk as default home, set Widget Locker as launcher in QuickDesk and your normal launcher in Widget Locker
I just updated widget locker to 1.2.2 and put the Pure Music widget on the lockscreen. This means you have the album art there as well if you want it. You can even use the 4x4 widget. Works great. Widget Locker is also very customizable. Hide notification bar, which keys unlock, different background and so on.
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Already tried it, would defiantely prefer the cyanogenmod way ;-)
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Why do you prefer the cyanogenmod way? It's great for sure, especially since you don't need another app but that's about the only benefit I see of the cyanogenmod way . Am all for it to see it as a default/option in other roms, just curious why you prefer it.
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Why do you prefer the cyanogenmod way? It's great for sure, especially since you don't need another app but that's about the only benefit I see of the cyanogenmod way . Am all for it to see it as a default/option in other roms, just curious why you prefer it.
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1 less app running and I prefer how handcent works with default lockscreen, dont like it with other lockscreens :-D
Two questions that I have yet to find an answer to:
1) Has anyone tried or found a way to integrate a third-party media player (i.e. PowerAmp, Winamp, Music Mod, etc.) with the HTC Sense lockscreen controls?
2) Has anyone tried or found a way to put application shortcuts into the notification bar, similar to the Recent Apps function in some ROMs? To explain further, this would be custom app shortcuts, user-defined, in an interface like the shortcuts found in Skyraider 3.5.
Thanks for the help!
mikeyasuragi said:
Two questions that I have yet to find an answer to:
1) Has anyone tried or found a way to integrate a third-party media player (i.e. PowerAmp, Winamp, Music Mod, etc.) with the HTC Sense lockscreen controls?
2) Has anyone tried or found a way to put application shortcuts into the notification bar, similar to the Recent Apps function in some ROMs? To explain further, this would be custom app shortcuts, user-defined, in an interface like the shortcuts found in Skyraider 3.5.
Thanks for the help!
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Bump on music controls
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I must say, I'm very surprised that no one has anything to say on these subjects...
I sure would like the leaked Honeycomb player with lock screen controls, OR even the Z player with lock screen controls would be great. I even downloaded the motorola (yeah I know sorry) music player and tried it but no lock screen controls. You'd figure with all the mods available some dev could do this, I WOULD PAY YOU FOR IT! Honeycomb with lock screen $____.__ you name the price.
As for the recent apps in notifi bar, I think, but not 100% sure, the Z roms have that.
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As for the recent apps in notifi bar, I think, but not 100% sure, the Z roms have that.
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mikeyasuragi said:
2) Has anyone tried or found a way to put application shortcuts into the notification bar, similar to the Recent Apps function in some ROMs? To explain further, this would be custom app shortcuts, user-defined, in an interface like the shortcuts found in Skyraider 3.5.
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Not looking for Recent apps, but user-defined apps.
For example, I find myself wanting to be able to access the following apps the quickest: Twidroyd, Google Reader, Miren Browser, and Google Voice. They may or may not be in my recent apps, but with a permanent shortcut in the notification bar I can access them from (almost) any screen. I've used Bar Control and Bartender Lite, and they get the job done for the most part. But they also take up quite a bit of room in the notification panel.
The way that Skyraider implements the recent apps into the header of the notification panel would be great for custom shortcuts, if only someone knows how to do it.
So I don't know if I'm missing something obvious here, but there seems to be no lock screen music control on this phone. I know in previous versions of TouchWiz you had to use the Samsung music player, but even that doesn't display music control on the lock screen. I could use widget locker but I'd rather not use s 3rd party lock screen app if I don't have to. Any suggestions?
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This drives me nuts and was one of the best features of AOSP on the S3. I can't stand not being able to control my podcasts. I think it's going to send me to Widgetlocker.
It just blows my mind that they would remove a feature like this. Anyone else have any ideas?
I've been scratching my head on this one too...
Am I going to have to use a 3rd party player?
You can access your drop down notification panel and control your music that way. It's a standard feature of Jelly Bean.
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Google music player will display controls on lock screen.
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That is just one of the problems, has anyone found a widget or feature where you can skip to a certain part of the song rather than just having pause/play, next, back?
I will get flamed but here is a picture from the fruit...*ugh* http://realitypod.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Clear-iPhone-Lock-Screen-from-Album-Artwork.png
WOW!
I guess the interest in doing this is just dead and gone. I am not a developer but I came from the "fruit" and bought the galaxy note II on Sprint and I would like to get some native (at least as close to native as I can get) controls on touchwiz. I know I'm in the T-mobile section but had to post a comment since this thread is about exactly what I want to get. I would be very interested in working on something or at least learning how to work my way around my phone and tweak it since I did so on the fruit phone.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to learning how to tweak my touchwiz lock screen?
I would like to at least try to get something to show up on the lock screen and start from there. Once I get something to show up like a button or a widget then I can maybe link it to the music player or any other player possibly.
I used player pro for a while but it uses it's own lock screen as does power amp and n7player, but to have native controls like the fruit does would be awesome. I would appreciate some help or links to resources while I look around because to me native is better and controls right on the lockscreen are better than notification controls, that's a whole extra step when you're in a car and your phone is docked or propped up on a holder, man it's a no brainer to have at least 3 buttons play/pause and back/forward.
I know a lot of people don't like Touchwiz UI so they would suggest moving to AOSP our CM but I enjoy the motion features built in to the TW ROMs. With that in mind, are there any mods that can make the lock screen more functional?
I had CM7 on my captivate for a while and I loved having the audio player accessible from the lock screen. I tried widget locker on this phone (GS3) but it seemed to slow it down and the music controls were always there, even when I wasn't using the music player. If I remember right, on CM7 the music controls only showed up when I was listening to music.
^^^^ I also chose to stay TWUI due to all the features the phone provides. Hopefully we can get some devs on board to update the lockscreen. I would actually like an htc weather lockscreen port....
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Widget locker. In the play store keep all the features of tw but totally and easily customizable lockscreen
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bruceo said:
Widget locker. In the play store keep all the features of tw but totally and easily customizable lockscreen
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I haven't found the setting that only makes the music controls appear when I am listening to music. You're saying it has that ability?
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I haven't found the setting that only makes the music controls appear when I am listening to music. You're saying it has that ability?
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I use PowerAmp and the music controls (which look great) only show up when music is playing.
I presume you already know about adding icons, weather, stock, etc. to the lock screen via TouchWiz? Some replacements look interesting (I want one, too, hehe!): Hive Unlocker. Here's a list: http://techthumbs.com/replace-your-android-phones-lock-screen
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I haven't found the setting that only makes the music controls appear when I am listening to music. You're saying it has that ability?
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Widget Locker does have this ability via widgets. In particular, Phantom Music Control https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.jhg.musiccontrolwidget&hl=en from the market is basically a widget with player controls along with music metadata. The widget has a neat ability to disappear when there is no music playing. HOWEVER, the widget is still there along with the controls so if your screen accidentally turns on, you run the risk of pressing those "invisible" buttons. I haven't used it since Gingerbread so they may or may not have addressed this issue.
Or if you're main concern is to just change tracks, look for a ROM that has "Long-press volume to change tracks". This is very convenient when you're working out or any other situation where you don't feel like turning your screen on just to change tracks. I'm using The Devil's Reject right now which has it already baked in. Very cool ROM as well!
Hi, has anyone figured out a way to get live wallpaper on the lock screen? For the life of me I can't seem to figure it out. The fact that it's not easy makes me think maybe it's not possible because of the window blind effect to unlock. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Use widget locker for a fully customizable lock screen, security sucks on this app, but at least it looks cool. You can also use go locker, although I don't know how customizable it is, but knowing the go team there will be thousands of themes available. Stock lock screen sucks in appearance and is very limited without flashing zips to change small things. P.s. Use phantom music player widget set it on experimental to use it with Sony walkman (sort of works properly, doesn't immediately see music playing, but allows proper control,just tap the screen where you placed the widget and it will appear, )
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