So I'm rocking Jedi-X and loving the MultiView. I can set up Maps in the top part and my music player (currently Deadbeef) in the bottom, so in the car I can see traffic and play my music.
My problem is that Deadbeef only lets me shrink it to a certain size, then the control bar (Pause, Forward, Back, etc.) gets pushed off the bottom. So I end up having to give it at least a 3rd of my screen.
So if anyone is using MultiView and a music player, has anyone found a good player that plays well with MultiView? And yes I tried both top and bottom for the player.
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Hi, in CM7, or any rom really, when you pull down the top bar and music is playing, it shows what song is playing, the album, and such. I want to know if there is a way to have shortcuts like pause next and previous. Is there an app that does that? Or is it possible?
Thanks.
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I've been looking everywhere for a widget that can control the music like skip, Pause, play for the default player. I couldn't believe android lacks such a simple feature; when I had an iPod touch, whilst the screen was locked, double clicking the home screen would bring up the pause/play, skip buttons.
Whereas now when the screen is locked, I have to unlock the screen to get to the music player to be able to change the track etc.
MIUI Roms have this feature... And the PlayerPRO also has it. You have to turn on in program's Settings
ZyxeLa said:
MIUI Roms have this feature... And the PlayerPRO also has it. You have to turn on in program's Settings
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Dont want to flash a new rom on it. Don't want to change the default player either, as I've tried others and are more ram hungry than the default player.
its depend on stock roms,you cant say all android roms has no feature like that,in android you can have everything that iphone has and not,just try search this forum..
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Dont want to flash a new rom on it. Don't want to change the default player either, as I've tried others and are more ram hungry than the default player.
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Then, I think there's only one other option, get a LiveView (soon SmartWatch) or a wireless headset.
Dosent the Default Android in Arc S got a music Player Widget?!
It does!
And well, There are better alternatives out there!
Try PowerAMP or Winamp!
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Dosent the Default Android in Arc S got a music Player Widget?!
It does!
And well, There are better alternatives out there!
Try PowerAMP or Winamp!
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But the thing is with Winamp or Poweramp, they're more RAM hungry (i.e. they use up a lot more RAM) than the original Music Player.
The Default music player does have a widget, but it is permanently on screen and doesn't disappear when the music is turned off, as I would like to have one on my lockscreen and would like to control my music from there i.e. skip tracks etc rather than having to unlock then go to the widget.
With WidgetLocker Lockscreen you can put a music player widget on your lockscreen
Try this app and enable lockscreen controls from settings menu.
I know its not a stock replacement app but its worth a try..
btw,its free
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.abrantix.rockon.rockonnggl&hl=en
remote
you can try "music remote" in market place
it adds on to your player and create a remote for your player .... you can even use your hand free to create a remote
good luck
So while I was longboarding on this beautiful day and listening to music an idea can to mind. What if you could grab the navigation bar and drag it up to reveal the album art of the song your currently listening to along with a bar to drag around and skip thought the song and then regular music controls play, pause, skip. I imagine it to be dragged up about half the screen or the size of the stock keyboard. When dragged up the keys would disappear leaving a small arrow at the top letting you know drag back down to get them back and all the controls there. It sounds complicated and I'm not sure if it would even be possible but let's be honest, how cool would this be?
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So while I was longboarding on this beautiful day and listening to music an idea can to mind. What if you could grab the navigation bar and drag it up to reveal the album art of the song your currently listening to along with a bar to drag around and skip thought the song and then regular music controls play, pause, skip. I imagine it to be dragged up about half the screen or the size of the stock keyboard. When dragged up the keys would disappear leaving a small arrow at the top letting you know drag back down to get them back and all the controls there. It sounds complicated and I'm not sure if it would even be possible but let's be honest, how cool would this be?
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Yes, either dragged or even a scrollable nav bar (left or right) for music controls would be really neat.
If we could hold in the home to activate this, it'd be cool since it has no true function for when its held in anyway.
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More things with the navigation bar would be welcomed. I always thought that it had such great potential for customization when the Galaxy Nexus was announced. With several months into development and not much in the way of navbar changes (yes, I know we can change the color, and add a menu button), I'm beginning to think that it's hard coded to be limited. Just a guess though.
Damn, that would be amazing. Hopefully a dev will make this happen
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Damn, that would be amazing. Hopefully a dev will make this happen
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Wouldnt it be amazing if Google made it happen themselves! they seem so lazy to me, so half a job. I think they are really wasting an opportunity with ICS.
Lucky for us we dont mind playing about with mods and lucky for us there are very clever devs on this site that can make things happen.
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So while I was longboarding on this beautiful day and listening to music an idea can to mind. What if you could grab the navigation bar and drag it up to reveal the album art of the song your currently listening to along with a bar to drag around and skip thought the song and then regular music controls play, pause, skip. I imagine it to be dragged up about half the screen or the size of the stock keyboard. When dragged up the keys would disappear leaving a small arrow at the top letting you know drag back down to get them back and all the controls there. It sounds complicated and I'm not sure if it would even be possible but let's be honest, how cool would this be?
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This would be so cool!
Oh, and +1 for longboarding!
In the tablet version, the status bar has music controls... and I assume it does in the status bar of the phone version if I remember correctly.
But I do like the idea of a quick menu or the option of dragging up.
I don't like the idea of sliding left to right though, I don't like that option in launchers either. Just a hidden "folder"/area for toggles/etc.
You'd probably like the "Tablet" version of ICS on your Nexus. It throws the status bar and nav controls on 1 bar at the bottom. Works pretty well actually.
This would be so insane - I wil look into it.
It would be even better if swiping up from the navbar would bring up power controls and music player controls meaning they'd always be available since statusbar is hidden in some apps.
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.
Tmobile SGH-T889 using xda premium.
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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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!