🔮 Roadmap and Ideas

[icefields]

🚧 ROADMAP SUMMARY

This thread is intended for open discussion around potential new features.
Share your ideas here!

Once a feature has been discussed and agreed upon, a corresponding issue should be created using the appropriate feature request template. link to issue tracker.

Recently Finished

• Chromecast Plugin (Git Repository)*
• Lyrics Plugin (Repository)

(*) Won’t be published until 12 users are testing it, as required by the new Google Play Store mandate.

Ongoing

• Sleep-Timer (stop music after a defined timeout) ([FEATURE] Sleep Timer #213)
• Implement new API responses for Preferences and User.
• Info Plugin (Beta) (Repository)
• Live Shows plugin (if artist is on tour, show the dates under artist profile)
• Bug Fixes from Issue Tracker.
• Continuing work on Refactoring Clean Architecture for a clearer separation of concerns between the various app layers.

Android Auto Plugin ON HOLD. see comment below for more details

• Android Auto Plugin

Pipeline, no specific deadline

• Social Timeline (switchable off from Settings)
• Download-queue screen (see/control/stop current downloads from a specific screen)
• Catalog options (implement catalog API)
• Tune-Spinner options and customizations (control the behaviour of the Tune Spinner)
• Widgets (more 1-click widgets)
• Full size player widget
• Playlist editor improvements (add drag and drop feature)
• Improve translations
• Smart Downloads
• Remember play position. (for audiobooks) ([FEATURE] Remember playback position #498)
• Tablet/Android TV UI
• Download song after listening (actual download, different from cache)

[icefields]

added:
Remember play position. (for audiobooks) (#498)

[icefields]

Android Auto plugin on hold for now

After 5 days and reaching out across multiple platforms (Telegram included), I’m still sitting at only 6 testers for the Chromecast plugin and 10 for the Lyrics plugin.

Given Google's requirements for publishing and the ongoing lack of testers, I’m seriously reconsidering development of the Android Auto plugin. Without testers, it won’t get published, and right now it feels like a dead end.

I’ll keep you all in the loop, with whatever I decide, but that’s where my head’s at for now.

PS.
The Lyrics plugin and all the non google depended plugins (media data, live shows, external sources, etc), are not a big concern since I can release those on F-Droid, and development on those will continue. But for anything tied to Play Services like Chromecast and Auto, there’s no workaround, F-Droid won’t allow them, so Play Store is the only option.

[hennjo]

Android Auto plugin on hold for now

After 5 days and reaching out across multiple platforms (Telegram included), I’m still sitting at only 6 testers for the Chromecast plugin and 10 for the Lyrics plugin.

Given Google's requirements for publishing and the ongoing lack of testers, I’m seriously reconsidering development of the Android Auto plugin. Without testers, it won’t get published, and right now it feels like a dead end.

I’ll keep you all in the loop, with whatever I decide, but that’s where my head’s at for now.

PS. The Lyrics plugin and all the non google depended plugins (media data, live shows, external sources, etc), are not a big concern since I can release those on F-Droid, and development on those will continue. But for anything tied to Play Services like Chromecast and Auto, there’s no workaround, F-Droid won’t allow them, so Play Store is the only option.

I really like your work and wanted to offer testing the Android Auto Plugin whenever you need testers. Right now I have the Fdroid Version installed. Will that work?

[icefields]

hello, thanks!
Yes, plugins are universal and they will work wherever store you download them from. I will keep you posted for when the Auto plugin will be ready

[LividLiquid]

Very badly want a homescreen player widget. Very nice work, though. This is an incredible app.

[icefields]

thanks! that will be done after I'm done with a couple of other priorities

[AuthenticPumpkin]

I'd like to help test the lyrics plug in. How do I install it from GitHub?

[icefields]

hi, thanks, we're not testing anymore for that specific plugin, but I can give you early access to it if you want, or you can download the apk directly from the Telegram group. Let me know.