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Queue Dependency
#1
First of all, thanks for all your hard work with the app so far - UAPP is the best sounding music player on Android bar none, and the usability is definitely getting there!

My gripes, however...:

So, 1.)  With every other player I've used you don't need to clear the current queue before you choose to play a different selection of music, it's essentially handled for you.  By that I mean that if I put on shuffle and find something I like, then head into the 'media selection' window and choose an album to play, I can only add it to the current queue. I'm quite used to having a 'Play' option for any Artist, Album or Track (or Genre etc. etc.) which stops the currently playing song, clears the queue, and starts playing whatever you've selected.
It sounds minor, having to clear the queue, find the music you want, then add it to the queue, then go back and start playback, but it simply should be easier and quicker to do, especially when other players naturally have this option, seemingly across the board.

2.) The only way I can find to 'Shuffle Play All' is to switch to Folder view, and choose my entire SD Card, which seems clunky, plays a lot of random sound files and ignores my internal storage. I also know that 'Party Play' is an option, but I'm afraid it's not the same thing, and the song limit becomes tedious quickly. On top that, the double tap shuffle shortcut doesn't seem very intuitive, and only works half the time for me....
Again, every other music player I've used has a simple button for this purpose - what about a shuffle icon FAB on the media selection screen, or an extra line at the top of each Artist/Album/Songs list called 'All' with the normal 'Add to Queue'/'Play'(hopefully) options?

Minor quibble - most other players split up their Artist/Album/Song filters using tabs in the Action Bar or similar - would you consider doing that instead of a clunky drop down selection box?
And finally - the play and media selection windows (as I'll call them) are appearing as two separate activities within my Recents screen - a little unsettling as they shouldn't really be classed as separate apps...

Again, you've done really really well so far, so keep up the good work!  Others have already mentioned usability issues, and they're almost unavoidable when you have such a fully-featured app, but with some minor UI changes you could really make this app unmissable, and stop me switching between my other music players!!

Thanks
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#2
Just a quick comment on 1, will comment on the other things soon:
I almost never use or have to use 'Clear the queue'. Just select a song from an album and it will clear the queue automatically and play that album, similarly when choosing a file from a folder using 'Local folder'.
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#3
(04-29-2016, 11:52 AM)dwrae Wrote: Just a quick comment on 1, will comment on the other things soon:
I almost never use or have to use 'Clear the queue'. Just select a song from an album and it will clear the queue automatically and play that album, similarly when choosing a file from a folder using 'Local folder'.

Ok, thanks for your response!
I've learnt from your saying that that UAPP will always queue up the Album of whichever song you pick, even if you pick it from a list of all your songs (as opposed to via Artist > Album).  That's good to know, but is another example of an 'invisible' feature - one that isn't obvious to the user.

I think I still would have to add every album to a freshly cleared queue to listen to all the songs of one artist - for example, if today I want to listen to the Beatles, a 'Play' button from the overflow button next to 'Beatles' in the Artists list would make that a lot easier than having to separately add each album by the Beatles to the queue.


Cheers
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#4
No, it will clear the queue, queue up the album and then starts playing the song you selected.

To play all songs of an artist, you press the 3-dot menu and select 'Add to queue'. In this case you would need to clear the queue first indeed. A 'play all' entry that clears the queue first would be a good addition I guess.
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(04-27-2016, 04:49 PM)warmth Wrote: 2.) The only way I can find to 'Shuffle Play All' is to switch to Folder view, and choose my entire SD Card, which seems clunky, plays a lot of random sound files and ignores my internal storage. I also know that 'Party Play' is an option, but I'm afraid it's not the same thing, and the song limit becomes tedious quickly. On top that, the double tap shuffle shortcut doesn't seem very intuitive, and only works half the time for me....
Again, every other music player I've used has a simple button for this purpose - what about a shuffle icon FAB on the media selection screen, or an extra line at the top of each Artist/Album/Songs list called 'All' with the normal 'Add to Queue'/'Play'(hopefully) options?

Please let me try to understand this.
Assuming your songs are all in Music, why not select the Music folder, then 'Play all' and then shuffle (once)?

Furthermore, since party play should queue over 100 songs, I don't see how the song limit becomes tedious quickly?

Please elaborate on the 'double tap shuffle only works half the time'?
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#6
(04-27-2016, 04:49 PM)warmth Wrote: Minor quibble - most other players split up their Artist/Album/Song filters using tabs in the Action Bar or similar - would you consider doing that instead of a clunky drop down selection box?

We've actually done that in our very first versions, but it doesn't work well since many people do not know they can scroll it horizontally. Furthermore, it only works well on few items, whereas the list will only grow longer in the future.

Quote:And finally - the play and media selection windows (as I'll call them) are appearing as two separate activities within my Recents screen - a little unsettling as they shouldn't really be classed as separate apps...

The Recents screen is not a recent app screen, but a recent activity screen, so in that sense it is correct.
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#7
Quote:I think I still would have to add every album to a freshly cleared queue to listen to all the songs of one artist - for example, if today I want to listen to the Beatles, a 'Play' button from the overflow button next to 'Beatles' in the Artists list would make that a lot easier than having to separately add each album by the Beatles to the queue.

2.6.2 which was just released has a 'Play all' and 'Shuffle all' item for the artists section.
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