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Ok, I'll take a look at the app.

I see your point and I'm just referring to the shuffle button in a playlist. If I click shuffle in one of my playlists, it should randomize the tracks within that playlist, with the exception of linked tracks. If I turn off the shuffle; it should delete the current queue, enqueue the playlist in the proper order, and continue forward from the currently playing track position. This allows the user to skip to previous tracks they may have missed because track linking does not exist. If an album or artist list is shuffled, then that is where the advanced shuffle functionality would be the most useful. A few years ago, I stumbled across a media player that supported track linking. If I remember correctly, you could link a group of tracks; which would prevent the tracks within the group from being randomized during a shuffle. The group itself would be randomly enqueued, but the tracks within would remain in the proper order. I just can't remember the name of the player.

I wasn't aware of the shuffle button long press toggle. I'll give that a try, but I still think there should be a setting to switch from the current (advanced) shuffle feature to a simple shuffle toggle. I'm just so used to the garbage media player on my old iPhone, that all this customization and fine grained control is leaving me a bit confused. Love the UI and EQ customization though! Glad I finally got rid of that damn overpriced Apple trash and bought a OnePlus 8T.

I'm referring to playlists. I have a "Main" playlist that contains all my music and separate playlists based on categories, moods, activity types, etc. I like to keep my playlists sorted by Artist/Album/Disk#/Track#. I rely on the queue for managing playback order. Usually, I just shuffle a playlist; which queues the shuffled playback order. Sometimes, I alter the playback order in the queue itself.

I understand there are users that enjoy that level of control over the shuffle feature, but there are those of us simple folk that just want to toggle shuffle on and off for the tracks in the current list. Use cases: Multiple tracks that should be a single track, but the artist or record company decided to separate them for some unknown reason; which forces the user to disable shuffle so they can listen to the split tracks in the correct order, then re-enables shuffle when finished. User reaches a track on an album that contains a cluster of great tracks they want to listen to and temporarily shuts off the shuffle to listen to the group of tracks, then re-enables shuffle afterward. Yes, both use cases would reshuffle the playlist, but the user is aware it's going to happen anyway.

Add previous/next buttons to the floating playback indicator, displayed while navigating the library, at the bottom of the screen, just above the menu bar.

I have always sorted my playlists by Artist/Album/Track Number. It makes it easier for me to navigate my music collection, queue up tracks in a certain order, and more easily manage my entire library. With Poweramp, I've noticed when I sort by Artist/Album, the track number is not taken into consideration; which makes navigating my playlists more time consuming and difficult to manage. When shuffling tracks in a playlist, I prefer to keep the playlist in the correct order and have the playback queue reflect the current "shuffled" state. This way I can utilize the queue to alter the playback order or add/remove tracks, rather than altering the playlists.

I propose adding a special tag that makes sure "lead in" tracks are always followed by the correct track. This functionality would be great for tracks like: Brain Stew/Jaded - Green Day Happiest Days of Our Lives/Another Brick in the Wall, pt.2 - Pink Floyd Parabol/Parabola - Tool In other music players, I can turn off the shuffle to hear the next track or skip backward to the "lead in", then re-enable the shuffle. Unfortunately, Poweramp's shuffle feature and track sorting differ from other music players and the workaround I normally use for linked tracks doesn't work. Also, when sorting by Artist/Album, the track number should also be taken into account. I'll add another feature request for it.

Currently, the app has very advanced and somewhat confusing shuffle option. I suggest adding an option in the settings to toggle between a simple (current list/queue) shuffle or the current, more advanced shuffle functionality.