@maxmp
Do you mean that an update is coming that will change the behaviour or do you mean that setting Start in Library fixes the problem? Because if you mean the latter, I disagree that it does. While Start in Library does prevent the app from closing when pressing the back button from Now Playing, it doesn't take you back to the previous window, it just takes you back to the Library root.
I disagree that it makes no sense. I think it's intuitive UX, which is why virtually all music apps work that way (or at least I'd imagine they do).
@andrewilley
That was actually not my point. 🤔I thought this would be obvious.
The way I think it should work is this: Back button from Now Playing returns you to whatever screen you were in previously. Back button from any other screen goes up one level, or exits if the top level has been reached. Some examples follow.
Library -> Now Playing -> 🔙 -> Library -> 🔙 -> Exit to Launcher
Library -> Genres -> Now Playing -> 🔙 > Genres -> 🔙 -> Library -> 🔙 -> Exit to Launcher
Album Artists -> Artist1 -> AlbumA -> [play song] -> Now Playing -> 🔙 -> AlbumA -> 🔙 -> Artist1 -> 🔙 -> Album Artists -> Artist2 -> AlbumX -> Now Playing -> 🔙 -> AlbumX
As an experiment I'm going to go through the top music apps in the Play Store and examine their behaviour.
Spotify – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
YouTube Music – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
Amazon Music – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
Free Music Player, Music Downloader, Offline MP3 – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
Audify Music Player – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
Google Play Music – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
Musicolet – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
Phonograph Music Player – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
Pulsar Music Player – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
Pi Music Player – No way to access Now Playing from anything below the top level, otherwise back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
N7 Player – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location if accessed from the home scatter view, however if Now Playing is accessed from the hamburger menu while in Library it will return to Home
MediaMonkey – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
foobar2000 – back button press from Now Playing takes to previous location
Almost every single app I tested behaved that way. The only two that didn't (N7 and Pi) still behaved "as expected" in certain circumstances.
Now I'm not going to say that Poweramp should work like every other app because every other app works that way. I think the reason Poweramp should work this way is that it would give more Power to the user.
From Now Playing, these are the options:
Exit to launcher: Press Home ✅
Go to current list: Tap/Drag Artwork ✅
Go to Library root: Press/long press Library icon ✅
Go to previous screen: Impossible ❌
As you can see, all the current back button behaviours are redundant. There already is a way to get to the launcher in one touch. There already is a way to get to the current list. There already is a way to go to the Library root. However, there is simply no way to return to the previous screen from Now Playing (which can be accessed from anywhere).
Thank you for taking your time if you read this far, I hope I have been able to convince you that this would be a valuable feature.
