[Strange behavior in Android Auto]

10 minutes ago, andrewilley said:

Still the same solution, which is my normal way of starting Poweramp playback, I never use the Play icon at the top of the phone screen (although I do sometimes use the Shuffle one). Just open the subfolder and select the song you want to start playing. As long as you have Repeat mode set to 'Advance Category' (which is the default) PA will carry on playing the next subfolders/etc in order. 

Hmm... That is not quite obvious and intuitive, but thank you anyway))

Still the 'Shuffle' button behavior within Android Auto seems buggy to me.

[Strange behavior in Android Auto]

6 minutes ago, andrewilley said:

To play, just select a song. No need for a special button.

 

That is why I said there may often be only subfolders within a selected folder (no tracks). In such cases there is nothing to tap on except the 'Shuffle' button. 

[Strange behavior in Android Auto]

1 hour ago, andrewilley said:

The Android Auto interface is less comprehensive than the main PA one.

I'd say it must be less comprehensive. However, when we are left with only one button ('Shuffle' without 'Play'), which does not work as expected, this might seem to be extremely incomprehensive)

[Poweramp builds 899-905]

On 6/10/2021 at 4:47 PM, solwisesteve said:

Please can someone tell me what I've done wrong and how to fix?

 

Something related to AA might have really been introduced in the latest builds. I have just posted another bugreport (build 901):

Would someone confirm this?

[Strange behavior in Android Auto]

I think this might have been introduced recently...

1) Let's say I would like to shuffle or play all the tracks from a certain folder, which includes just subfolders with tracks (no tracks in the folder itself). I go to the Folders Hierarchy and choose the folder. Now I have two buttons, which work as expected. When I press "Shuffle" it shuffles all the tracks in the folder and begins to play. When I press "Play", it starts to play the first track in the first subfolder.

2) Now when I try to do the same in Android Auto, I can see only subfolders and the "Shuffle" button (no "Play"). When I press "Shuffle", it shuffles tracks from some other folder. So it begins to play some tracks, which are not in the selected folder. So there is no way to play the tracks from a selected folder in Android Auto.

Build: 901-uni [901009-dfc20075]

Redmi 7 Note, MIUI Global 11.0.9 (Android 9)

[Poweramp builds 899-905]

@andrewilley Yes, for those who mostly listen to long tracks (podcasts, audiobooks, etc.) that is really annoying. Especially if long-pressing is not supported (it is not in my Subaru Crosstrek).

38 minutes ago, andrewilley said:

I'm not sure where a +/- skip function would go.

There might be 2 options:

1) Since the 'shuffle' and 'repeat' buttons are less necessary for long tracks, they might be replaced with two 'skip' buttons when the user chooses any long track. So you will have <skip back>, <previous>, <play>, <next>, <skip forward>. See the attached screenshot for the example.

2) The 'skip' buttons might be made optional for any track. So you will have to press a stand-alone button to display additional (two) buttons in the row above the main one.

 

[Poweramp builds 899-905]

@maxmp Thank you, now I see what has changed. Is it still possible to add 'Skip' buttons in the Android Auto UI then?

[Poweramp builds 899-905]

3 minutes ago, andrewilley said:

Skip +/- 10 seconds for long tracks was implemented a couple of years ago

I know that, thanks. What I mean is a 'skip +/- N seconds' button for long tracks in the Android Auto UI, which is a completely different thing. When we switch to Android Auto, we are still left without this possibility to skip, especially if it is not supported at the 'hardware' level.

[Poweramp builds 899-905]

On 3/22/2021 at 6:03 PM, maxmp said:

Build 901:

• support for the new Android Auto tabs UI

Hi, Max! Thanks for the update. Would you please clarify, what this may mean? How should we test it?

Might it have something to do with that 'Skip n-seconds' button for long tracks you have in the TODO list?