Play/pause button in the notification

[ninjaw]

One feature I really miss from other players is a Pause button directly inside the notification bar

[maxmp]

Thanks for the request.

This is planned feature for PowerAMP on Androids 3.0/4.0

As for Androids 2.x, OS always closes the notification panel when something is pressed in it (this is forced by the Android 2.x), thus placing control buttons like << >> is not appropriate there. Still, pause play may work there.

[Sproketz]

Nice. This will be a great addition.

Until it is ready in PowerMP you can get this functionality by using the app called Wigetsoid to place a play and pause control in your notification area all the time.

[Angelos]

Cant we just make double tapping the album art a pause button? (atleast as an option)

[NDog32]

This would be really nice. The notification controls are the one thing I miss from Google music on Ice Cream Sandwich. It is so much easier to just pull down the notification bar and pause/ skip than having to go into the app and mess up what you are currently doing. Please hurry with this update, it would be extremely nice!

[khaid]

hi maxmp.

out of curiousity, how did Samsung manage to get this done in their galaxy s 2 phones? is it safe to assume that this is tied to the touchwiz overlay? it really caught me by surprise when their music app showed up in the notification pulldown with playback controls without closing it per keypress.

[davyjones]

Hi I see this has been implemented, so thanks for that. However, in its current state (in ICS) the notification panel closes the app when paused. For Google's "Play Music" player the notification stays open until you close it with an X button. I don't know if this has been asked before but I would find it really useful if Poweramp's notification behaved the same way. This way that pause button would actually work as a pause button instead of as an exit button.