Jeroenst Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I'm building a music player app for my android head unit because the current skins don't meet my needs. Is it possible to create a skin like my app? ( https://github.com/jeroenst/carmusic ) The |<< and >>| buttons are for going to the next or previous folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 It ought to be possible to create a layout like that - although it would look a bit odd on most modern devices as landscape layouts are really wide, hence most skins putting the buttons AND the text on the right side, with the cover image a bit larger on the left. Skins can't currently create extra additional items though. The core app provides skins with pre-formatted text for Title, Artist-Album, user-selected metadata line content, counter, duration, etc. so a skin can only move those around or change their appearance (size/font/background/etc) not add/change the actual wording. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroenst Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 The reason of these big wide buttons is to make them use able while driving. When driving every second on the screen is a second less attention to the road which can be dangerous, so it has to be a minimum. Also when driving it is more difficult to have a steady hand to touch the right buttons. I mostly use the buttons on my steering wheel but I can't detect longpress for going to the next folder for which I have to use the on screen buttons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Using the steering wheel buttons you use for track changing, try a double-tap to change category. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroenst Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Is double tap also possible to change folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 @Jeroenst yes, in Poweramp, 'Category' is just the general term for the currently playing grouping type - so it could mean Albums, Artists, Playlist, Folders, Genres, etc. depending on what you are currently listening to. So if you are listening to a folder, then using the 'Next Category' button will take you to the next folder. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroenst Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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