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0009251MMAPlaybackpublic2012-09-11 20:18
Reporterrusty Assigned To 
PriorityurgentSeveritytweakReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Fixed in Version1.0.1 
Summary0009251: Miniplayer missing play controls (+ optimization)
DescriptionThe miniplayer is currently missing Back, Play/Pause, Forward buttons. These need to be added (currently too many clicks are required to switch tracks). However, the current design will result in off-center placement of the buttons.

We may want to consider modifying the MiniPlayer so that it has the same Back, Play/Pause, Forward button layout as on the Now Playing Album view so that users can consistently press the same location to accomplish similar actions, but this would likely require:
-moving track metadata so that it displays in a single line just above the player controls (instead of to the left).
-adding a button to the right (Library button?), to balance out the Album Art button on the left
-modifying the Now Playing Album Art view's player's Continuous/Shuffle buttons up higher (instead of within the miniplayer section), since they're not used often.

All of the above would make place the most commonly used buttons near the bottom of the UI.
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Attached Files
Now Playing.gif (62,181 bytes)   
Now Playing.gif (62,181 bytes)   
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Relationships

related to 0009250 closedmarek It should be obvious/easy to toggle between Now Playing Album / Now Playing List views 
related to 0009246 closedmarek Paused miniplayer often fails to appear on home screen 
related to 0009181 closedmartin The currently playing track should be highlighted with current status in all views 
related to 0009596 closedmarek Player bar should show additional controls if space is available 
related to 0008777 closedmarek Now Playing activity UI update 

Activities

jiri

2012-03-29 07:43

administrator   ~0030802

For the first version I wouldn't mind adding just Play/Pause and Next buttons to the right part of the mini-player. The approach suggested by Rusty sounds good as well though.

marek

2012-03-29 09:32

developer   ~0030803

I definitely agree with moving shuffle and repeat buttons up in the layout. It is no so often used actions.

I also agree with adding control buttons to mini player.

But adding one line on the top of the controls will cause another problems in GUI. I cannot resize the bottom action bar, because:
- in landscape, the content is moved to the top action bar and it would not fit in it.
- after pressing menu button, action bar with menu actions is displayed and this buttons have fixed size. So this overlaying bar will be smaller or not good looking.
- it is not recomended in android design patterns

Second option is to make the control buttons (play, next, previous) smaller, but they have the recomended size of action buttons. It is not recomended to create even smaller buttons for so often used actions.

I can try to implement the first suggested design with icons on the right side. Also this approach has some pros and cons but I think there are less cons.
E.g. we have to ommit some buttons or texts in landscape mode.

marek

2012-04-03 14:51

developer   ~0030822

I added controls to mini player.

rusty

2012-09-11 20:18

administrator   ~0031922

Verified except for missing 'back' control in the miniplayer, but that's tracked at 0009596.