Hey guys,
Is there a widget/app that will allow me to control my music from the lockscreen? Specifically, I want previous, pause, and forward controls. The rest of the screen should be occupied by the cover art as much as possible.
A good example of what I am looking for can be found using the default Music Player on HTC Sense. The only problem with the default player is that on the lockscreen the album art looks blurry (but not so in other apps). So esentially, I am looking for a replacement.
I am currently using PlayerPro but I want the album art to cover the whole screen which it does not do... (or as much as possible instead of being constrained in a square as it currently is).
Thanks.
Winamp has a lockscreen player which looks like
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
dunno if thats what you're looking for or if thats exactly how PlayerPro does it (never tried it), but it suits me just fine
Winamp looks promising, I'll try it out and let you know.
DoubleTwist player gives you lockscreen music control.
CM6 (and Im assuming CM7) has simple previous track, play/pause, and next track buttons if you use the default music player.
If you use a cynageon mod rom I think there is a setting in cmsettings to do so, aswell as (like you said) the htc sense one but also miui has good lockscreen controls
Check out poweramp. Really nice lock screen widget.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
Widgetlocker replaces your lockscreen and you can customize to your like. Its what I use and its pretty cool. Put some widgets or shortcuts on there for quick access from the lockscreen. Highly recommend.
Sent from my HTC Vision
Well I'm looking for something that occupies the entire screen with album art (when locked) and still maintains a swipe to unlock feature. It's difficult to find this. The problem with WiidgetLocker is that I only want the music to appear on the lock screen when its playing (and not every time).
Or, if anyone knows how to make the default HTC Android Music player from displaying blurry/pixellated album art, let me know
Related
Hi Guys,
Anyone ran into an app that let you control the (running) music player from the locked screen like the I-Phone does it? (back / pause / fwd)
I tried the app Lock2.0 but don't like it because its just a work around the actual problem, with way to much other BS. I think you will need root access in order to implement it properly (might be wrong)
Thanks for the help.
If I could write a app that would be the first thing I would try
The new CyanogenMod ROM have option where you can long press volume keys to control the music player. Pretty nifty.
helipilotx said:
Hi Guys,
Anyone ran into an app that let you control the (running) music player from the locked screen like the I-Phone does it? (back / pause / fwd)
I tried the app Lock2.0 but don't like it because its just a work around the actual problem, with way to much other BS. I think you will need root access in order to implement it properly (might be wrong)
Thanks for the help.
If I could write a app that would be the first thing I would try
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
One of the many benefits of Sense UI:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
popophobia said:
The new CyanogenMod ROM have option where you can long press volume keys to control the music player. Pretty nifty.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What version? I updated yesterday to the latest version of CyanogenMod ROM and I tried your suggestion but can not get it working from the locked screen.
Do you have to activate it some where?
Thanks
popophobia said:
The new CyanogenMod ROM have option where you can long press volume keys to control the music player. Pretty nifty.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No settings have to be changed. Just have to long press. You can't pause (that I know of), but next and previous track work.
Hi all - does anyone have a music widget for the galaxy tab? After a really simple one which can have a 60% opacity background (Want it to match my home screen)
Seems my Galaxy tab doesn't have one stock, which is annoying.
One like the one on the dell streak would be good.
Any ideas?
Cheers
would love to have one of this too, the one with the whole screen, just for the hell of it ^^
saw it once on sense or somewhere, but its definitely out there
like this..
like this music widget you mean??
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
available to download from the market, PURE MUSIC WIDGET ..
http://twitter.com/terminal7
I like Mixzing, they have 3 diff sized widgets a full screen, mid sized, and a simple bar. I don't think you can lower opacity, but i think you can skin it if you buy the full version. Amazing music player & Video player as well, doesn't eat your CPU either.
these are all transparent widgets
post 2089
post 2033
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768048&highlight=genie+widget&page=209
Try Music Mod from the Market. It is modified standard Android music app and it has widgets. If there only were controls on the Lockscreen it would be even better.
That's exactly what I posted
I use power amp best one on the market in my opinion n has 5 diffrent widgets well worth the $
Got what I was after in the end
how?
how did you get the genie google weather widget to go transparent ?
Winamp
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Tab
Hi,
Try PowerAMP ;-)
risq said:
Got what I was after in the end
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That looks awesome.
@risq what did you use?
risq said:
Hi all - does anyone have a music widget for the galaxy tab? After a really simple one which can have a 60% opacity background (Want it to match my home screen)
Seems my Galaxy tab doesn't have one stock, which is annoying.
One like the one on the dell streak would be good.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
why don't you try Winamp for Android? it's free in Market and has also a nice widget....
So does PowerAmp.
its not actually a widget, but the shake2play next app works well for me. I just launch after my music app and whenever i want to skip a song, i gently shake the tab once and it either shuffles or skips to next song. Great for me when im listening to music and don't want even open my tab
Sent from my SGH-T849 using Tapatalk
I have two songs that I want to change the artist name to reflect a change in letter casing. At first, I had these two songs downloaded from the gtunes music downloader app, but after discovering that the files were 128kbps, I had deleted them, although I did change the file name a day or two before deleting it. I imported these songs later on, but with a higher bit rate. The album art, song title, and album title were tagged on each song, but the artist name did not change (All the changes just involved capitalizing the artist and song tile). The file name, however, is the same as it was when I deleted it. Since noticing this problem, I have used multiple tag editing apps from the Play Store, but the HTC Sense music player does not reflect the change, nor does other local music playback apps like doubleTwist.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I hope the image helps....just hoping to capitalize that first letter of the artist on the music player lol
Is one of the apps you've tried iTag? It almost always works for me.
Sent from my NexusHD2
Nigeldg said:
Is one of the apps you've tried iTag? It almost always works for me.
Sent from my NexusHD2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used iTag, DroID3Tagger, and AudioTagger (correct me on the name if I'm wrong). In all those apps, it appears capitalized. Even when I view the two files in Windows Explorer, it's how I want it to be. Still, it doesn't match up on the music player.
Try clearing the cache and data (unless you have playlists) of the music player. It's a long shot, but perhaps the changes you've made haven't come into effect yet?
I tried those options, but there's no luck. Still the same typing on both artists...my best hypothesis on this music player right now is that it
must have some kind of cache deep in the storage that won't let me change it
Sent from my HTC HD2 using xda app-developers app
..."Dark & Loaded Theme" for Zooper Pro Widget & Nova Launcher is now available to public !!!
- 3 homescreens
- 2 main color themes to choose from (red/blue)
- missed calls, sms and gmail notifications
- 20 hotspots
- dynamic color changes for active/inactive states for location, alarm, mobile data and play/pause
- dynamic sceen change between your wallpaper and album art and track info when music is playing
- your most used apps such as playstore, chrome, google+, quickpic, email and camera on your main screen
- custom agenda displaying your next 4 calendar events including the date and time (smart appearance for all day and specific time events)
- all your basic system info including battery statistics, free ram and storage
- hotspots for Play Music and Viper4Android
Detailed Set Up Guide available on .zip file...ENJOY!!!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/efkd386d6jy2dhw/Dark&Loaded_ZooperPro.zip?dl=0
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The "Black Edition" of my Dark&Loaded Theme for Zooper Pro/Nova Launcher Pro is available @ http://mycolorscreen.com/2014/09/22/dark-loaded-black-edition-theme/
This is my favorite, everyday variation of the original theme with minor changes. Hope you enjoy this dark theme. It features lots of useful hotspots in 3 homescreens, including a custom agenda and smart music player.
LOVE THEME @ MyColorScreen, +1 on Google+, RESHARE!!!
Thanks!
I really like this theme, it's very well done, thanks for sharing! :good:
I can't seem to get the Media Utilities portion to work though. The album art, the music background, and the Play/Pause buttons are all always visible.
Chris Hansen said:
I really like this theme, it's very well done, thanks for sharing! :good:
I can't seem to get the Media Utilities portion to work though. The album art, the music background, and the Play/Pause buttons are all always visible.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Then you must be on L Preview...Media Utilities is not compatible with this version of Android (hope it will work in the future).
itasoulas said:
Then you must be on L Preview...Media Utilities is not compatible with this version of Android (hope it will work in the future).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep, that would be it! I tried checking the MU thread before this to see if there was anything regarding Android L compatibility, but I couldn't find anything. Searches using one letter are rough.
I would like to use my lock screen to check notifications directly and control the music player as I could on my old device. Is there a way to achieve that?
I am using BlackPlayer as my music player and I have allowed it to access my lock screen, but when I check it out, nothing has changed.
Any solutions would be appreciated. Thank you!
Edit: I figured it out about the notifications, but I still can't get the lockscreen to show Album Art. Anyone?
I'm 90% sure that ZenUI doesn't support custom music backgrounds. If that feature is critical to you, some third-party lock screens may support it.
Meh, third party lock screens want me to disable my fingerprints, so I guess that's that. Well at least I got the notifications right. Thanks for responding!
Yo @Blackrose110 go to config>lock screen and select NO the option skip the slide page. That's all, I'm using poweramp and Spotify with theirs lock screen widgets without any problem.
-Dante- said:
Yo @Blackrose110 go to config>lock screen and select NO the option skip the slide page. That's all, I'm using poweramp and Spotify with theirs lock screen widgets without any problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I do get a notification, which I found in the managing notifications settings. I don't get an album cover as my lock screen wallpaper though...
Hi, i use blackplayer ex v20.28beta and everything works fine.
That is my lockscreen on zenfone 3
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
RobinRo said:
Hi, i use blackplayer ex v20.28beta and everything works fine.
That is my lockscreen on zenfone 3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi, and thank you! It turns out that this is a new update to the app, so I turned it on and now my lock screen is the same as yours.
It's not what I usually had on my previous phone but it's good enough.
This was recently a beta feature: http://imgur.com/a/5QL1E
Have a nice day!
I can't able to get spotify or wynk music player on lock screen ...when the screen is locked and if i want to change the song again i should unlock my phone and should change the song.