Skip to main content

2.0 Beta 1 Released

2.0 has been in the works for about 5 months and I finally have something releasable.  There is still a lot more to do but its current state is good enough to use as a daily driver.  One downside to 2.0, is it requires Android 4.1 and higher.  The majority of GMMP users are 4.1+, so the decision was made in order to provide the best listening experience to the most about of users.  1.6.x will still be available for 2.3-4.0.4 users.  You might also notice the 2.0 betas will actually have version numbers in the 1.9.x range.  This is simply to make the bug reporting easier on me.

Anyway, the majority of the code base has been reworked, the holo themes were significantly improved, and this will be the first version of the new material based themes.  The material themes will continue to be improved in future betas.  I had also previously talked about the new Theme Builder that 2.0 will feature.  Due to some of the limitations with material themes, the majority of the builder is disabled.  What is enabled is a MASSIVE number of theme templates to choose from.  I am talking about 1000+ different themes, 8 different "styles" total.  There is also a "live preview" available so you can quickly see what a theme looks like.  Settings -> UI -> Theme Builder -> Load Template to access the templates.

Note: There is one known bug when changing themes that users should be aware of, but it is fairly minor. When changing themes some of the views might not load.  If this happens just back out of GMMP and launch it again.

2.0 Beta 1 will go live in a few hours.  To join the beta you need to do the following



1.9.6 (2.0 Beta 1) (12/04/2014):
New:
-Massive UI overhaul
-Added theme builder (most customization is currently off, only the ability to change templates is enabled)
-Added experimental Material inspired themes (still a work in progress)
-Added 1000+ theme templates (8 different "styles")
-Added multiple select (long press now selects a list item)
-Added overflow button to each list item
-Added media store syncing (new files will automatically be scanned by GMMP)
-MediaPlayer now uses the gapless featurea added in android 4.1
-Added new scanner menu with new folder selection view

Updated:
-Updated holo themes
-Major code cleanup
-Replaced many old systems with open source libraries
-Switched image loading to use Glide
-UI inflating now uses the ViewHolder pattern
-Replaced deprecated gallery with a view pager for the album art selector and skin selector
-Replaced CWAC TouchList View with DragSortListView to provide a smoother drag and drop experience
-Tag changes are now reflected everywhere

Removed:
-Removed support for pre jelly bean devices
-Removed 'Always Keep Device Awake' preference
-Removed skin support (themes are replacing skins)
-Removed vertical seekbars used in equalizer view (the custom widget was too difficult to maintain)

Fixes:
-A bunch of bug fixes (so much has changed since 1.6.7 that it is too difficult to single out what specific bugs from 1.6.x were fixed)
-Resume on call end will no longer auto resume if something that would normally trigger an auto pause occured during the call (disconnect from BT or unplug headset)























Popular posts from this blog

GMMP 1.3 Released! ReplayGain, cuesheet, bookmarking, 6 new skins, and much more.

After about a month and a half of hard work, 1.3 is finally available for download on google play and this blog.  I've gone with the pendulum screenshot for the main image for a long long time and with the new album art as a background feature I decided to pick a new song to use. Changelog: 1.3.0 (06/14/12): New Features: -Added ReplayGain support -Added single file cuesheet support (.cue files) -Added manual bookmark option to the now playing menu -Added auto bookmarking options (Preferences -> Audio -> Bookmarks) -Added option to remove a song from the active playlist after it is played (Prefs -> Playlist -> Remove After Played) -Added dsp limiter with customizable attack and release settings (reduces audio distortion and clipping) -Added EQ and Limiter toggle buttons to the equalizer view -Added 9 new EQ presets: Bass Max, Bass & Treble, Classical, Techno, Club, Reggae, Soft, Rap, and Metal -Notification controls added to 3.0+ -The current play

3.4.0

Plans for 3.4 changed a bit when google announced they will be hiding apps on newer versions of android if they dont target the newer sdks.  GMMP always tries to target one of the more recent versions of android, but the unlocker has no need for that since its essentially just a license key.  As of May 1st the unlocker will be hidden on newer versions of android to those who have not already purchased.  Because of this, the focus of 3.4 was to get in app purchases working to allow users to buy the full version after May 1st.  There is a new 'Purchase' section in the settings where the unlocker can now be purchased. One other change in 3.4 is the support for the Android 13+ media controls.  They changed around how to customize them, so that is reflected in a new 'Media Controls' section of the settings. The language can also be changed for just GMMP via the system settings The changelog itself is fairly small but I did a large update of all the libraries / dependencies t

3.4.5 Release / Preview of 3.5

3.4.5 was just uploaded to google play and should be rolling out over the next few days. Changelog: 3.4.5 (2023-08-29): Added Dutch translation Fixed crash editing rules in rule groups Disable IAP donation options if Full Version Unlock has not been purchased to prevent confusion Other changes since 3.4.0: Added Finnish translation and updated other translations Added donation options to the purchase settings area Fixed crash when trying to bookmark / unbookmark currently playing song Fixed Finnish not showing up in the language select Fixed other various crashes Fixed issue where rating or editing tags could potentially split the album Fixed some of the lists/grids not refreshing after changes 3.5 Preview I've been working on some new UI options planned for 3.5.  So far I've finished a new gradient background option for now playing.  There are 2 different styles (linear / radial) with 2 different color sources for each.  One source will take from the theme colors, the other st