two months ago I started a little project on Swift to create a Volumio native application. Today you can download a native iOS app to manage Volumio from the store.
This thread is here to suggest features to develop and bugs to fix, please be detailed and patient, since this is not my primary job
Make sure there is another similar feature / bug in the list below before publishing it.
To do features:
Selector of cases of Volumio descent
System management (network, dac, ā¦)
Known issues:
The radio do not work correctly when it is in the queue
What you refer is a mpd client, not a Volumio one. With a proper Volumio client you will be able to access tons of stuff you canāt with just a mpd client (playlists, spotify, favourites ā¦ additional plugins etc)
Donāt worry, the aim is to develop something dedicated and maybeā¦newer?
I tried mpod for a couple of weeks and I found it quite old and slow
For what iāve seen the value proposition of volumio is a simple experience, doesnāt look so simple searching for a compatible native app that doesnāt even come up in the appstore search.
If michelangelo agrees, iām going to place a volumio navigation bar title at the top of the playback screen.
In my opinion, if the market is āfullā with no concurrency, there should be at least another option to improve in something better.
Okay, to be honest I have no clue what the difference between a mpd-client and a volumio-client could be. For me volumio was hitherto an awesome frontend for mpd, but maybe Iām too naĆÆve ā¦
I admit that Mpad / mPoD was somewhat neglected, and could possibly be faster (but maybe also my Raspberry is the bottleneck), but it does its job - and so far IĀ“m happy with it.
So, if there is a newer app availible Iām curious how it matches my customer needs. Iām excited to see how your project develops.
I am very willing to give as beta testers my experience as a user.
I think I see the reason for the confusion. While Volumio 1 was strongly coupled with MPD, and MPD is still a core functionality in volumio 2, it is not purely MPD. Due to the new plugin system there is the possibility to include new music services like Spotify, Soundcloud, and so on that may not use mpd at all. With a dedicated volumio app you could also address those, while an mpd app would not be able to access those parts of volumio.
Great project!
MPod and Mpad work with Volumio, but they are really outdated.
And a native Volumio app will be a lot faster then those sluggish apps named before.
Perhaps is it possible to make a native MacOs, Windows or Linux version as well, so that i can ditch Cantata.
Thank you for all of you sent the email to activate the beta, just a little more patience, since volumio2 is out i need to update a couple of class to make it work again
Btw i take the occasion to develop the mpd integration as well!
Not today, but there is no reason not to build an iPad version too, itās not too difficult. Iāll finish this first build and the we can manage to add the iPad support
Testflight Update
To all of you already sent me the Apple account email: iām uploading the build just now, just wait a little more for the external tester approval from Apple (they should validate it for tomorrow morning at latest) and youāll be able to install it.
Notes:
you donāt need a Spotify Premium account to test the appā¦but if you have one you can load new tracks. This because my NAS stopped working a couple of days ago during a thunderstorm and i could not try browse tracks from that, i hope iāll have it back in a week. For precaution i disabled all the sources except Spotifyā¦because since volumio 2 they cause an application crash.
Player name (Volumioās name) must be set to āVolumioā, otherwise app would not work. It would be nice to have more freedom (set name manually in app if it is needed). If you do not want to change that you should at least provide user with information about that thing. Anyway after I changed my player name to āVolumioā it worked
There are problems with UI on smaller screens (my iPhone 5S). I attach two screenshots below for you to investigate. On the first one you can see that not all text is displayed; on second - how āplayā button changed itās shape.
Wow this is amazing!
To solve the issue of mdns search (the name one), remember that we always broadcast a service called Volumio
You can use any mdns discovery tool to see it, and this wonāt change when you change name. But it has the device name in the txt record. Let me know if you need more info
and i could not try browse tracks from that, i hope iāll have it back in a week. For precaution i disabled all the sources except Spotifyā¦because since volumio 2 they cause an application crash.
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