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[Andrew Hayzen <ahayzen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Moving to use background-playlists allows for the platform to implement
volume press'n'hold to switch track. That feature is being tracked on this
bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/music-app/+bug/1493722 which is currently
awaiting design input.

Thanks,

Andrew

On 26 October 2015 at 05:12, Gmail <bradkalproductions@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Does media controls also include when screen is off hold volume up to
> switch songs?
>
> In cyanogen and some other versions of android if you hold volume up when
> the screens off the song skips and if you hold volume down it goes to the
> previous song, It may be a menu you have to find in some android flavors on
> sonys stock by default if you hold volume up the volume goes up one but
> then nothing...
>
> With ubuntu you hold volume up and you have a headache and everyone within
> a 2 mile radius now knows what song you wanted to skip.
>
> In my opinion holding volume up to skip a song is one of the fastest and
> convinient and least obtrusive ways of doing it because people normally
> just tap volume up or volume down to change volume, its also much quicker,
> walking down the street watching where youre going, a song you dont want to
> listen to comes on, you keep walking looking foward putting your hand in
> your pocket and hold volume up songs skipped no issue, with out this, song
> you dont want to listen to comes on, you slow down or stop walking as you
> pull your phone out of your pocket, you press the power button, pull down
> what you hope to be the volume indicator (if youre doing this fast you
> might accidently pull down a different indicator) then tap skip, put your
> phone back into your pocket, start walking at normal speeds again.
>
> Holding volume up and down to skip audio is just so much more convinient
> and fast and doesnt affect changing volume if you tap to switch it, it
> could also be a option in system settings for those who have issues with
> it, but I think itd be a great benefit to have that feature.
>
>
> On Friday, 23 October 2015 11:15:40 BST, Andrew Hayzen wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> Currently the next and previous buttons do not function as we have not
>> landed this support yet.
>>
>> We are currently working [0] with upstream (media-hub and indicator-sound)
>> to complete the remaining issues, which will then allow for the platform
>> to
>> implement support for things such as bluetooth media controls. This will
>> hopefully be implemented in the short to medium future.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> 0 -
>>
>> https://code.launchpad.net/~music-app-dev/music-app/media-hub-bg-playlists-rework
>>
>> On 23 October 2015 at 10:43, Oliver Grawert <ogra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> hi,
>>> Am Freitag, den 23.10.2015, 10:26 +0100 schrieb Dave Morley:
>>> > > if you have not disabled the indicator access from the lockscreen in
>>> > > the security settings the sound indicator should offer you controls
>>> > > for last/next song and play/pause there.
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > only on rc-proposed
>>> >
>>> oops, sorry, i assumed that went out in the last OTA ...
>>>
>>> ciao
>>>         oli
>>>
>>>
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